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. Who went through the South burning plantations and destroying railroads? | Sherman | 2. Who was the president of the Confederacy? | Jefferson Davis | 3. Who was the president of the Union? | Abraham Lincoln | 4. Where did the Civil War begin? | Fort Sumter | 5. The belief that states can make their own rules is called _____________. | states’ rights | 6. Which battle was known as the turning point in the war? | Gettysburg | 7. What document freed all slaves in the south? | Emancipation Proclamation | 8. Who was the leader of the Union army? | Ulysses S. Grant | 9. Who was the leader of the Confederate army? | Robert E. Lee | 10. Who was Robert E. Lee’s second in command and was known for refusing to back down at the Battle of Bull Run? | Stonewall Jackson | 11. People who wanted to get rid of slavery were called ______________. | abolitionists | 12. Who was the abolitionist that wanted to build an army to help free slaves? | John Brown | 13. Where did John Brown’s raid take place? | Harper’s Ferry | 14. When Lincoln became president, many states _______________. | seceded | 15. What was the name of the book that angered many Northerners? | Uncle Tom’s Cabin | 16. Why did Uncle Tom’s Cabin cause many people to become angry? | it talked about how badly slaves were treated by their owners | 17. Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin? | Harriet Beecher Stowe | 18. What was the name of the secret paths that led to the North and/or Canada? | Underground Railroad | 19. Who was the main conductor of the Underground Railroad? | Harriet Tubman |
Who went through the South burning plantations and destroying railroads?&choe=UTF-8
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Who was the president of the Confederacy?&choe=UTF-8
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Who was the president of the Union?&choe=UTF-8
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Where did the Civil War begin?&choe=UTF-8
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The belief that states can make their own rules is called _____________.&choe=UTF-8
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Which battle was known as the turning point in the war?&choe=UTF-8
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What document freed all slaves in the south?&choe=UTF-8
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Who was the leader of the Union army?&choe=UTF-8
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Who was the leader of the Confederate army?&choe=UTF-8
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Who was Robert E. Lee’s second in command and was known for refusing to back down at the Battle of Bull Run?&choe=UTF-8
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People who wanted to get rid of slavery were called ______________.&choe=UTF-8
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Who was the abolitionist that wanted to build an army to help free slaves?&choe=UTF-8
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Where did John Brown’s raid take place?&choe=UTF-8
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When Lincoln became president, many states _______________.&choe=UTF-8
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What was the name of the book that angered many Northerners?&choe=UTF-8
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Why did Uncle Tom’s Cabin cause many people to become angry?&choe=UTF-8
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Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?&choe=UTF-8
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What was the name of the secret paths that led to the North and/or Canada?&choe=UTF-8
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Who was the main conductor of the Underground Railroad?&choe=UTF-8
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