Description
The Principles of the US Constitution 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 Principles of the US Constitution, Separation of Powers, Checks and Balances, Popular Sovereignty, Republicanism, Federalism, Limited Government and Individual Rights.
The Principles of the Constitution 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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Michael R. –
Very useful and fun way to wrap up a week of learning. Students become very good at figuring out the puzzles with practice.
Erica G. –
My students loved this. It is a good resource for your classroom!
Marcella J. –
Great resource.
Reincke’s Education Store –
I used this with my 5th graders and they really enjoyed it! Thanks for sharing!
Denice Warden –
My students loved this escape! I loved the ease of prep.
Whitney C. –
Great product! I would recommend this product to others!
Kaitlyn E. –
This was super fun for my kids, and they enjoyed the competition!!
Ivy Elizabeth –
I made adjustments to include a guided reading graphic organizer to ensure that students were deeply engaging with the text and sometimes would revise the text to better align it with my standards. The kids enjoyed the gamified nature.
Melissa G. –
We are required to do something for constitution day every year. This was a great way to meet that requirement but also have my kids be engaged and actually learn something!
KSHistory –
My students love escape rooms, and the competition makes for such a fun review of the information. I used it as an introduction to my Constitution unit, and they were able to learn about one of the hardest topics of the unit in a super fun way!
jenny B. –
Very engaging and students reviewed what had been presented in class.
Allison D. –
Great activity
Steven Bilski –
my students enjoyed the challenge
Treasa B. –
great product
Jennifer N. –
My students loved the change of pace lesson! They were all engaged and the competition between groups kept them engaged the entire time. This has been the best way to teach principles in a long time.
jimmy M. –
My students loved this
Silly Goose Social Studies –
My students enjoyed themselves and had a great time racing each other. The only gripe I have is that it was going to be a lot of papers to print since I have 120+ kids so I ended up screenshotting parts and adding them to one sheet of paper. Otherwise it was great! 🙂
Erinn G. –
Fun way for my students to review! Thank you!
Kasey Winegar –
My students had a hard time getting some of the answers, but I think that was just them being lazy 🙂 This was kind of difficult to use in a hybrid situation, but I did the best I could to make it work. I will use this again in the future.
Teaching History Creatively –
GREAT product.