Description

Ancient Mali Escape Room

Are you looking for a fun way to review the history, culture, and geography of ancient Mali? Look no further! This Ancient Mali Escape Room has everything you need! Whether teaching remotely or in-person, this classroom escape room is easy to set up, and students will have lots of fun reviewing what they have learned!

In this Ancient Mali Escape Room, students are in the process of traveling back in time to study life in ancient Mali when their time machine malfunctions! The only way to repair the time machine and return to the present is for students to successfully complete six challenges.

To take a closer look at the escape room activities included, check out the preview!

What will students learn with this classroom escape room?

Topics covered:

• The location of Mali throughout history
• Major land and water features around Mali and how the people of Mali used those geographical features
• Architecture and innovations in ancient Mali
• The role of kings and some of the most significant kings (Sundiata, Mansa Musa)
• Trade in Anicent Mali
• Timbuktu

What escape room activities are included?

Students will complete six challenges. When completing the activities, students will use critical thinking and inference skills. Challenges include activities such as:

• analyzing a map and decoding clues to learn about the geography of West Africa
• solving math problems to reveal true facts about ancient Mali
• decoding messages to learn information about ancient Mali
• completing sentences to reveal information
• matching terms related to ancient Mali to a correct description
• identifying examples of architecture and storytelling in ancient Mali

Is a digital version included?

This resource includes two versions of the escape room. The first version is a PDF escape room that can be completed in a classroom.

The second version is a digital escape room that can be completed in Google Forms. The digital escape room is self-checking so that students can review the answers to their work even when learning remotely.

What standards are covered?

This Ancient Mali Escape Room is specifically aligned with the 2023 Virginia SOLs 3.3 and 3.8, although it closely matches most standards related to the history, culture, and geography of ancient Mali.

What are other teachers saying about this escape room?

• “This is awesome. We used it as a fun review at the end of the unit. I will definitely be purchasing the bundle!” (Emily B.)
• “I love using these with my students to review before a Social Studies test. I need the bundle!!!” (anonymous buyer)
• “This is a really fun activity. My students were really engaged.” (Amanda S.)

Don’t miss out!

Students will love completing the activities in this Ancient Mali Escape Room! Teacher instructions are provided, making it easy to set up and implement whether in-person or virtually.

 

Save money!

This classroom escape room is included in my 3rd Grade Social Studies Escape Rooms Bundle for a discounted price.

 

You may also be interested in:

• Ancient Mali Task Cards
• Ancient Mali Unit
• 3rd Grade Social Studies Task Cards
• 3rd Grade Social Studies Escape Rooms

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Other Information:

If you would like more information about using classroom escape rooms, check out my blog post “Create the Perfect Classroom Escape Room.”

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