QR Challenge: Y5 and Y6 QR Megillah Questions

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. Is Megillat Esther found in the Torah, Nevi'im or Ketuvim	Ketuvim
2. Who writes megillot, sifrei Torah and mezuzot	A Sofer
3. How many times is Hashem's name found in the Megillah	Zero
4. In which city does the Megillah take place	Shushan
5. For how many days did Achashverosh's first party last	180 days
6. Why was Vashti removed from power on Shabbat	She forced her Jewish maids to work on Shabbat
7. What date is Purim	14th Adar
8. How did Achashverosh choose a new Queen	He held a beauty contest
9. Why did the competitors need to stay in the palace for a year before the contest	six months so that the Royals could check they each were healthy and six months for them to beautify themselves
10. How often did Mordochai come past the palace to check if Esther was ok	Every day
11. Are there any events in the Megillah that are coincidence	No
12. Can you provide an example from the Megillah that shows that 'We see the hole and Hashem sees the WHOLE?'	Any fitting example acceptable
13. How did Mordochai understand the guards if they were speaking in a different language	He understood 70 different languages
14. Mordochai told Esther to not tell anyone that she was Jewish. How did she hide this from her maids	She had different maids on different days and she always helped them. They thought, 'she must do this every day'. On Friday, she helped until nearly sunset and then went to rest in her part of the palace. Her maids thought, 'oh, she must do this every day'. On Saturdays, she helped once she saw three stars in the sky. Her maids thought she did that every day.
15. How many members of Mordochai's family can you name (1 point for every member)?	Ya'ir, Shimi, Kish, Binyamin, Esther and Avichayil
16. Can you video your group acting out the scene where Achashverosh calls Haman and asks him what reward should go to a man that he wishes to honour? And Haman carrying out the reward? (Max 100 points for this video - content, props, good acting and emotion)	Points for content, props, good acting and emotion
17. Can you find a photograph of humentaschen?(10 points for real, 5 points for a drawing)	show photo
18. Over how many provinces did Achashverosh rule	127
19. What happened after the servant wrote down that Mordochai had saved the king’s life?	Everyone forgot about the reward
20. What item did Haman have sewn into his clothes	an idol
21. How did Haman choose the 13th Adar	He pulled out lots from a hat
22. What did Achashverosh give Haman, in order to sign and seal the letters, telling everyone in the kingdom that they could harm the Jewish people on the 13th Adar	his signet ring
23. For how many days did Esther fast and daven to Hashem	3
24. In British English, is Achashverosh’s stick known as a SCEPTER or a SCEPTRE	Sceptre
25. How many sons did Haman have	10
26. Was Haman wise to build the gallows to hang Mordochai? Why / why not	NO! It ended up being where he was put to death.
27. At Queen Esther’s feast, what did Achashverosh offer her	Up to half of his kingdom.
28. What are the four Mitzvot of Purim	Mishteh, Megillah, Matanot laevyonim and Mishloach Manot
29. Can your group choose a Purim song and selfie-video yourselves singing it (100 points max, based on accuracy, singing, choreography and style)	points awarded for good videos.

 

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