Description

U.S. History to 1865 Escape Rooms Bundle – VA SOL Aligned

With each U.S. History to 1865 Escape Room, students are in the process of time-traveling back in time to study the people and events of U.S. History when their time machine malfunctions! The only way to repair the time machine and return to the present is for students to successfully complete several challenges that enable them to review important information and standards about past events in American history.

These U.S. History to 1865 Escape Rooms are a great way to engage students and to get them up and moving as they review American history.

To take a closer look at the escape room activities included, check out the images at the top of the page!

What U.S. History escape rooms are included in this bundle?

U.S. History escape rooms included:

• North America Geography Escape Room
• Native Americans Escape Room
• Early Explorers Escape Room
• Transatlantic Trade Escape Room
• Colonial America Escape Room
• American Revolution Escape Room
• Early American Government Escape Room
• Westward Expansion Escape Room
• Civil War Escape Room

What escape room activities are included?

For each classroom escape room, students complete 6-7 activities. When completing the activities, students will use critical thinking and inference skills. Examples of the types of activities students complete include:

• Assembling puzzles to find a secret code or identify important people in American history
• Decoding famous quotes and passages
• Solving puzzles and riddles
• Decoding and sorting information about important people and events
• Using keys to find information
• Locating places on maps to create secret codes
• Reading information about the past and drawing conclusions with that information
• Matching the causes and effects of important events
• Matching people, events, and legislation to their descriptions to create secret codes

Is there a digital option?

This bundle includes two versions of each 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 rooms are self-checking so that students can review the answers to their work even when learning remotely.

What standards are covered?

Although the escape rooms in this bundle meet the U.S. history to 1865 standards for many states, these escape rooms are specifically aligned to the U.S. History to 1865 Virginia Standards of Learning (SOLs). All escape rooms have been updated and align to the NEW 2023 U.S. History Virginia SOLs. All U.S. History to 1865 SOLs are covered in this bundle.

What are teachers saying about these escape rooms?

• “My 5th grade students beg me to “play” these Escape Rooms! They are easy to organize and implement! Students are very engaged!” (anonymous)
• “My students loved these activities. I used them to review what we had learned earlier in the year at the end of the school year. I look forward to using this resource with my lessons.” (Margarita L.)
• “As with all products from Vestal’s 21st Century Classroom, this product was great. If you have any hesitations about buying something from this seller, don’t hesitate, but it now! Everything I have bought from her is great!” (Morgan P.)

Don’t miss out!

With these U.S. History to 1865 Escape Rooms, students will have so much fun that they will forget they are learning! Teacher instructions are provided, making it easy to set up and implement whether in-person or virtually.

 

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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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