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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Morgan Jones –
My students enjoyed this activity and most importantly, it was easy for me to prep for them. I had them work in small groups to complete the tasks. I did not have to make an adjustments for my special education students.
Tricia T. –
this was an very engaging activity. Although a bit challenging for my students but they enjoyed it and never gave up. This was so fun! Thank you. I will use this again next year.
Brandy Ivy –
My students loved this! Can’t wait to use this with future classes!
Diane B. –
The students enjoy using this resources. The students learned a lot from it. It was very helpful.
Brittany Ward –
My students love escape rooms! This was a great resource to use with my kids. They were actively engaged while learning, win win.
Tricia C. –
Creative way to engage the students and to use higher level thinking to move forward.
Donald S. –
This was a lot of fun. And the readings that accompanied the assignment were very useful.
Emma Callegari –
I used this as a fun reward lesson for my students’ good behavior! They loved being able to work together and be competitive. I gave candy and bonus points to the winning group. It was a very easy set up for me, and self-explanatory for them. They didn’t even really need me, so I got to catch up on grading while they worked!
Stephanie McCugh –
I have use several of this author’s products previously, including an escape room. I bought this particular one for my official observation coming up and after printing it and looking it over, I will not be able to use it. It’s difficult for me to decipher a few of these puzzles with the help of the answer key so I know that my struggling 5th grade class will have trouble. I thought about using part of it or answering parts for them, but I just don’t see how I can make it work without my students losing their cool working it out.
Lisa Fink –
If you never gave your students a chance to try, you’re truly missing out 🙁 They’re smart and will enjoy the challenge.
Jesse F. –
Excellent, engaging activity for homeschool kids. I thought it might be too difficult for 3rd graders, but they jammed right through it and really enjoyed it.
My only feedback is that it would be nice to be able to edit the “Case” scenario (or have an alternate Case scenario) to make it more relevant for smaller groups or even individual students. Also, kind of a nitpick, but I’d prefer the lesson not include reference to specific commercial products (iPad) for us poors who have to use non-Apple tablets.
Ashley B. –
My kids love these! Great practice for them and reviewed the Bill of Rights.
Alyson M. –
Students enjoyed getting to work in teams for the assignment. Allowed students to get up and move around, some found it challenging but with a little help and extra clues they completed!
Barbara P. –
This is so great for upper elementary social studies!
Wild Child Designs –
This was exactly the amount of rigor I needed for my 8th graders.
Richard R. –
My students love these escape rooms! They get excited every time they see the deciphers hanging on the wall!
tricia H. –
My kids thoroughly enjoy doing the escape rooms that I found on teacher paid teacher it’s a good fit for anyone looking to find something fun for the classroom
Lesson Plans and Laundry –
This topic can be a little dry, but the escape room got my kids moving, thinking, and applying. Awesome, engaging resource!
Emily W –
My kids LOVED this activity! They were super engaged and it went along with our standards. Thank you!
Katie H. –
My classes LOVED this activity. The begged to do it when they heard other classes talking about. My 5th graders told everyone who would listen how much they had fun with this. HUGE HIT!
Alebrije Creative –
A great way to celebrate Freedom Week!