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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Anne C. –
Thank you!
Bobbi M. –
Lots of fun!
Erica Dodson –
This was amazing; my students loved it!! It also worked out well since I happened to get observed by administration the day we used this resource, so it helped in that capacity as well! 🙂
Nadia T. –
My kids had so much fun reviewing the causes of the AR with this resource! Thank you!!
Steve C. –
Great Activity
Jennifer M. –
Excited to use this in our study!! Thank you!
Tarah H. –
Had to use these as emergency sub plans when I was sick and they worked perfectly!
Tracy W. –
While this could have been used at the beginning of an American Revolution unit, I chose to use it as a culminating activity. What a fabulous activity for all of my students. They love escape rooms and this was perfect!
Jedi Historian –
So excited! We are doing this activity this week.
Jacquelyn Barnett –
The students loved it and want to play again
Curriculum Queen –
We had a blast! Thanks!
Kristen W. –
I have always wanted to try one and I love the Revolutionary war Era. This was fun!!
Morgan H. –
The kids had a blast with this! Totally worth the money!
David D. –
My Students loved doing this as an end of the unit review!
Kathryn Barnum –
This was such a fun activity! My students really enjoyed it and were so focused on learning and solving the riddles.
Julia H. –
I can’t say enough good things about this activity! My kids were so into it! Especially when I made it a race. They keep asking me when we are going to do another escape room! All levels of my social studies classes could do it, too! Great job! Thank you so much!
Kerry R –
A great review activity. My students enjoyed it.
Claudia L. –
I can’t wait to use this with my 5th graders! Thank you!
Coffee Fueled Content –
awesome resource! My kids love it!!
Global Connections –
My kids loved this!