The objective of this activity is a formative assessment and extension activity to check my students’ understanding of the events leading up to and during the revolutionary war.
Basically this is an escape room activity. Students will be given clues that they have to solve using their knowledge from class on the Revolution. For this to work I need lock boxes that students will need to open to gain more clues. They will then be extended as they will be experiencing the tools of the Culper Spy Ring, George Washington’s most effective spy organization in the Revolution. I will also need markers and Brass fasteners to create the spy wheels and clues for the project.
Because it is a race students will build collaborative skills with their partners and race to see who can finish first, thereby demonstrating their knowledge of the revolution, extending their learning with experiential learning in Culper’s Spy Ring, and having being engaged with the content by making it fun and building 21st century skills. Afterward, there is a follow up activity that asks critical thinking questions to make sure the students learned what they needed from this activity.
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The objective of this activity is a formative assessment and extension activity to check my students’ understanding of the events leading up to and during the revolutionary war.
Basically this is an escape room activity. Students will be given clues that they have to solve using their knowledge from class on the Revolution. For this to work I need lock boxes that students will need to open to gain more clues. They will then be extended as they will be experiencing the tools of the Culper Spy Ring, George Washington’s most effective spy organization in the Revolution. I will also need markers and Brass fasteners to create the spy wheels and clues for the project.
Because it is a race students will build collaborative skills with their partners and race to see who can finish first, thereby demonstrating their knowledge of the revolution, extending their learning with experiential learning in Culper’s Spy Ring, and having being engaged with the content by making it fun and building 21st century skills. Afterward, there is a follow up activity that asks critical thinking questions to make sure the students learned what they needed from this activity.