Description
The Ancient Mesopotamia Escape Room will take students on a secret mission around the classroom! This escape room has students decode interesting facts about Ancient Mesopotamia, Sumer, Assyrians, Babylon, Akkadians, Hammurabi, Persian Empire.
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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Stephanie’s History Store –
This was engaging and easy to use, thank you so much for making it!
Stacy H. –
I love using these escape rooms my Think Tank. They are always very well done and this one is no exception! This is always really helpful to use at the end of lessons. Thank you!!
Terri D. –
This was the perfect resource to use as a project for my Social Studies classes.
shelley F. –
Awesome resource. My students loved this activity!
Claire’s Corner –
My sixth grade students loved this escape room! It was challenging, yet they were able to solve the problems with team work. Will be using again in the future.
Carmichaelfa321 –
My students and I loved this. It was a great addition to my unit.
Jessica P. –
What a great product! I enjoyed using it with my class.
Jamie P. –
This was so much fun. Very interactive and great for engagement! It took me a full period and part of a second period to complete.
Tiny Teacher Thoughts –
I have purchased from this seller multiple times for obvious reasons – the resources are always comprehensive and engaging. The formatting of this resource is a bit challenging if you are projecting on a SmartBoard, but this is of little concern to me. My students love this escape rooms 🙂
Jennifer Cole –
My students really enjoy escape rooms and this worked perfectly to tie in with our Mesopotamia unit. Thank you!
Kristi B. –
This was a great way to wrap up our unit. The students had a lot of fun with it.
Andrea M. –
Escape rooms do an excellent job at highlighting the key facts in any given Unit, while also making the lesson fun and engaging. This escape room was no different. My kids loved it!
Andrea P. –
I used this with my 7th graders as a review of Mesopotamian civilizations. They really loved it as it got them up and moving while they were interacting with the material.
Heidi J. –
My students enjoyed this escape room! They worked in small groups and every group was able to complete all the tasks. Below level group needed some coaching and extra help, but they were able to solve the puzzles,
Joy-Centered Educator –
Thank you!
Mrs Calhoun –
Fun resource – thanks for creating and sharing!