Description
The Black History Puzzle Stations activity will allow students to move around the classroom solving puzzles! The puzzles have students decode interesting facts about Martin Luther King Jr., Harriet Tubman, Jackie Robinson, Phillis Wheatley, Edna Lewis, Booker T. Washington, Billie Holiday and Ruby Bridges.
The Black History puzzles at each station allow students to decode history! The puzzles include ciphers, Morse code, cryptograms and a final 4 digit code based on the decoders/clues. This is a NO PREP, PRINT & GO activity!
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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Let’s Learn Together –
My students loved this puzzle pack and they stayed engaged the entire time.
Voices of the Village –
OMG, this was perfect for my students. I am a microschool teacher and founder. I focus on providing a culturally relevant learning experience . This made learning easy for me and my students. Thanks a bunch.
Jessica F. –
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Kelly C. –
This was a very fun activity. I posted the clues around the room and the students walked around to solve it. I will definitely use it again next year!
Megan Riley –
Thank you for making engaging activities for my students.
Stephanie D. –
This resource was great. The students love being able to move around the classroom.
MissRayENL –
My students were very engaged with this activity. I had them work in groups and although they tried to give up very easily when some of the clues weren’t as easy as others, they continued to work together and eventually enjoyed the challenge!
Nancy W. –
My students loves this activity. They were really engaged with the activity. The coding aspect was a neat way to get the kids thinking.
Excellent package
TeacherBFF –
Engaging resource that was also fun to do! Thank you!
Layla W. –
I used this with incarcerated students with very limited reading comprehension abilities. They did well with this activity.
Kaye W. –
My kids enjoyed using this product. It was very engaging.
Alicia Y. –
We had fun working through these puzzles. Thanks.
Katherine K. –
My kids LOVED doing this! They were engaged and working really well in groups to figure out their answers.
tianna R. –
Very helpful resource.
Caroline C. –
My students love when we complete these~!they’re fun, interactive, challenging & so enjoyable!
anita R. –
Students liked the activities
Corstiana P. –
Loved this resource for my leadership classes for Black History Month. It got the students up and moving which I love. I even had students asking for more activities like this! It was just hard enough that the students had to work together but were able to figure it out. I liked the options for scaffolding also. I have since purchased several more of these. Thank you!!
Charmaine L. –
Students asked for more of these. Wish there were different types of codes for these type of puzzlers, though. I do make them check in with me before they can move on to the next clue to verify they are reading and answering the questions as well as decoding the puzzle.
Tracy C. –
Great resource to help students celebrate Black History Month.
Tara Brown –
I love that this activity allows for movement! Kids really enjoy your lessons…thank you for creating this one! They are going to be excited!! 🙂