The Backrooms

High school (ages 12+)
Future & Imagination

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/the-backrooms

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the lore expansion?Developed collaboratively online, introducing a system of 'levels' and various hostile 'entities'
2. How did The Backrooms become popular?A picture on 4chan sparked interest, and then many people added new rooms and stories. Later, a filmmaker made short videos that showed people exploring the rooms. These videos made more people want to learn about the Backrooms.
3. What are the different levels in The Backrooms?Level 0 is the simple yellow room. Later levels are more complicated, like flooded warehouses or strange shapes that don’t follow normal geometry. Each level has its own look and danger.

Liminal Space: Environments that are transitional or in-between, often evoking feelings of unease, nostalgia, or disorientation.
No-clipping: A video game term for a glitch that allows a player to pass through solid objects, often into unintended or hidden areas.
Extradimensional: Pertaining to or originating from a dimension beyond the commonly perceived three spatial dimensions.
Creepypasta: Short horror stories or urban legends shared online, often characterized by their unsettling or disturbing content.