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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Jonnie H. –
As always, you make the best escape rooms! Thank you!
Burt V. –
A truly great activity that the kids enjoyed working through. Thank you for the time and hard work spent putting this together!
Dancing Frog Innovative Education –
I took me a bit to figure out the best way to use this resource (and the best timing for it) but it was a resource that definitely helped my students.
Learning with Ms. Hwang –
My students loved using this resource! They always enjoy completing Escape Rooms and I love that they’re learning and working collaboratively along the way!
Dancing Through Third Grade –
Used this for a sub plan after we finished unit 3 of Wit and Wisdom in 4th grade.
Michelle H. –
My fourth students LOVED this escape room to review the content of the road to revolution. They worked in pairs and small groups to “escape”. They’ve already asked when we can do another escape room.
Structure That Sticks –
I always use these escape rooms after completing a chapter on important historical events. My students love getting out of their seats to complete these puzzles!
Ms Sandoval –
My students loved this resource! Thank you so much!
jamie E. –
My class enjoyed the escape room. It was a way to break up a large unit on the Revolutionary War. It is a great hour-long “game” that teaches students in a unique and challenging way.
Julie V. –
My students enjoy escape rooms and I can’t wait to use this one when we get to the war.
StepanUpToFifthGrade –
This was a great supplemental resource for studying the revolutionary war.
Krista B. –
What a fabulous American Revolution resource! Both my students and myself have really enjoyed using this resource. It was both easy to use and understand.
Keri F. –
My students loved this and It was easy to implement into my lessons. I loved this product.
julie matlock –
My students really enjoyed this revolutionary war escape room.
Sarah S. –
I use it after we study the Revolutionary War. Perfect to review and also get in some reading practice.
Valerie B. –
This was great for my students to do after we finished up the American Revolution unit we did. It helped to solidify their understanding.
Suzi Ashton –
The group of students that I had LOVED learning about the Revolutionary War. This packet was perfect for them as we wrapped up our unit. The kids also lived challenging puzzles and truly enjoyed this activity.
Theresa C. –
This was such a great resource. I’ll be using this every year from now on.
Laura Pecor –
This resource was very helpful! This was a great way to get my 5th grade students engaged in learning about social studies.
Tracey A. –
My students loved using this resource in class! It was very engaging.