QR Challenge: Intro to the Renaissance Period
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.
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!
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.
Questions / Answers (teacher reference)
Question | Answer |
| 1. Time Period of the Renaissance? | 1
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2. What does the word "Renaissance" mean? | 2
| 3. List at least two famous Renaissance artists. | 3
| 4. Define the following terms: Tragedy, Soliloquy, Monologue, and Aside. | 4
| 5. List five new developments that occurred during the Renaissance. | 5
| 6. Name five important inventions that were developed during the Renaissance. | 6
| 7. What new inventions changed warfare, thus ending the age of chivalry and knightly hand-to-hand combat? | 7
| 8. In 1533, how did Henry VIII defy the Catholic Church? | 8
| 9. In 1534, who became head of the Church in England? | 9
| 10. What version of the Bible was published in 1611? | 10
| 11. Who are the Tudors? List at least 4 members of the Tudor Family. | 11
| 12. List Henry VIII’s six wives and what happened to them. | 12
| 13. When was Shakespeare born? | 13
| 14. List Three famous plays by Shakespeare. | 14
| 15. List three interesting facts about Shakespeare. | 15 |
Intro to the Renaissance Period: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Time-Period-of-the-Renaissance?
Question 1 (of 15)
Intro to the Renaissance Period: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What-does-the-word-"Renaissance"-mean?
Question 2 (of 15)
Intro to the Renaissance Period: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=List-at-least-two-famous-Renaissance-artists.
Question 3 (of 15)
Intro to the Renaissance Period: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Define-the-following-terms:-Tragedy,-Soliloquy,-Monologue,-and-Aside.
Question 4 (of 15)
Intro to the Renaissance Period: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=List-five-new-developments-that-occurred-during-the-Renaissance.
Question 5 (of 15)
Intro to the Renaissance Period: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Name-five-important-inventions-that-were-developed-during-the-Renaissance.
Question 6 (of 15)
Intro to the Renaissance Period: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What-new-inventions-changed-warfare,-thus-ending-the-age-of-chivalry-and-knightly-hand-to-hand-combat?
Question 7 (of 15)
Intro to the Renaissance Period: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=In-1533,-how-did-Henry-VIII-defy-the-Catholic-Church?
Question 8 (of 15)
Intro to the Renaissance Period: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=In-1534,-who-became-head-of-the-Church-in-England?
Question 9 (of 15)
Intro to the Renaissance Period: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What-version-of-the-Bible-was-published-in-1611?
Question 10 (of 15)
Intro to the Renaissance Period: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Who-are-the-Tudors?-List-at-least-4-members-of-the-Tudor-Family.
Question 11 (of 15)
Intro to the Renaissance Period: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=List-Henry-VIII’s-six-wives-and-what-happened-to-them.
Question 12 (of 15)
Intro to the Renaissance Period: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=When-was-Shakespeare-born?
Question 13 (of 15)
Intro to the Renaissance Period: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=List-Three-famous-plays-by-Shakespeare.
Question 14 (of 15)
Intro to the Renaissance Period: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=List-three-interesting-facts-about-Shakespeare.
Question 15 (of 15)
