Locked LessonsBeowulf escape rooms
3 self-checking escape rooms on Beowulf by (Anglo-Saxon poet, in translation), one for each section. Every answer comes from the text, so each room checks reading as well as recall, and they work with any edition. For grades 6–9, classical homeschoolers and literature classes.
No logins and nothing to install. Try the first two locks of any room free. See all the classics escape rooms.
Beowulf · Beowulf and GrendelTerror at HeorotFree taster
Beowulf · Grendel's MotherBeneath the MereFree taster
Beowulf · The DragonFire over GeatlandFree tasterRoom by room
- Beowulf and Grendel: Terror at Heorot. The building of Heorot, Grendel's raids, Beowulf's voyage to Denmark, his welcome and Unferth's taunts, the fight in the dark hall and the feast that follows.
- Grendel's Mother: Beneath the Mere. Her raid on Heorot, the haunted mere, the borrowed sword, the fight in the underwater hall, Hrothgar's warning and Beowulf's return home to King Hygelac.
- The Dragon: Fire over Geatland. Beowulf's long reign, the stolen cup, the dragon's burning of the land, the old king's memories, his last fight with Wiglaf beside him, his death and his funeral.