Russell, J. (2017, October 17). Portage’s Willowcreek teachers learn ‘escape’ methods to better engage students.

Educators at an Indiana middle school are utilizing puzzles and deciphering clues in escape-room scenarios to engage students with the curriculum. English teacher Christen Ellis had students work through clues on literary elements of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart” in an escape-room exercise.

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