Civil Rights Timeline Digital Code Breaker Activity

Searching for an assignment where students can use their research skills, and gain instant feedback as they go? Cipher Pursuit is an engaging and interactive Google Sheets activity designed to challenge your social studies students' research skills while having fun. In this activity, students answer a series of questions to gradually uncover pieces of a cryptogram. This activity promotes independence as the resource itself provides instant feedback with each student input into the answer boxes. Each correct answer turns green and reveals a hidden section, which helps them decode the mystery activist. As they progress, your students not only enhance their knowledge and comprehension with the timeline of civil rights events in the United States, but also experience the thrill of a treasure hunt, ultimately piecing together all the clues to solve the cryptogram and code word making learning an exciting adventure. After students solve to reveal the mystery person, they are then tasked with researching the impact that person had on the civil rights movement.

The diversity in this activity is endless! Utilize as a sub plan where students are able to gain instant feedback without you, as a classwork assignment after reading about the Civil Rights movement, homework activity or test prep. This resource is sure to supplement your curriculum wherever you need it! Links to recommended sites for research have been included to support students in their searching for the answer

What's Included:

• PDF with Instructions, forced copy link, site suggestions and Answer Key!

To access the resource, you must download the PDF, then click the link within to make a copy! This is a Google Sheets activity and requires access to Google Suite for staff and students.

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