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Civil Rights Movement Escape Room – VA SOL USII.8a-b – {PDF & Digital Included}

Are you looking for a fun way to review the Civil Rights Movement? Look no further! This Civil Rights Movement 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 Civil Rights Movement Escape Room, students are in the process of time traveling back in time to study events related to the Civil Rights Movement 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 images at the top of the page!

What will students learn with this classroom escape room?

This escape room includes information about the following Civil Rights Movement events, people, policies, and terms:

• Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Rosa Parks
• Montgomery Bus Boycott
• NAACP
• Civil Rights Act of 1964
• Vothing Rights Acts of 1965
• Segregation

What escape room activities are included?

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

• Identifying examples of segregation in primary sources
• Decoding famous Civil Rights quotes and policies to learn more about specific events and people
• Decoding information about the NAACP to learn more about the organization
• Reading passages to learn more about specific events
• Matching specific people and policies to a description of those things

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 Civil Rights Movement Escape Room is specifically aligned with the 2023 Virginia U.S. History SOL USII.8a-b, although it closely matches most U.S. History standards related to important people, events, and policies related to the Civil Rights Movement.

What are other teachers saying about this escape room?

• “This was a hit with students! They were so engaged!!” (Lauren C.)
• “Perfect as part of a review for our Civil Rights Unit. Students were engaged and got pretty competitive trying to escape first!” (Kaitlyn P.)
• “What a wonderful resource.  Hope anyone reading the feedback buys this. My kids LOVED it!!” (Leisha C.)
• “My students LOVED this!! They were engaged throughout the entire escape room!!” (Lauren R.)
• “What a fun, engaging, INFORMATIVE activity!!.” (anonymous buyer)

Don’t miss out!

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

 

More Civil Rights Resources:

• Civil Rights Movement Unit
• Civil Rights Movement Task Cards
• US History 1865 to Present Curriculum
• US History 1865 to Present Task Cards Bundle

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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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