Description
The Transcontinental Railroad Escape Room will take students on a secret mission around the classroom! This escape room has students decode interesting facts about the Transcontinental Railroad, development, workers and challenges.
This Escape Room has students walking around the classroom breaking codes. The codes include ciphers, Morse code, cryptograms 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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Samantha M. –
My students love these! They are so engaged and really learn the material through this activity.
Erin Cook –
My students always enjoy the escape rooms which I do at the end of each chapter. They look forward to them.
History Resource Help –
Students loved this a review assignment. Got them up and moving around the room and thinking outside the box
Cassie Johansen –
My classes had a BLAST! It was so fun hearing them work hard to figure out each clue!
Lindaberry’s Tool Box –
Great product! I am so happy I found this resource.
Kristi B. –
This was a great way to wrap up our unit. The students had a lot of fun with it.
Jo Veta D. –
Great way to supplement my textbook! Kids found it very engaging.
Samantha N. –
My students have absolutely loved doing these escape rooms for our social studies choice boards. The articles are awesome right on level and they love solving the puzzles.
Trisha H. –
My students really enjoyed this activity! They were frustrated with the challenges at first, but couldn’t wait to do more! I told them how I loved watching their “light bulbs” come on when they figured out the decoders!
Sara V. –
My students really enjoyed this experience! This year we had such limited time to study the Oregon trail so this was a great way to engage students and present the learning materials.
Malissa S. –
I have purchased several of these escape room activities from this seller and I will definitely purchase more! I usually use these at the end of the unit to make sure that the information sticks. I am always amazed at how much my kids retain after escaping!!