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. people whom differ from the majority of the population in terms of race, religion, or national origin | minority groups | 2. peaceful methods of protest | nonviolence | 3. protests, marches, rallies, or similar gatherings | demonstrations | 4. refusing to obey unjust civil laws | civil disobedience | 5. separation of one racial group from another | segregation | 6. abstaining from doing something in protest | boycott | 7. to discontinue the separation of persons or groups | desegregation | 8. another word for “right to vote” | franchise | 9. treatment of others in a negative manner based solely on class, appearance, or other category not based on character or merit | discrimination | 10. special job training for minority workers | affirmation action | 11. an image or object which stands for something greater and beyond its literal meaning | symbol | 12. a symbol which is universally recognized | conventional symbol | 13. a symbol which must be explained in order to have meaning to a reader | unconventional symbol | 14. the overall moral/lesson/big idea of a work | theme | 15. a reference to a famous person, place, work of arts, etc. | allusion | 16. giving nonhuman objects human characteristics | personification | 17. Who Maya Angelou wrote “On the Pulse of Morning” for | Bill Clinton | 18. Marguerite Annie Johnson | Maya Angelou’s given name | 19. Change is coming | the theme of “On the Pulse of Morning” | 20. Mrs. Bertha Flower’s | Maya Angelou’s childhood mentor | 21. The title of Maya Angelou’s autobiography | I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings | 22. No one can make it through life by himself | The theme of Maya Angelou’s “Alone” | 23. Be happy with what you have and don’t spend time trying to impress others | the theme of Maya Angelou’s “Weekend Glory” | 24. The feeling a reader gets from a work | mood | 25. The author’s feeling or attitude towards a subjects | tone | 26. A nonfiction piece which tells the story of someone’s life as written by that person | autobiography | 27. A nonfiction piece which tells the story of someone’s life written by someone other than that person | biography | 28. Having to do with finances | fiscal | 29. Never stopping; continual | ceaseless | 30. Kind; gentle | benign | 31. Not able or willing to accept other people’s beliefs of opinions | intolerant | 32. Convincing or compelling | valid | 33. Feeling of delight | enchantment |
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