Description
The Causes of the Revolutionary War 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 American Revolution, Boston Tea Party, Boston Massacre, French and Indian War, Stamp Act, Sugar Act, Quartering Act, 13 Colonies and Intolerable Acts.
The Revolutionary War Causes Escape Room is a great reading comprehension activity with a twist of 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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Hillary N. –
My fifth grade students learned alot about the causes of the American Revolution.
Sharon M. –
This resource offered me some new insights that I did not find in other units
Jacki Downs –
This is such a great resource for teaching the Revolutionary War! Escape Rooms are very popular, and students love this.
Kimberly Hawks –
I used this to help students expand their learning and it worked great for that.
Kristine H. –
This escape room is great as a review or as an activity for early finishers. I like to use it at the end of a unit and connect it to the Culper Spy Ring because of its use of codes. I use it every year!
Sandra A. –
This is a fun and easy resource to use. My kids loved it.
Engaging History Activities –
This was useful in my classroom and worked well for my students.
Nicole P. –
Thank you for creating this wonderful resource! I truly appreciate it!
Rebecca D. –
This resource was a great way to review the Causes of the War. My students enjoy your resources.
Wendy L. –
Excellent history tool: simple to use and very effective. Some escape rooms can be difficult to prep, this one was very simple!
Lauren R. –
Students loved this. Allows to fully understand why the American Revolution occurred!
Kristine Schellenger –
We used this as an activity to finish up our Revolutionary War unit. It was so fun for students and they were able to connect what they already learned as well as learn new things. Thanks!
Amanda M. –
Great resouce, easy for teacher and students to use.
Madison Rasmussen –
This resource was get to leave with a sub to review the Revolution.
Little Miss Data –
This resource was a lifesaver to have on a day where I needed an extra activity. Easy to use and engaging!
Laura B. –
Perfect independent activity for students to review the American Revolution.
Lauren T. –
I used this as a review for my 4th graders before their assessment. They love solving the puzzles that go along with each reading passage.
Katherine Pentz –
My students have always loved escape rooms, but before discovering you I have always dreaded them and done them a very limited amount due to how time-consuming putting them together can be.
This resource is the OPPOSITE of that! It is simple for the teacher to organize, but complex in its questions, texts, activities for students.
THANK YOU for these! My students adore them, as do I!
Brandon S. –
Fun, engaging, and gets kids moving around the room.
Sarah H. –
My students absolutely love these escape rooms they are so fun and engaging. I also like the quiz at the end to make sure they learned something.