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Learn all about the art, history, and science of “scrambled writing!”

This factual resource provides information on both the “whats” and “hows” of cryptography, the practice of using codes and ciphers to pass secret information.

How does the cipher named after Julius Caesar work? What cipher still hasn’t been decoded…and might lead to buried treasure? What’s the difference between a code and a cipher?

Included fact cards provide answers to these questions, but also pose new questions as a spark for future research.

Provided themed writing papers and notecards allow research to be presented in the same type of theme and presentation.

Two activities lead students through encoding and decoding two different types of cipher, and provide extensions for further exploration.

Use Cryptography: History and Techniques of Scrambled Writing alone, or as part of a complete, interdisciplinary unit study:

• BUNDLE: Complete Secrets of Spying Unit Study plus Steganography and Cryptography resources
• Steganography: History and Science of Hidden Writing

This 64 page document contains a 32 page high-color printable option, with the information repeated in a 32 page low-color option which could be printed in black and white.