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The Amendment Escape Room

Jeff Williams

Created on November 25, 2024

This escape room will test students understanding of the 27 constitutional amendments

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Amendment Escape Room

ESCAPE ROOM

MUSEUM

You are trapped in a secret room inside the Capitol building with 45 minutes worth of oxygen , and the only way out is to demonstrate mastery of the 27 amendments. Solve increasingly difficult puzzles and decipher codes to unlock the doors and escape.

ROOM 1
ROOM 2
ROOM 3
MAIN HALL
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Question 1

Your friend posts a critical "tweet" on X (Twitter) about the government but isn't punished. Which amendment protects this?

5th Amendment
1st Amendment
7th Amendment

Room 1 - The Foundation (The Bill of rights)

Remember Amendment #1 - You have the right to free speech (unless you slander or use terroristic language)

CORRECT!!!

Next

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Question 2

A court sentences a person convicted of shoplifting to 30 years in prison.

10th Amendment
8th Amendment
6th Amendment

Room 1

Remember Amendment #8 - According to the 8th Amendment, no citizens should punished unfairly. This included imprisonment.

CORRECT!!!

Next

A citizen is arrested for theft but is left in jail for years without ever being tried in court.

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Question 3
7th Amendment
6th Amendment
8th Amendment

Room 1

Remember Amendment #6- According to the 6th Amendment, all citizens are guarenteed the right to a speedy trial.

CORRECT!!!

Next

Room 1

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You have answered these amendment questions correctly. You must hurry to find a clue in this room before the oxygen runs out!

You are INCORRECT! Try again

Click the arrow to return to question 1

Room 1

You have solved the clue from room 1. However, you tripped an alarm exiting the room and the Capitol police are looking for you!

ROOM 1
ROOM 2
ROOM 3
MAIN HALL
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48

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RIDDLE #1

"I broke the chains, I brought equality, and I let voices sing. Combine my digits to unlock the key.

45
42

Room 2 - pOST-cIVIL wAR AMENDMENTS

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Riddle #2

I'm the 1st ruler of Rome, use my name to help you get home?

Augustus Caesar
Julius Caesar

Room 2

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Riddle #2

Word Scramble Gather the FIVE letters from this room and the numbers from Room #1. "Caesar" is here to help!

Room 2

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Riddle #2

Word Scramble Gather the FIVE letters from this room and the numbers from Room #1. "Caesar" is here to help!

Room 2

Room 2

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To exit this room, enter the answer to the Caesar Cipher.

A Caesar cipher is a simple method of encoding messages. Caesar ciphers use a substitution method where letters in the alphabet are shifted by some fixed number of spaces to yield an encoding alphabet. A Caesar cipher with a shift of 1 would encode an A as a B, an M as an N, and a Z as an A, and so on. The method is named after Roman leader Julius Caesar, who used it in his private correspondence.

Ruler is not the same as emperor. Augustus Caesar was an emperor...

Room 2

Oh no!

That was close! You avoid being caught by hiding in Room #3.

Is this making you hungry for some Little Debbie Christmas Trees?

ROOM 1
ROOM 2
ROOM 3
MAIN HALL
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EXPANDING VOTING RIGHTS

Which FIVE amendments expanded voting rights?

Room 3

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EXPANDING VOTING RIGHTS

Which FIVE amendments expanded voting rights?

Room 3

AIR!

YOU'RE IN THE MAIN HALL

Decode the keypad and you;re free!

ROOM 1
ROOM 2
ROOM 3
MAIN HALL
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Main hall

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Question 1

Which amendment introduced income tax without apportionment?

16th
22nd
27th

Main hall

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Question 2

Which amendment began Prohibition?

18th
11th
19th

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Question 3

Which amendment ended Prohibition?

24th
22nd
21st

Main Hall

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Question 4 Random Challenge

Which amendment limits presidential terms?

20th
22nd
26th

Main Hall

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Question 5 Random Challenge

Which amendment protects against double jeopardy?

17th
5th
11th

Main Hall

Main hall

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Question 5

Who is the person in the picture?

Aurora
Snow White
Cinderella

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The final keypad requires ONE number? Using this picture as clue, what number could it be?

Main Hall

CONTINUE
This lock requires only ONE number. Use the picture to determine what number to use.

WRONG NUMBER!!! TRY AGAIN...HURRY!

Restart

If you were the first person(s) to escape, you have Little Debbie Christmas Trees in your near future!

You have escaped from the Capitol Building.

Congratulations!

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!

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!

You have lost a piece of the museum!

WRONG! TRY AGAIN!

You have lost a piece of the museum!

You have lost a piece of the museum!