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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Virginia Crown Resources –
Great resource!
Kim Angell –
Great resource!
Maryellen P. –
My class loved this activity. I will be looking to purchase more in the future. Thanks.
Ashley C. –
Very informative and fun activity
Debra L. –
Well organized and lots of engagement.
Karlie B. –
My kids absolutely loved this activity and were so engaged during it!
Kathy Shady –
I am looking forward to trying this next week
Megan M. –
I included a tool box that they had to unlock with the code. My students loved it!!
Christina C. –
It took some work to set up, but my kids loved this!
jennifer C. –
Awesome!
Tamara G. –
The students really enjoyed this escape room!
Kalee I. –
Was a fun activity for my 8th graders. A little too easy for them, but still enjoyable
Tracy C. –
A very creative way to engage students in a Revolutionary War lesson!
Courtney S –
My students loved this. Thanks so much.
Karen M. –
I’m looking forward to using this for a review with my students!
Jason Sack –
My students loved this!
The Caffeinated Goose –
This is perfect! Thanks!
Hannah Gabrielle –
This is so FUN! I can’t wait to use it. Thank you!
Kelley Hively –
My students had a great time with this activity!
Morgan W. –
This was so much fun for my 5th graders! Throughout my school day, I teach over 70 5th graders, and they all loved it. I recommend playing the game with spy music in the background. 🙂 Some of the ciphers were tricky for comprehension, but that is probably just due to my students not being exposed to codebreakers before. The only item that stumped me was how solving the 4 clues didn’t get you the combination to “escape”, but they were there for you to solve and then some info might have contributed to the lock solver. This is, however, how I understood it. Very lovely activity!