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Interactive Escape Room Ongoing Course: Explore FOUR World Wonders

In these ongoing classes, students learn who, what, where, when, why, and how about four iconic world wonders (Taj Mahal, Colosseum, Leaning Tower of Pisa, and Pyramids of Egypt) in fun and interactive ways they will not soon forget! #builder
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1 live meeting
55 mins in-class hours per week

Class Experience

US Grade 6 - 8
Learners will explore one of four world wonders in each 45-minute session.  They will learn the basic answer to who, what, where, when, why, and how regarding each famous landmark. To make it a fun learning experience, it is structured as an escape room where students solve riddles, answer questions, put things in order, etc in order with interactive, digital material to understand each place and collect letters or numbers to unlock the final puzzle. The engaging, game-like structure helps students learn facts in an interactive way.  To check what they learned at the end of class, we will spin a wheel and randomly answer who, what, where, when, why, and how questions about the place being studied. 

Each escape room is designed to finish within 35-45 minutes, giving extra time for a pre-discussion of what learners already know, tech issues, and a post-learning discussion answering the wheel at the end. This allows students to enroll and unenroll as they like!

Depending on the class size, students will work as a whole class or in small groups.  There will be a presentation slide show that students will go through to read the adventure, solve the problems, and record their clues.  There will be plenty of discussion between students and the teacher.  

1st Week of the month- The Taj Mahal
2nd Week of the month- The Colosseum
3rd Week of the month- The Leaning Tower of Pisa
4th Week of the month- The Pyramids of Egypt
5th Week of the month- New Surprise Escape Room! (when there is a 5th week) This will be an unrelated escape room of a random theme, not a repeat of any of those listed above.
Learning Goals
Students will gain introductory knowledge of each landmark.  They should be able to summarize the information by the end of class.
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Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Sources
Sources for the Taj Mahal: National Geographic: This Colossal Tomb Is an Enduring Monument to Love https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/world-heritage/article/taj-mahal Khan Academy: Mughal Empire https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/whp-1750/xcabef9ed3fc7da7b:unit-1-the-world-in-1750/xcabef9ed3fc7da7b:1-3-expanding-to-a-global-scale/a/read-mughal-empire-beta Khan Academy: The Taj Mahal https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-art-history/south-east-se-asia/india-art/a/the-taj-mahal List of material used to build: Treasures of the Worlds… building the Taj Mahal https://www.pbs.org/treasuresoftheworld/a_nav/taj_nav/tajnav_level_1/3building_tajfrm.html Video: Lost Worlds: Taj Mahal (S2, E18) | Full Episode | History https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uszZG0x2Gk Twenty Facts about the Taj Mahal https://www.mapsofindia.com/my-india/travel/twenty-facts-about-the-taj-mahal Taj Mahal, Agra https://www.mapsofindia.com/agra/taj-mahal.html Sources for the Colosseum: https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/colosseum https://www.rome.net/colosseum https://www.britannica.com/topic/Colosseum https://depts.washington.edu/hrome/Authors/jimkuo2/IlColosseo/253/pub_zbpage_view.html https://www.livescience.com/53615-horrors-of-the-colosseum.html http://www.tribunesandtriumphs.org/gladiators/bestiarii.htm https://www.yout-ube.com/watch?v=TB5weRIYhjQ http://www.tribunesandtriumphs.org/colosseum/colosseum-christian-martyrs.htm https://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-roman-gladiators Sources for the Leaning Tower of Pisa: https://leaningtowerpisa.com/history https://www.ted.com/talks/alex_gendler_why_doesn_t_the_leaning_tower_of_pisa_fall_over https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/leaning-tower-of-pisa-reopens https://leaningtowerpisa.com/facts/who-built-pisa-lean https://www.towerofpisa.org/visit-tower-of-pisa/ing-tower https://www.touristtube.com/Things-to-do-in-Pisa/Leaning-Tower-of-Pisa-360 Sources for the Pyramids of Egypt: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/explore/builders.html https://www.britannica.com/topic/Pyramids-of-Giza https://www.ushistory.org/civ/3e.asp https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/the-egyptian-pyramids https://www.si.edu/spotlight/ancient-egypt/pyramid https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/giza-pyramids?loggedin=true https://www.commonlit.org/en/texts/ancient-egyptian-dynasties https://www.commonlit.org/en/texts/egypt-s-pyramids https://www.britannica.com/technology/labyrinth-architecture#ref227994
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Arizona Teaching Certificate in English to Speakers of Other Languages
Bachelor's Degree in Education from University of Massachusetts Amherst
Associate's Degree from Fort Hayes State University
AA in Child Development
BA in Early Language Development
TESOL Certification
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Over 20 years in the youth and education field

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$15

weekly
1x per week
55 min

Completed by 1 learner
Live video meetings
Ages: 11-14
1-6 learners per class

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