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. What was the name of the act which allowed the United States government to mobilize our gold reserves and create bonds? | The Federal Reserve Act was amended on June 21, 1917 to mobilize gold reserves and facilitate issue of liberty bond notes. Also, on Oct. 3, 1917 the War Revenue Act will DOUBLE income taxes | 2. The United States Marine Corps call themselves “Devil Dogs” based on what WWI battle? | In 1918 a group of Marines assaulted a German line-up of machine-gun nests on an old hunting preserve known as Bellau Wood. The fighting was terrible and the Marines who survived somehow managed to capture the nests in a close-quarter battle. The Germans nicknamed their foes Devil Dogs | 3. Which organization helped the American doughboys on the front lines by passing out over 37,719 cases of chocolate, 25,250 cartons of chewing gum, 14,772 baseballs, 2,286 sets of boxing gloves, 1, 687 footballs and 57 million cigarettes? | The Knights of Columbus is a Catholic service organization who contributed over $44 million dollars to assist American soldiers on the front lines during WWI. The Knights made small huts near the trenches and gave out items such as baseballs, boxing gloves and cigarettes | 4. What was the name of the government organization that recruited about 20,000 urban women to support the war effort in the agricultural sector? | The Women’s Land Army of America was a government run organization based on a British model. Young, college-educated women lived together on communal farms. They were paid the same wages as male farmers and their “bosses” were also women. Many people were upset because traditionally women lived under the authority of fathers and husbands | 5. The United States Food Administration was created by the federal government to regulate the supply, distribution, and conservation of foods. Which future president was in charge of this organization? | The United States Food Administration succeeded in providing food for the men overseas and rationing food. Americans called food rationing “Hooverizing” because the leader of the USFA was Herbert Hoover. |
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