QR Challenge: Black History

Created using the ClassTools QR Treasure Hunt Generator

Teacher Notes

A. Prior to the lesson:

1. Arrange students into groups. Each group needs at least ONE person who has a mobile device.

2. If their phone camera doesn't automatically detect and decode QR codes, ask students to

• Download a QR reader (e.g. I-Nigma | NeoReader | Kaywa) onto their mobile devices
• Bring these devices into the lesson.

3. Print out the QR codes.

4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.

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B. The lesson:

1. Give each group a clipboard and a piece of paper so they can write down the decoded questions and their answers to them.

2. Explain to the students that the codes are hidden around the school. Each team will get ONE point for each question they correctly decode and copy down onto their sheet, and a further TWO points if they can then provide the correct answer and write this down underneath the question.

3. Away they go! The winner is the first team to return with the most correct answers in the time available. This could be within a lesson, or during a lunchbreak, or even over several days!

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C. TIPS / OTHER IDEAS

4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.

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Questions / Answers (teacher reference)

Question	Answer
1. This inventor's work contributed to the developments of the touch tone phone, caller ID, portable fax, and call waiting.	Dr. Shirley Jackson
2. This inventor's ground breaking work paved the way for the innovation of the closed-circuit television system (CCTV).	Marie Van Brittan
3. Lonnie G. Johnson is famous for this invention that is still used today.	Super Soaker
4. This inventor contributed to the development of the shock wave, which helped formed animation Gifs on the web also known as (Memes).	Lisa Gelobter
5. Garrett Morgan developed what invention that aids in controlling the flow of vehicles?	traffic signal
6. Jackie Robinson was signed to what Major League Baseball team?	Brooklyn Dodgers
7. This inventor created the toilet tissue holder.	Mary Davidson
8. She became the first African American female self-made millionaire.	Madam C.J. Walker
9. Hattie McDaniel was the first African American female to win what award?	Oscar for Best Supporting Actress
10. He became the first African American male to host his own TV show.	Nat King Cole
11. Willie Thrower became the first African American professional athlete for this position.	NFL Quarterback
12. This holiday celebrates emancipation for African Americans who were enslaved in the United States.	Juneteenth
13. How many Historically Black Colleges and Universities are in the United States?	107
14. This institute became the first Black college for women.	Spelman College
15. This landmark case determined that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.	Brown v. Board of Education
16. Greenwood Avenue became one of the most affluent African American communities in the United States in the 20th century, this was also known as?	Black Wall Street
17. Four Black students in Greensboro, North Carolina, began a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter on what date?	February 1, 1960
18. This literary, artistic, and intellectual movement fosters a new black cultural identity in the early 20th century called the?	Harlem Renaissance
19. Groups of student volunteers took bus trips through the South to test out new laws that prohibit segregation in interstate travel facilities, which includes bus and railway station. These groups were called?	Freedom Riders
20. This group was founded in 1966 and aimed to achieve Black liberation and often times involved violence.	Black Panthers

 

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