Bartholomew Bats!


Our school is located in Round Rock, Texas which is near Austin. Austin and Round Rock both have huge populations of Mexican Free Tailed Bats that live under our bridges. A colony of bats lives beneath the Ann Richards/Congress Avenue Bridge in Austin and in Round Rock, another colony resides under the Interstate 35 bridge over McNeil Road. Each evening from March to about October, the bats fly out from beneath the bridge and search for insects to eat. The emergence of the bats is a wonder to watch. We are also thankful that all these millions of bats eat the bugs by our homes.

Our class mascot is the Bat to honor the mammals that live so close to us and help us. (also because Bat and Bartholomew both start with the letter B!) The bats in Central Texas live together in a group and help take care of the young. Then they migrate together as a team. Our class will also live together in our classroom, work together as a team, and help each other out. We are the Bartholomew Bats!





Social Studies LInks

Social Studies Textbook https://sso.rumba.pearsoncmg.com/sso/login?profile=eb&service=https://k12integrations.pearsoncmg.com/ca/dashboard.htm&EBTenant=roundrock-tx

Practice Latitude and Longitude with this fun game!  http://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-games/latitude-longitude-map-game.php

Learn about explorers!

Cabeza de Vaca:  https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fca06

       http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cabeza-de-vaca-discovers-texas

      http://www.biography.com/people/lvar-nez-cabeza-de-vaca-9425852

Coronado:  http://www.history.com/topics/exploration/francisco-vazquez-de-coronado
        http://www.biography.com/people/francisco-v%C3%A1zquez-de-coronado-9258086
        https://www.britannica.com/biography/Francisco-Vazquez-de-Coronado

La Salle:  http://www.biography.com/people/ren%C3%A9-robert-cavelier-sieur-de-la-salle-38429

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Rene-Robert-Cavelier-sieur-de-La-Salle

https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/upl01



Read about Native American Code Talkers during World War II. http://nmai.si.edu/education/codetalkers/html/chapter4.html
 http://nmai.si.edu/education/codetalkers/html/chapter2.html

Play games during Celebrate Freedom Week!
http://www.annenbergclassroom.org/page/all-games-and-interactives

Make maps in this fun game! http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/media/geogames/?ar_a=1

Awesome website with lots of interactive and fun learning about
the Pilgrims
and Wampanoags. Don't miss it!
http://www.plimoth.org/education/olc/index_js2.html#


More Thanksgiving fun! Explore The Mayflower and compare and
contrast life
for the Pilgrims and the Wampanoags. Cool stuff!
http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/


Read about missions in Texas.
http://www.nps.gov/saan/historyculture/index.htm


More photos and information about Texas missions.
http://www.lsjunction.com/facts/missions.htm

Awesome site to learn about immigrants who settled in Texas!
http://library.thinkquest.org/J001272F/history/historycultures.htm</ Be the President for a day!
http://pbskids.org/democracy/be-president/

Win Electorate Votes! Scroll down to the bottom and watch a video about the Electoral College. Then click on the game at the top to try to win Electoral Votes.

http://magazines.scholastic.com/Election-2012

Play a game and learn about all of the presidents jobs.
http://magazines.scholastic.com/resource/uploads_sno/election2012/flash/Game_SevenHats/working_version/SevenHatsPopup.html



See photos and read about the regions of Texas!
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/kids/about_texas/regions/

Learn about the tribes of Texas!
http://www.texasindians.com/

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/publications/pwdpubs/media/pwd_bk_p4000_0016.pdf


Research houses of some Native Tribes of Texas
http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/kids/houses/index.html#main

Imagine life in a Native Tribe
http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/kids/imagine.html

Investigate food eaten by the Native Tribes
http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/kids/dinner/index.html

How did the Native Tribes hunt without guns?
http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/kids/hunting/index.html#main

Caddo Tribe

http://www.bigorrin.org/caddo_kids.htm

http://www.texasindians.com/caddo.htm


Karankawa
http://www.texasindians.com/karank.htm


http://www.texasindians.com/karankf.htm


Comanche
http://www.texasindians.com/comanche.htm


http://www.texasindians.com/comanf.htm


Jumano
http://www.texasindians.com/jumano.htm



Apache
http://www.texasindians.com/ap2.htm

http://www.bigorrin.org/apache_kids.htm





Make a timeline of your life!!!!
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/timeline/

Learn about Texas History! Awesome interactive site.
http://www.txindependence.org/

Religious Chants for Mission Activity
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-hXnVgrvvA


Stephen F. Austin

http://www.lsjunction.com/people/austin.htm

http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/a_c/austin.htm

https://www.tsl.state.tx.us/treasures/giants/austin/austin-01.html

Sam Houston

http://www.lsjunction.com/people/houston.htm


http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/d_h/houston.htm

http://www.lone-star.net/mall/texasinfo/shouston.htm

William Travis
http://www.lsjunction.com/people/travis.htm

http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/ftr03

http://www.sonofthesouth.net/texas/colonel-william-travis.htm


David Burnet
http://www.lsjunction.com/people/burnet.htm

http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fbu46

https://www.tsl.state.tx.us/exhibits/presidents/burnet/intro.html

Mirabeau B. Lamar
https://www.tsl.state.tx.us/treasures/giants/lamar/lamar-01.html

http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fla15

http://www.lsjunction.com/people/lamar.htm

Jane Long
http://www.lsjunction.com/people/long.htm

http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/flo11

http://www.womenintexashistory.org/bios/

Lizzie Johnson
http://www.womenintexashistory.org/bios/

http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fwixg

http://www.utexas.edu/gtw/johnson_williams.php

Charles Goodnight
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/d_h/goodnight.htm

http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fgo11

http://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-charlesgoodnight.html

Richard King
http://www.famoustexans.com/RichardKing.htm

http://seducedbyhistory.blogspot.com/2010/08/texas-giant-richard-king-of-king-ranch.html

http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fki19

Juan Seguin
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/s_z/seguin.htm

http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fse08

https://www.tsl.texas.gov/treasures/giants/seguin/seguin-01.html

James Bowie

https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fbo45

http://www.lsjunction.com/people/bowie.htm

http://www.sonofthesouth.net/texas/james-bowie.htm

Quanah Parker
http://www.lone-star.net/mall/texasinfo/quanah.htm

http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fpa28

http://www.texasescapes.com/MurrayMontgomeryLoneStarDiary/The-Half-breed-Savage-Quanah-Parker.htm

Pattillo Higgins

http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fhi07

http://www.priweb.org/ed/pgws/history/spindletop/spindletop.html

http://www.celebratingtexas.com/tr/lsl/65.pdf

Joseph Glidden
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/d_h/glidden.htm

http://www.gliddenhomestead.org/barbedwire.html

http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3404707803.html

Anson Jones
https://www.tsl.state.tx.us/treasures/giants/jones/jones-01.html

http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fjo42

http://www.sonofthesouth.net/texas/anson-jones.htm

Cynthia Ann Parker
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~okmurray/stories/cynthia_ann_parker.htm


http://www.lone-star.net/mall/texasinfo/CynthiaAnnParker.htm

http://www.forttumbleweed.net/cynthiaparker.html


Jose Antonio Navarro
http://www.lsjunction.com/people/navarro.htm


http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/alamo/peopleevents/p_navarro.html

http://www.tamu.edu/faculty/ccbn/dewitt/adp/history/bios/navarro/jose_navarro.html

Barbara Jordan

http://www.biography.com/people/barbara-jordan-9357991

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=j000266



http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fjoas


Cleto Rodriguez

http://cemetery.state.tx.us/pub/user_form.asp?pers_id=11242


http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/frobv

http://www.humanitiestexas.org/programs/tx-originals/list/cleto-rodriguez

Henry B. Gonzalez

http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/congress/gonzalez.html


http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=g000272


http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fgo76


Gail Borden Jr.

http://www.lsjunction.com/people/borden.htm


http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fbo24


http://lemelson.mit.edu/resources/gail-borden

Suzanne Dickinson

http://www.lsjunction.com/people/dickinsn.htm

http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fdi06


http://www.tamu.edu/faculty/ccbn/dewitt/sdickinson.htm


Bessie Coleman

http://www.biography.com/people/bessie-coleman-36928

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/flygirls/peopleevents/pandeAMEX02.html

http://www.notablebiographies.com/Co-Da/Coleman-Bessie.html

Lorenzo de Zavala

http://www.lsjunction.com/people/zavala.htm

https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fza05

http://www.humanitiestexas.org/programs/tx-originals/list/lorenzo-de-zavala


Be sure to cite your sources for your bibliography!
http://www.easybib.com/

Learn about the US-Mexican War..http://www.pbs.org/kera/usmexicanwar/prelude/

Take a College Campus Tour! http://campustours.com
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