Description
The Christmas Around the World Escape Room will take students on a secret mission around the classroom reading comprehension passages, answering questions and solving puzzles! This escape room has students decode interesting facts about Christmas Around the World, history and traditions.
The Christmas Around the World 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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Christine K. –
I used this for 5th grade Cub Scouts right before Christmas to learn about different cultural holiday celebrations for our Duty to God in Action Adventure Pin. They really enjoyed it, but did struggle with the Morse code because the dots were so close together! Most were able to complete the Escape room in an hour and they were all super engaged! Very well done! We really enjoyed learning the clues and facts!
Carol L. –
My students found this engaging. Great resource! Will use again next year!
Brandi B. –
I used this for a fun activity with my online students before our holiday break. They LOVED it! Thanks!
Groovy in 4th Grade –
This was such a fun activity for the last week of school before Christmas break. My students loved learning about holidays and traditions around the world, while trying to solve the puzzles!
Abbi V. –
This was a fun and cute activity for my students to do around Christmas. They loved learning about the way people celebrate Christmas. It took a couple of days for the kids to get everything! I will be using this every year!
Emily F. –
This was a great resource to end our semester with! Will be using it again.
Jennifer E. –
We used this resource in the library before winter break. The students enjoyed doing something festively different.
Alisha B. –
My 6th-grade students love these escape rooms. They have been a great addition to changing things up in my World History class. We loved doing this right before Christmas break and at the end of the term when grades were already locked.
Stephanie P. –
I loved that my students were having fun and learning about Christmas traditions in other countries. It was a way I could learn about different traditions students had with their families.
Tamara Neilsen –
Fantastic resource. My students were highly engaged.
Claudia M. –
When students first saw this they panicked because they are used to not needing to really think. By the end they were all (mostly) cracking the code. It was great to see them so proud of themselves for “getting it”.
Alena B. –
My students had a lot of fun completing the challenges. I enjoy that it took the students to put in effort to solve them.
Karen S. –
My students loved this resource. We worked in groups to complete the tasks. They enjoyed the tasks and were fully engaged in solving the codes. And they learned about holiday traditions from around the world! It was a great activity to use right before the Christmas break.
Lindsey S. –
I wouldn’t recommend this resource. It had more to do with solving puzzles/cryptograms that actually learning material. Sorry, but I would not use this again. My students did not enjoy it.
A and M Garza –
Great item that I used for my students during our last days until Christmas break.
Cory Eisenbach –
Thank you!
Great resource, I would recomend to others.
Aleisha B. –
My students loved this! Lots of engagement and conversations. We had so much fun.
Allison B. –
Super fun and diverse. My students love Think Tank escape rooms.
julia A. –
My students and I love this escape room they had a great time using it the last week before Christmas break
Kimberly A. –
ThinkTank escape rooms are AMAZING! I have used many in my classroom. Students really enjoy them and are fully engaged solving the puzzles while learning about a variety of topics. The Christmas escape room was a fantastic activity during the holiday season. Students marveled at the variety of ways people and cultures celebrate Christmas.