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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lauren R. –
Both my students and I loved this resource! It’s engaging and fun!
Jennifer S. –
This is super fun for the students and a great way to review our Revolutionary War unit!
Misty B. –
These were great!~ My students really enjoyed this resource.
Casey R. –
Used this for my 6th grader and he loved it. He is obsessed with all thing’s history and war, so this was perfect.
Peggy Barnhart –
A good resource for my social studies supplemental materials
Julie L. –
My student love escape rooms and this was perfect for our American Revolution unit!
Michelle H. –
This was such an engaging activity. It was a great way to introduce the Revolutionary War and get the students excited to learn about it. There was also a mix of easier and more challenging codes that the students had to break. My students really loved this activity.
Teaching Where You’re Called –
This was a great resource! Lots of excellent information and the students really enjoyed it! Thank you!
Samantha P. –
I was looking for an entry into escape rooms to engage my students more and this helped with that! It helped their group work skills too.
Teal Texas Teaching –
This escape room is fantastic! It’s so engaging, and my students love trying to decode!
Barbara C. –
My students absolutely loved this escape room. It was challenging enough to keep my higher students fully engaged but also still manageable for my struggling students. I even changed the code on my iPad to match the code at the end so that each group had the fun of entering the code to see if they “escaped.” It was amazing to experience with them!
Paige W. –
Great product! It has been very useful in my classroom!
Avery S. –
This is a great interactive resource for my students to use to learn more about the American Rev on their own!
Tricia F. –
Great way to review before moving to the next stage in our social studies curriculum. My students loved escape rooms!
Bri C. –
My students loved this resource and it aligned with our curriculum so well!
Sloane S. –
My students loved using this product and so did I!
Natalia B. –
My students LOVED this escape room. They had so much fun working together to solve each problem.
Grade 3 Goodies –
Was used as a review for a ninth grade class in American History.
Morna F. –
Just the extra practice my students needed. Thank you for this helpful resource.
Christine B. –
This was great and would be even better if the codes could be put into google forms for self-checking capability.
Thank you for creating this.