Museum Escape Room

MUSEUM

ESCAPE ROOM

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The thieves have left behind clues to where they are hiding the safe containing the stolen Constitution. Your mission is to track down the clues and crack the 4-digit code using your knowledge of the Preamble!

The original Constitution has been stolen!!!

Oh no!

Use the Goals of the Preamble to decode the clues!

1

"In order to form a more perfect Union"

Here, "Union" is referring to the united government between the states.

2

"Establish Justice"

3

"Insure domestic tranquility"

"Domestic" means "home" and "tranquility" means "peace". This goal refers to protecting peace at home between states within the government.

4

"Provide for the common defense"

5

"Promote the general welfare"

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"And secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity"

"Posterity" means "those who come after us", such as future generations.

Next

Click the + button to decipher each goal of the preamble. This will help you decode the clues and find the Constitution!

Room 1

Can you solve the Clue?

establish justice

Provide for the common defense

Promote the general welfare

Congress passes a military spending bill that gives our armed forces over $700 billion to buy and manufacture weapons, pay soldiers, and fund our various war efforts.

Question 1

1/5

Room 1

Can you solve the Clue?

establish justice

In order to form a more perfect union

Provide for the common defense

After the Articles of Confederation failed to create an effective government, the Founding Fathers gathered in Philadelphia to draft a new Constitution.

Question 2

2/5

Room 1

Can you solve the Clue?

provide for the common defense

promote the general welfare

The Environmental Protection Agency regulates what pesticides can be used in farms and bought commercially, to make sure people aren’t exposed to potentially harmful chemicals.

Insure domestic tranquility

Question 3

3/5

Room 1

Can you solve the Clue?

and secure the blessings of liberty

Establish Justice

insure domestic tranquility

Question 4

The TSA monitors everyone who gets on airplanes in the United States, to be sure they have no weapons or illegal items and that air travel across the country remains safe for everyone

4/5

Room 1

Can you solve the Clue?

Establish Justice

Provide for the common defence

promote the general welfare

Samantha gets a jury summons from her city in the mail. She must take a day off work and go to the local courthouse to serve as a juror on a criminal trial.

Question 5

5/5

Room 1

You did it!

You have solved all the hidden clues in this room! The first number in the combination is 1Quick! Write it down!

5/5

CONTINUE

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This time, the clues will get a little more challenging. Decode the Constitutional Amendment, Law, or Act by matching it with the goal of the Preamble that explains it best.

Solve the clues to find the next number in the combination!

Phew! You made it to Room 2!

Room 2

Can you solve the Clue?

insure domestic tranquility

provide for the common defence

When the Governor of Arkansas called in the National Guard to stop African American students from attending a white school in Little Rock, President Eisenhower sent in 1,200 troops from the Army’s 101st Airborne Division to quell the conflict and ensure the students could attend class safely.

Question 1

1/5

Room 2

Can you solve the Clue?

and secure the blessings of liberty..

The 19th Amendment to the Constitution, ratified in 1920, gave women the right to vote.

establish justice

Question 2

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Room 2

Can you solve the Clue?

establish justice

promote the general welfare

In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the Medicare program, which provides health insurance for all Americans over the age of 65, as well as certain people with disabilities

Question 3

3/5

Room 2

Can you solve the Clue?

provide for the common defense

insure domestic tranquility

May 2, 2011, President Obama announced that Navy Seals had successfully found and killed Osama bin Laden, the head of the terrorist group al Qaeda and mastermind behind the September 11th terrorist attacks

Question 4

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Room 2

Can you solve the Clue?

promote the general welfare

in order to form a more perfect union

Originally, the Constitution did not limit how many terms a president could serve. After FDR was elected four times, serving as president for 12 years until his death, Congress passed the 22nd Amendment, which added term limits to the Constitution: each President can now only serve two terms, 8 years in total

Question 5

5/5

You have solved all the clues in this room!The second number in the combination is 7Quick! Write it down!

Room 2

You did it!!

CONTINUE

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In room 3, you will have to match the goal in the Preamble to the Article in the Constitution that matches it the best. But watch out! Amendments are not an option, and some of the Articles are very similar! Use the interactive buttons if you need help!

Solve the clues to find the next number in the combination!

Phew! That was a close one!

Room 3

Select the Article that matches the goal the best

In Order to form a more perfect union....

Question 1

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Article 1: Legislative Branch: the U.S. Congress makes the laws for the United States. Congress has two parts, called "Houses," the House of Representatives and the Senate.

Article 5: The Constitution can be changed. New amendments can be added to the US Constitution with the approval by a two-thirds vote in each house of Congress and three-fourth vote by the states.

Room 3

Select the Article that matches the goal the best

establish justice...

Question 2

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Article 3: Judicial Branch: the Supreme Court decides court cases according to US Constitution. The courts under the Supreme Court decide criminal and civil court cases according to the correct federal, state, and local laws.

Article 2: Executive Branch: the President, Vice-President, Cabinet, and Departments under the Cabinet Secretaries carry out the laws made by Congress.

Room 3

Select the Article that matches the goal the best

insure domestic Tranquility...

Question 3

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Article 6: Federal powers & the Supremacy Clause: The Constitution and federal laws are higher than state and local laws. All laws must agree with the US Constitution.

Article 4: States have the power to make and carry out their own laws that are related to the people and problems of their area. States respect other states' laws and work together with other states to fix regional problems.

Room 3

Select the Article that matches the goal the best

provide for the common Defense...

Question 4

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Article I assigns the responsibility for making laws and passing a national budget to the Legislative Branch (Congress).

Article 2: Executive Branch: the President, Vice-President, Cabinet, and Departments under the Cabinet Secretaries carry out the laws made by Congress.

Room 3

Select the Article that matches the goal the best

promote the general Welfare...

Question 5

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Article VII describes the ratification process for the Constitution. It called for special state ratifying conventions. Nine states were required to enact the Constitution. Rhode Island became the 13th state to ratify the Constitution in 1790.

Article I assigns the responsibility for making laws and passing a national budget to the Legislative Branch (Congress).

Room 3

Here you can put a highlighted title

You have solved all the clues in this room!The third number in the combination is 8Quick! Write it down!

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CONTINUE

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Match the Article with its correct description to unlock the last number in the combination!

On to the Main Hall! Solve the clues to find the next number in the combination!

Great work, detective!

Article III

Article II

Article I

Which article is related to the legislative branch?

Question 1

1/5

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Article II

Article I

Article III

Which branch is related to the judicial branch?

Question 2

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Article II

Article IV

Article V

Which branch is related to the executive branch?

Question 3

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Article VI

Article V

Article VII

Which article outlines how to amend, or change, the Constitution?

Question 4

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Article VII

Article VI

Article IV

Which article contains the Supremacy Clause?

Question 5

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CONTINUE

You got it! The last number in the combination is 8! Make sure you have all 4 numbers in the combination written down! It's time to open the safe!

Main Hall

5/5

Congratulations!

You have cracked the code to the safe and found the Constitution!

Restart

*Now go to assignment 1.05, enter the combination into the student comment box, and answer the reflection question to earn credit for this assignment!*

You have lost a piece of the museum!

You have lost a piece of the museum!

You have lost a piece of the museum!

You have lost a piece of the museum!

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Look for clues that involve courthouses, judges, and trials. Also, clues involve punishing a crime, a jury, judge, or determining a person's guilt or innocence.

4

Look for clues that involve protecting the country, the military or war.

You have lost a piece of the museum!

3

Look for clues that involve peace in the homeland and between states or the government ensuring that the people are safe.

1

Look for clues that involve making our government better than before by fixing problems with the Constitution through the Amendment Process!

You have lost a piece of the museum!

6

Look for clues that involve making sure everyone's Constitutional rights and freedoms are protected, such as voting, civil rights, and equal rights..

You have lost a piece of the museum!

You have lost a piece of the museum!

You have lost a piece of the museum!

5

Look for clues that involve the government proving common goods that everyone can benefit from, protecting the environment, and keeping people healthy.

You have lost a piece of the museum!