QR Challenge: Byzantine Empire

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. (term) Byzantine Empire	took over the eastern part of the Roman Empire
2. (term) Constantinople	Capital of the Empire
3. (term) Eastern Orthodox Church	1054
4. (term) Justinian I	emperor
5. wife of Justinian I	Theodora
6. bridges, public baths, parks, roads, and hospitals	public works
7. Justinian's Code	reworked Roman Laws
8. (classroom station) 12 Tablet vs. Justinian Code	see station in classroom
9. (term) patriarch (orthodox church)	head of the Orthodox Church
10. (term) liturgy	worship preformed by a religious group
11. a type of religious image	icon
12. 1054	split
13. What made Constantinople an ideal location for a capital? How did the location help the Byzantine Empire prosper? Provide 3-5 detailed, complete sentences	crossroads
14. (use Govt., Arch., Art Chart) What role did the Eastern Orthodox Church play in the Byzantine Empire? Using words, pictures, and/or symbols, show our understanding. The more examples per column you can find, the better. If what you have depicted is unclear, please use captions. This is for you.	will vary
15. (venn diagram station) Use the venn diagram and packet to fill out the Roman Catholic vs. Eastern Orthodox Church diagram.	sim and differences

 

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