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Civil Rights Movement in Virginia Escape Room – SOL VS.11

Are you looking for a fun way to review Virginia during the Civil Rights Era? Look no further! This Civil Rights Movement in Virginia Escape Room has everything you need! Whether teaching Virginia Studies 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 in Virginia Escape Room, students are in the process of time traveling back in time to study Virginia during the Civil Rights Era 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 images at the top of the page!

What will students learn with this classroom escape room?

Topics covered:

• Brown v. Board of Education
• the desegregation of Virginia
• Massive Resistance
• the political, social, and economic effects of choices made during the Civil Rights Era by Virginians including Maggie Walker, Robert Russa Moton, Barbara Johns, Samuel Wilbert Tucker, Oliver W. Hill, Sr., Irene Morgan, Arthur R. Ashe, A. Linwood Holton, Jr., and L. Douglas Wilder

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:

• Assembling puzzles to identify important Virginians
• Decoding information about Virginia’s public schools in the twentieth century and Virginians who were leaders in the Civil Rights Movement
• Identifying true and false facts about Virginia during the twentieth century
• Matching people, terms, and events to their descriptions to create secret codes

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 in Virginia Escape Room is specifically aligned with the 2023 Virginia Studies SOLs VS.11.

What are other teachers saying about this escape room?

• “My kids really love this resource and working in groups.” (Renee S.)
• “I love all the escape rooms you have created. I use these to review before a test.” (Ashley C.)
• “This was a perfect way to review for our Virginia Studies SOL test. My students enjoyed it, and it was very engaging.” (Lori M.)

Don’t miss out!

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

 

Want to save money?

This Virginia Studies: Civil Rights Movement in Virginia Escape Room is included in my Virginia Studies Escape Rooms Bundle for a discounted price!

 

More Virginia Studies Resources:

• Virginia Studies Curriculum
• Virginia Studies Task Cards Bundle

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Other Information:

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