Description
Lost Colony of Roanoke Escape Room Activity
The Lost Colony of Roanoke Escape Room gives students a chance to get out of their seats and solve clues! This escape room activity covers the following topics: Lost Colony of Roanoke, Sir Walter Raleigh, John White and Virginia Dare. No prior knowledge is needed. I prefer to use this as an introduction activity but it could be used for review of a unit as well.
What’s Included?
✅ Four half page reading passages
✅ Four decoders
✅ Questions for each passage (multiple choice, fill in the blank and true/false)
✅ Teacher directions
✅ Answer key
✅ Student directions
✅ Hint cards
✅ How to decode puzzles
✅ How to save time if the activity is taking too long
✅ Words to know: A glossary of terms
✅ Early Finisher Activity: Text marking
Students will practice reading comprehension and critical thinking skills to solve puzzles. Each clue will reveal interesting facts about the Lost Colony of Roanoke.
You do NOT need a lock! You do NOT need envelopes! You do NOT have to cut out puzzle pieces! This product is meant to make your life easy! Just print and go!
Please look at the preview to determine if this resource/reading level works for your age group. Younger students may need some help with some of the more difficult clues (hint cards and how to). Students have to answer questions about each passage to ensure understanding.
Students may work individually, with a partner or in small groups to solve four puzzles in order to determine the final code. I prefer partner work for best results!
An answer key and easy to follow teacher directions are provided.
Time needed: 45-60 minutes (it really all depends on your students reading skills)
You can decide how much time your students have to complete the activity. Maybe some students don’t finish, but that’s OK! They still learned something new! I often stop once the first three students solve all the clues. Time management strategies are included.
Basic subtraction skills are needed, a calculator may be used if needed. Example: 1629-1624=5
Cassie S. –
Love to do this activity with our Lost Colony unit.
Amy B. –
Unfortunately, on several pages, Sir Richard Grenville is misspelled. I contacted the seller prior to leaving this review to see if this could be fixed, and I have not heard back. After purchasing this, I had to then spend time editing it to make it appropriate to use with my students. This is an engaging activity and easy to implement, but I would not recommend purchasing it until the seller as fixed the spelling errors.
Lauren T. –
My students loved learning about The Lost Colony of Roanoke and loved the activity.
Ashley F. –
This worked perfectly for what I needed. Great resource!
Abigail Hawkins –
This was a great addition to our social studies class! Thank you!
Riley P. –
Great resource! Thank you so much for sharing! ?✨?
Kirstin V. –
Great resource to use to support learning about the colonies
Nicole O. –
This was a huge hit with my class! They loved breaking the codes and solving the puzzles.
Erin O’Neill –
My students enjoyed this activity. It was low prep and provided a great opportunity for the rehearsal of skills in an engaging format.
The Whimsical Workshop –
Thank you for this amazing resource! My students loved this!
Karen P. –
LOVE LOVE LOVE this resource! The kids really enjoy learning about the lost colony and this only adds to the mystery by having to be solved. I highly recommend this resource!
Katharine K. –
Fun and challenging way to combine reading and social studies standards together. Many of my students had never done these types of puzzles before, so it was a learning experience on many levels.
Erica E. –
As if the Lost Colony wasn’t interesting enough, add an escape room! My students had so much fun working together to crack the code.
Kristen E. –
These were really fun activities. My students stayed engaged.
Hanging Out with Mrs Hall –
So super easy to use. This was a great activity to use after introducing and doing a reader’s theatre.
Ashley C. –
Very engaging for students.
Christine B. –
Thank you
Bethany H. –
Great resource!
Stephanie Guardado –
My kids were so engaged and excited to go through each challenge and learned so much through reading and discussion. Thank you!