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
4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.
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!
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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1. What is a primary source? Find an example of one primary source in this room or in your textbook. | 2. What is a secondary source? Find an example of a secondary source in this room or in your textbook? | 3. What is a narrative? | 4. What are some positives of primary sources? What are some of the negatives? | 5. What could be a possible negative of a secondary source? | 6. Name three ways to hook a reader in an essay introduction? | 7. Why is historical context significant in literature? | 8. What is a stereotype? Give an example. | 9. What is an inference? | 10. Which aspects of Iroquois culture were reflected in "The World on the Turtle's Back"? | 11. Who is the audience for La Relacion? How do you think this fact affects the tone of the narrative? |
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