Murder Mystery / Escape Room: Bette and Ruth

by Lit Ideas

Price: 250 points or $2.5 USD

Subjects: ela

Grades: 7,8

Description: Students will join Detective Merrill as they search for clues to figure out who killed Bette and Ruth. This mystery is based on real life events of a crime that has never been solved; however, I have made it solvable. Students have to use reasoning skills to help solve some of the slides. Answers to the tricky slides: SLIDE 5: Audio says "black". Students have to drag over 4 black items and then click submit. Items: Hat, Umbrella, Glasses, Bowtie SLIDE 8: Students have to drag one of the plants to the left box. Then, they will drag the "murder weapon" over to the right box. SLIDE 12: Audio says "top, under, upside down, and on." They have to drag and drop the 4 items into the correct box.