QR Challenge: Chapter 5 Causes of the Revolution

Created using the ClassTools QR Treasure Hunt Generator

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.

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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!

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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.

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Questions / Answers (teacher reference)

Question	Answer
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2. Imperialism	Policy of powerful countries seeking to control the economic and political affairs of weaker countries or regions
3. Parliament	Representative assembly in England
4. Petition	Formal request to someone in authority, usually written and signed by a group of people
5. Repealed	To cancel or undo
6. Boycott	To refuse to buy certain goods or services
7. The Townsend Acts	Parliament passed a series of taxes on goods such as glass, paper, paint, lead and tea. Colonists were angry because they were not given representation in Parliament, and felt that Parliament did not have the right to tax them without their consent
8. Writs of Assistance	Legal documents allowing officers to inspect a ships cargo without giving a reason.
9. Boston Tea Party	Colonists were unhappy over the passing of the Tea Act of 1773 by Parliament. (British East India Tea Company – sold most of the tea to the colonies) This tax on tea was a symbol by Parliament of its right to tax colonies. Colonists protested the Tea Act.
10. Boston Massacre	A dispute at the Customs house between colonists and British Soldiers (lobster backs). Crowd started throwing snowballs, oyster shells and chunks of ice. The crowd became large and rowdy. A soldier panicked and fired into the crowd. Five people died. The first was a free black sailor; (Sons of Liberty) named Crispus Attucks. Sam Adams wrote letters to other colonies and colonists to create outrage. John Adams agreed to defend the soldiers to make sure they had a fair trial.
11. Committee of Correspondence	Formed by Sam Adams. Members of the committee wrote letter and pamphlets reporting on events in Massachusetts.
12. Intolerable Act	Parliament wanted to punish Massachusetts for all the trouble the were causing (Boston Tea Party), King George III, 1774 passed 4 laws (called Intolerable Acts because they were so harsh)
13. First Continental Congress	Colonial leaders called a meeting in Philadelphia in 1772. Delegates from 12 colonies came to discuss backing Massachusetts in its struggle. They agreed to boycott all British goods and stop exporting goods to Britain until the Intolerable Acts were repealed. The colonies also set up a militia – an army of citizens who serve as soldiers during an emergency. (Massachusetts Militia became known as the minutemen.
14. George Washington	British Military officer (Major) from Virginia, joined in the protest against the Townsend Acts
15. Sons of Liberty	Colonists became angry over the Townsend Acts and formed a group to create ideas to deal with unfair taxes.
16. Daughters of Liberty	Women joined together to organize a boycott on British cloth. They urged colonial women to raise more sheep, prepare more wool and spin and weave their own cloth. “It is better to wear a Homespun coat then to lose our liberty.”
17. John Adams	Lawyer from Mass., great knowledge of British law
18. Samuel Adams	From Boston, failed at business ventures, loved politics
19. Patrick Henry	Lawyer from Virginia, Great Speaker – he motivated people against the Townsend Acts, some loyalists called it treason

 

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