Description
The Texas Revolution 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 Texas Revolution, the Alamo, San Jacinto, Sam Houston, Stephen Austin, Santa Anna
The Texas Revolution Escape Room is a great reading comprehension activity with a twist of fun that has students 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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»»» Scavenger Hunts: Click HERE
»»» Digital Secret Message Activities: Click HERE
»»» Puzzle Breakouts: Click HERE
»»» Interactive Google Slides™: Click HERE
»»» Digital ESCAPE ROOMS: Click HERE
»»» Color by Number – Text Marking: Click HERE
»»» Digital Reading Passages: Click HERE
»»» Task Card Review Games: Click HERE
»»» Interactive Game Boards: Click HERE
»»» Reading Passages and Text Marking: Click HERE
»»» Back to School: Click HERE
»»» Collaborative Posters: Click HERE
»»» Digital Interactive Notebooks: Click HERE
»»» Grades 3 and 4 Escape Rooms: Click HERE
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Audrey M. –
This resource was exactly what I needed! It’s well-organized, easy to use, and thoughtfully designed. You can tell a lot of care went into creating this. Thank you for a high-quality resource that saved me time and helped my students succeed!
Sarah Q. –
This resource was exactly what I needed for my classroom! It was well-organized, easy to implement, and engaging for my students. I appreciate the time and creativity that went into making it. Thank you for helping make teaching a little easier and learning a lot more fun!
Rebekah M. –
This was great! My students were engaged in the escape room for the entire class period.
Kristen K. –
I used this in my workshop stations as a must do activity. Very engaging!
Ashli T. –
I was able to modify and facilitate the use of this resource with my 4th grade students. Needless to say, they are pumped about having Texas History again in junior high. Thank you!
TeachingTexasHistory –
My students absolutely loved this escape room! My 7th graders have been begging me all year to do an escape room, and oh boy, did they enjoy this one! I needed something engaging to review the Texas Revolution before our district assessment, but also something quick to put together. This resource hit both requirements. I really appreciated that there weren’t a million things to print, cut, and sort. Even my most reluctant learners were motivated by this activity.
The Sparkle in Reading –
This product was really awesome! Worked really well with my class.
shanna D. –
My students loved interaciting with each other to solve the puzzles.
Erin Rose –
My students LOVE your escape rooms. Thank you for hard work to create them! Great lesson
Stephanie H. –
My class loved! Was great for my early finishers! Thank you!
Kimberly D. –
Thank you for taking the time to make this resource. This has been a great addition to my classroom to help keep my students engaged.
Rebecca L. –
The no prep stations saved my bacon! Thank you.
Wendy B. –
Wow! Great resource! All of the items I’ve purchased from Think Tank have been amazing! I have bought a ton of your items!! My students love it! Thank you very much!
Claudia P. –
This was very easy to use as a lesson and my students were engaged. Thank you!
Christine S. –
I love these puzzles/escape rooms. My students are always engaged and no matter how many times I use them they always seem to be stumped by some of the puzzles. I have used several Think Tank escape rooms and I will continue to use them.
Mindy T. –
Great, engaging activity!
Erica F. –
My students loved it.
Natalia Grova –
Good social studies starter
Dawn V. –
It was a great resource to include in this unit. I had trouble getting ideas of what to do. Thank you for creating this. My student enjoyed the variety of activities.
Kayla S. –
Such a fun resource to use!