Description
The Ancient India Escape Room will take students on a secret mission around the classroom! This escape room has students decode interesting facts about Ancient India, Indus River Valley, religion, cities, and advancements.
This Escape Room has students walking around the classroom breaking codes. The codes include ciphers, Morse code, cryptograms and a final 4 digit code based on the decoders/clues.
What’s Included?
- 4 Reading Passages
- 4 Puzzle Phrases to Decode
- 4 Decoders
- 4 Differentiated Decoders
- 10 Multiple Choice Questions
- Teacher Instructions
- Answer Key
- Hint Guides – How To Decode
- Completion Signs
Watch the video or click on the preview button to take a closer look at everything included!
Skills Used:
- Reading Comprehension
- Critical Thinking
- Peer Collaboration
- Problem Solving
To prevent students from simply decoding the puzzles, ALL questions need to be answered correctly in order to solve the final code. This ensures understanding!
Benefits of Use:
- No Prep
- Print and Go
- Cross-Curricular
- Highly Engaging
- No Locks Needed
- No silly envelopes to stuff
- No fancy shapes to cut out
Give students a chance to decode puzzles, move around the room, and read passages, all while actively learning! Students will work in pairs (or individually) and race against the clock. A friendly competition always increases engagement. No prior knowledge is needed. Each code will reveal interesting facts about the topic.
Puzzle Types:
- Cryptogram
- Morse Code
- PigPen Cipher
- Polybius Square
Options for Use:
- Anticipatory Sets
- Unit Review
- Early Finishers
- Gallery Walk
- Stations
- Sub Plans
- Rewards
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Jennifer Clay –
These are well-researched and fun but still challenging for my 6th graders. Great way to introduce a unit or reinforce learning.
Tracy Chabot –
My students love escape rooms. This was a great way for them to review about Ancient India.
Gino Sardiello –
Thank you, my students really enjoyed this and were very engaged.
TIMOTHY V. –
This was a great resource to enhance the unit that we were studying.
shelley F. –
Great resource. My students were engaged in the activity.
leah S. –
My students love using the escape rooms to introduce a new unit or for a unit review.
Shellee Hoag –
Used this with my sixth grade students and they loved it!
Kira N. –
My students love escape rooms, and this one was just what I needed for my India unit! Very engaging and a great review.
Kandi Henry –
Very easy to use and engaging resource! My students like the challenge of escape rooms and cracking the codes! Good review of content as well!
Angela S. –
This was the second time I had used an Escape Room from Think Tank. It is so easy for me and so engaging for my students! My 7th graders finished a little early last time we used an Escape Room, but I realized that it was because some of them had skipped certain questions. When they realized I’d be grading them all (which was very easy), they took more time to complete the entire packet. I had wonderful feedback from the students! They loved it!
Amy S. –
The students were excited to complete this activity each day. Excellent!
Jeffrey W. –
Excellent way to make ancient history more exciting and engaging for the students.
Kimberly A. –
My students love completing these escape room activities. They reinforce the concepts we’re learning in class and engage students in a fun and meaningful way. Students learn so much from these!