A Maya Empire Escape Room activity. Ideal for Year 5 or Year 6, the activity is perfect for group work, starting a new Mesoamerica history topic, team-building activities or for a fun, engaging and interactive lesson. The activity can be used in English class as it incorporates some ELA skills or in Social Studies.
The activity has been split into four different tasks; your students will need to complete each of the tasks to reveal a word. Together the four words make a phrase for them to escape the room.
Included in this resource:
- Student guidelines for completing the tasks meaning no teacher prep
- A student answer key to complete as they work through the tasks
- An informational text or reading comprehension passage
- A true or false fact sheet & maze
- A crossword puzzle
- A timeline activity & answer key
- A wordsearch puzzle
- Teacher answer sheets for each task
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In Task 1 students will read an informational text about the Maya Empire and then find their way through a maze by answering true or false comprehension questions. If they answer the questions correctly they will reveal their first word.
In Task 2 students will use the same informational text to complete a crossword puzzle. Within the puzzle there are several hidden letters which will need to be unscrambled on the completion of the puzzle to reveal the second word.
In Task 3 students will have to cut out 27 timeline task cards before putting them in order from the earliest date to the most recent. When they have finished their task they can glue them onto the answer key which will reveal their third word.
In Task 4 students will have to find the missing words in a wordsearch puzzle before finding a hidden word from the letters that are left over in the puzzle. This hidden word is their fourth and final word.
Students can then complete their student answer key with the four words they revealed before checking with the teacher to see if they have escaped successfully.
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This resource is great for:
- Team-building activities
- Group work
- Research projects
- Reading comprehension
- Emergency sub plans
- Independent work
- Introducing a new topic
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Maya Empire Mega Bundle of Activities | Year 3 or Year 4
This bundle contains seven reading comprehension activities about the Maya Empire, key advancements, religion and and influential rulers from the era; a timeline display and sorting activity; two biography writing units about Pacal the Great and Jawan Chan K'awiil; an informational writing unit about the Maya Empire; an opinion writing unit discussing the most powerful city-state from the period; a Maya Empire mapping activity; and two escape room activities to enhance your students knowledge even further. 30 Lessons, or 30 hours of activities, with NO PREP needed! ⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻ Firstly, there are seven reading comprehension activities, or informational texts, about: * An Overview of the Maya Empire * Religion in the Maya Empire * Advancements of the Maya Empire * Maya City-State of Tikal * Chichen Itza * Pacal the Great * Jawan Chan K'awiil These activities require NO PREP and have a body of text that students need to read through thoroughly; then they can use the text to find the comprehension and grammar answers. All texts then have an extension activity, a crossword and a wordsearch for those fast finishers. Answers, for teacher use, are on the final page of each document. Then, our Maya Empire Map Activities and Presentation brings history and geography to life. Students will explore the lands of the Maya, uncover the secrets of cities like Tikal and Chichen Itza, and trace the empire at its peak. Then, there are two biography writing units about Pacal the Great and Jawan Chan K'awiil. The units have been split into four separate lessons which will take students approximately 40-50 minutes each. Then, there is an informational writing unit about the Maya Empire. The unit has again been split into three or four separate lessons which will take students approximately 40-50 minutes each. Also, there is an opinion writing unit about which city-state was the most powerful from the Maya era: Tikal, Calakmul or Chichen Itza. This unit has again been split into three or four separate lessons which will take students approximately 40-50 minutes each. After, there is an Maya Empire Timeline Activity and Display. It is perfect for introducing students to the some of the key events and people of Maya era. There are 33 posters or task cards that include many of the key events from the period. Finally, two fun and engaging escape room activities about both the Maya Empire and religion of the Maya help enhance your students knowledge even further. ⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚
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Maya Empire Escape Room Activity Bundle | Year 5 or Year 6
Four individual Maya Empire Escape Room activities about the following areas of history or famous city-states: * Maya Empire Overview * Religion in the Maya Empire * Advancements of the Maya Empire * Chichen Itza Ideal for Year 5 or Year 6, the activities are perfect for group work, starting a new ancient history topic, team-building activities or for fun, engaging and interactive lessons. The activities can be used in English also as they incorporate some ELA skills, or in Social Studies. Each activity has been split into four different tasks; your students will need to complete each of the tasks to reveal a word. Together the four words make a phrase for them to escape the room. Included in each of the four resources: * Student guidelines for completing the tasks meaning no teacher prep * A student answer key to complete as they work through the tasks * An informational text or reading comprehension passage * A true or false fact sheet & maze * A crossword puzzle * A timeline activity & answer key * A wordsearch puzzle * Teacher answer sheets for each task ⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻ In Task 1 of each activity students will read an informational text and then find their way through a maze by answering true or false comprehension questions. If they answer the questions correctly they will reveal their first word. In Task 2 students will use the same informational text to complete a crossword puzzle. Within the puzzle there are several hidden letters which will need to be unscrambled on the completion of the puzzle to reveal the second word. In Task 3 students will have to cut out 25 timeline task cards before putting them in order from the earliest date to the most recent. When they have finished their task they can glue them onto the answer key which will reveal their third word. In Task 4 students will have to find the missing words in a wordsearch puzzle before finding a hidden word from the letters that are left over in the puzzle. This hidden word is their fourth and final word. Students can then complete their student answer key with the four words they revealed before checking with the teacher to see if they have escaped successfully. ⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻ This resource is great for: * Team-building activities * Group work * Research projects * Reading comprehension * Emergency sub plans * Independent work * Introducing a new topic ⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚ For more great resources follow my store ⇉⇉ CLICK HERE
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