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Jamestown Escape Room – VA SOL VS.3

Are you looking for a fun way to review Jamestown? Look no further! This Jamestown 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 Jamestown Escape Room, students are in the process of time traveling back in time to study the first permanent settlement in British North America when their time machine malfunctions! The only way to repair the time machine and return to the present is for students to successfully complete seven 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:

• The roles of the Virginia Company of London and King James in founding the Jamestown colony
• Reasons for American colonization and settling along the James River
• Resources discovered at Jamestown
• The hardships the settlers experienced at Jamestown
• The roles of John Smith, John Rolfe, Pocahontas, and Chief Powhatan in the survival and success of the Jamestown colony
• The roles of women, enslaved Africans, and indentured servants in Jamestown
• The General Assembly

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:

• Decoding a John Smith quote
• Unscramble statements to learn about the hardships the Jamestown settlers experienced
• Decoding information about important events at Jamestown
• Identifying true and false facts about Jamestown
• Solving math problems related to Jamestown
• Matching people 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 Jamestown Escape Room is specifically aligned with the 2023 Virginia Studies SOL VS.3.

What are other teachers saying about this escape room?

• “My students loved the escape room. It was a fun way to review before testing.” (Stacy B.)
• “This resource is great because the students learn and review while having fun.” (Ms. Martin)
• “My class loved working on this to review for our state testing. It was a wonderful break from the normal review methods!” (Lesa S.)
• “This was a great way to review for the Virginia Studies SOL test.  Very engaging for my students.” (Lori M.)

Don’t miss out!

Students will love completing the activities in this Jamestown 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 Jamestown Escape Room is included in my Virginia Studies Escape Rooms Bundle for a discounted price!

 

More Virginia Studies resources:

• Jamestown Unit
• Jamestown Task Cards
• Virginia Studies Curriculum
• Virginia Studies Task Cards Bundle

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Other Information:

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