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.
Question | Answer |
| 1. Some of the earliest forms of theatre began in which country? | Ancient Greece | 2. Theatre was performed at religious ceremonies held in honor of which god? | Dionysus | 3. Greek theatre included this costume piece meant to show the age and emotion of the characters. | Masks | 4. This ancient playwright wrote 120 plays and was very famous in Ancient Greece. | Sophocles | 5. The Greeks used three types of plays including tragedies and satires. Name the third type. | Comedy | 6. Greek plays almost all included a group of actors known as what? | The Chorus | 7. Today, actors are called thespians after this successful and famous Greek actor. | Thespis | 8. During this time period, theaters were closed down because of sickness and religious reasons. | Medieval Era | 9. Theatre returned during the renaissance era and added this art for to stage scenery. | Painted Backdrops | 10. Commedia dell’arte or comedic theatre was the first time these types of performers were allowed. | Women | 11. One of the most famous playwrights lived in the Elizabethan Era and wrote thirty seven plays including Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet. | William Shakespeare | 12. Banraku is an Asian form of theatre that has actors controlled these props. | Puppets | 13. This form of theatre is native to Japan and uses fancy makeup and costumes as well as specific instruments like the shamisen. | Kabuki Theater | 14. Kabuki theatre has only male actors who are raised in groups of performers also known as a… | Family |
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Question 1 (of 14)
Theatre was performed at religious ceremonies held in honor of which god?&choe=UTF-8
Question 2 (of 14)
Greek theatre included this costume piece meant to show the age and emotion of the characters.&choe=UTF-8
Question 3 (of 14)
This ancient playwright wrote 120 plays and was very famous in Ancient Greece.&choe=UTF-8
Question 4 (of 14)
The Greeks used three types of plays including tragedies and satires. Name the third type.&choe=UTF-8
Question 5 (of 14)
Greek plays almost all included a group of actors known as what?&choe=UTF-8
Question 6 (of 14)
Today, actors are called thespians after this successful and famous Greek actor.&choe=UTF-8
Question 7 (of 14)
During this time period, theaters were closed down because of sickness and religious reasons.&choe=UTF-8
Question 8 (of 14)
Theatre returned during the renaissance era and added this art for to stage scenery.&choe=UTF-8
Question 9 (of 14)
Commedia dell’arte or comedic theatre was the first time these types of performers were allowed.&choe=UTF-8
Question 10 (of 14)
One of the most famous playwrights lived in the Elizabethan Era and wrote thirty seven plays including Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet.&choe=UTF-8
Question 11 (of 14)
Banraku is an Asian form of theatre that has actors controlled these props.&choe=UTF-8
Question 12 (of 14)
This form of theatre is native to Japan and uses fancy makeup and costumes as well as specific instruments like the shamisen.&choe=UTF-8
Question 13 (of 14)
Kabuki theatre has only male actors who are raised in groups of performers also known as a…&choe=UTF-8
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