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. Although South Carolina had little military involvement in the French and Indian War, it led to what other war that took place in the Up Country of South Carolina? | Cherokee War | 2. The Treaty of Augusta created a reservation near Rock Hill for what native tribe? | Catawba Indians | 3. Events leading to the American Revolutionary War were largely the result of the attempt by the British to do what to the colonist? | tax the colonists to pay for the French and Indian War | 4. Document based on the ideas of John Locke that stated the ideals of democracy including the principles of equality, the natural rights of “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" was the: | Declaration of Independence | 5. After the American Revolution the Up Country and Low Country of South Carolina continued to argue over _____________________ in the government. | Representation | 6. The __________________ Compromise settled the issue of representation of the states at the Constitutional Convention. | Great | 7. The ______________________ Compromise settled the issue of slaves in population at the constitutional Convention. | Three Fifths | 8. The first two political parties in America were the: | Federalists and Republicans | 9. He was named Secretary of the Treasury and proposed a national bank, tariffs, and assuming the state's debts. | Alexander Hamilton | 10. He was a South Carolina Republican leader who helped campaign for Jefferson in 1800. | Charles Pinckney |
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