World War I
Escape Room
The Selective Service Act was passed when the United States entered World War I. At the time, there were only 110,000 servicemen who could be deployed to fight in the war. The United States called for volunteers but only 73,000 volunteers enlisted. The original goal was to get one million volunteers in six weeks. A new law was created to enlist men to fight called: "An Act to authorize the President to increase temporarily the Military Establishment of the United States President Woodrow Wilson would create a national lottery to randomly determine which men would be drafted. Every man drafted would receive a draft card issued by the United States government with a unique four digit identification code. Jared Orren was one of the men drafted. He was patriotic and proud to head off to Europe to help defend the United States. Deployment day arrived and Jared was required to show his draft card. Without the card and the 4 digit code, Jared would not be allowed to leave the country. The National Guard has stopped Jared from entering the draft area for new soldiers. Jared was devastated. He dreamed of defending his country like his father and grandfather had done. He had just turned 18 and was not in college. He knew his country needed his service. The Selective Service said the only way they could allow Jared to be deployed without his official draft card was if he could provide his four digit identification code. Your job is to find the 4 digit code to allow Jared to support his country.
RULES OF THE ESCAPE ROOM
● Pay attention to details and read the directions carefully! Hint: There may be a clue at the end of each quiz.
● The 360 degree pictures allow you look all around the room, use the mouse to move the screen. (Use your finger if you are using the VR version.)
● You may use a scratch sheet of paper or reference sheet to help you remember the answers to the locks.
●All answers MUST be in CAPITAL LETTERS!!
●Once you have completed ALL the activities in BOTH rooms, enter the final lock answers below.
● In this escape room you will visit TWO rooms and complete the following:
Read 4 paragraphs
Answer 4 sets of questions about each reading
Decode 4 puzzle to determine clues (You will be asked to "Make a Copy" to get to the puzzles.)
●There are 4 sets of color coded activities. For example there is a Blue 4 icon for a reading passage, a blue question mark for questions related to the blue reading and a blue controller icon for a puzzle related to the reading
●Enter the FINAL LOCK CLUES at the bottom of this page!
● Click on the 360 View picture below to begin your secret mission.
Look for this icon to decode a puzzle. One puzzle per reading.
Look for this icon to read about the topic to find answers.
Look for this icon to answer three questions per reading.
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