Description
The Bill of Rights Escape Room will take students on a secret mission around the classroom, reading comprehension passages, and answering questions! This escape room has students decode interesting facts about the US Constitution, Bill of Rights, Due Process, Amendments 1-10, Freedom of Speech and the Establishment Clause etc.
The Bill of Rights Escape Room is a great reading comprehension activity with a twist of fun that has students deciphering codes. The codes include ciphers, morse code, cryptograms, Polybius squares, 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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Janelle Gibson –
My students loved every aspect of this as we try and make learning a little extra fun this hit the nail on the head !
Elm School –
My students love escape rooms. Some, though, are better than others. This one was fantastic! Engaging and full of great content!
YoungLearnersTeacher –
This was a useful resource as extra reading for students when I was gone.
Renee D. –
I loved it but my kids struggled. I thought it was a great way instead of listening to me lecture. To them it was too much…they either did the puzzle or the question but not both.
Sarah H. –
My students LOVE these escape rooms! They are so easy to prepare and so fun and engaging for students.
Chnita H. –
An engaging way to review the Bill of Rights after a lesson on introducing them and connecting them to the Declaration of Independence.
Katherine Pentz –
This is the second escape room that I’ve purchased from this teacher. I LOVE how they are not overly complicated, but still super engaging. I will definitely continue to purchase these in the future!
melissa D. –
My students thought this was fun and engaging resource!
Samantha L. –
While some of my kids found this challenging and gave up, the majority of my class was very engaged. I posted the clues around the room to get them up and moving and it was a great review!
Jaime F. –
This was the activity my students were doing when my principal come into observe me. He was amazed at how engaged they were in different groups and how well they were working collaboratively.
Alison H. –
This is a good supplemental activity for our American history unit.
Ashley E. –
Great resource. The students found it beneficial and it was a good review of the content we have been working on. Thank you!
Karen M. –
This was a great activity for middle schoolers. I will use this again.
Jonnie H. –
This activity is very informational and engaging! It would be great to open a unit or close it out!
Alicia M. –
My students loved this resource as review. Thank you for creating!
Kaitlynn Wellman –
Thank you for making this resource!
Teachhistory –
This was an excellent resource that my students found helpful in class.
Lori D. –
My students worked in teams and loved using this resource as a review of our social studies curriculum. It took us more time than the resource allotted to escape and I needed to pre teach how to use the ciphers but the students had fun! I would highly recommend.
Helpful Mrs Harvey –
This had lot of helpful information for my class.
Issa Therese Santos –
My students really enjoyed working on this activity. It was a joy watching them work together to solve the puzzles. I always enjoy these escape room resources!