QR Challenge: The Crucible Overview Witch-hunt!
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.
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!
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.
Questions / Answers (teacher reference)
Question | Answer |
| 1. 1. Over 150 people (78% women) were accused of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts, 1692. Nineteen people were hanged (14 women and 5 men), and one man was pressed to death because he would not say whether he was guilty or innocent. | a
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2. 2. A witch was defined as a person who signed the devil’s book, thus giving the devil permission to use her shape to go around harming other people. | a
| 3. 3. Many of the accusers were young girls, but there were some adults who accused others of witchcraft as well. | a
| 4. 4. All kinds of evidence were used against suspected witches to prove they were evil and on the devil’s side. They were accused of harming animals, making people sick, and even pinching people as they slept. Evidence against accused women included charges of unladylike behavior, like yelling at their husbands in public. | a
| 5. 5. The court also accepted spectral evidence. Accusers claimed to see the specters (ghosts) of accused witches, and they said the specters were hurting them. Obviously, this kind of evidence was hard to disprove because nobody else ever saw the specters. | a
| 6. 6. Surprisingly, all of the women who confessed to witchcraft in Salem lived, and all of the women who denied the witchcraft charges were hanged. | a
| 7. 7. Why did Puritans have holidays from work? | a
| 8. 8. What reason "more than the creed" does Miller give for the people of Salem to remain so strongly united (4)? | a
| 9. 9. How did the Puritans view the forest and why? | a
| 10. 10. Explain why the Puritans viewed the Indians as “heathens” (5). | a
| 11. 11. How does Miller explain a theocracy? | a
| 12. 12. Other than possible witches, what does Miller say made these Puritans feel panic? | a
| 13. 13. Explain the two reasons Miller gives for the witch-hunt. | a
| 14. 14. What are the two definitions of the word "crucible?" | a |
The Crucible Overview Witch-hunt!: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=1. Over-150-people-(78%-women)-were-accused-of-witchcraft-in-Salem,-Massachusetts,-1692.--Nineteen-people-were-hanged-(14-women-and-5-men),-and-one-man-was-pressed-to-death-because-he-would-not-say-whether-he-was-guilty-or-innocent.
Question 1 (of 14)
The Crucible Overview Witch-hunt!: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=2. A-witch-was-defined-as-a-person-who-signed-the-devil’s-book,-thus-giving-the-devil-permission-to-use-her-shape-to-go-around-harming-other-people.
Question 2 (of 14)
The Crucible Overview Witch-hunt!: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=3. Many-of-the-accusers-were-young-girls,-but-there-were-some-adults-who-accused-others-of-witchcraft-as-well.
Question 3 (of 14)
The Crucible Overview Witch-hunt!: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=4. All-kinds-of-evidence-were-used-against-suspected-witches-to-prove-they-were-evil-and-on-the-devil’s-side.-They-were-accused-of-harming-animals,-making-people-sick,-and-even-pinching-people-as-they-slept.-Evidence-against-accused-women-included-charges-of-unladylike-behavior,-like-yelling-at-their-husbands-in-public.
Question 4 (of 14)
The Crucible Overview Witch-hunt!: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=5. The-court-also-accepted-spectral-evidence.-Accusers-claimed-to-see-the-specters-(ghosts)-of-accused-witches,-and-they-said-the-specters-were-hurting-them.-Obviously,-this-kind-of-evidence-was-hard-to-disprove-because-nobody-else-ever-saw-the-specters.
Question 5 (of 14)
The Crucible Overview Witch-hunt!: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=6. Surprisingly,-all-of-the-women-who-confessed-to-witchcraft-in-Salem-lived,-and-all-of-the-women-who-denied-the-witchcraft-charges-were-hanged.
Question 6 (of 14)
The Crucible Overview Witch-hunt!: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=7. Why-did-Puritans-have-holidays-from-work?
Question 7 (of 14)
The Crucible Overview Witch-hunt!: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=8. What-reason-"more-than-the-creed"-does-Miller-give-for-the-people-of-Salem-to-remain-so-strongly-united-(4)?
Question 8 (of 14)
The Crucible Overview Witch-hunt!: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=9. How-did-the-Puritans-view-the-forest-and-why?
Question 9 (of 14)
The Crucible Overview Witch-hunt!: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=10. Explain-why-the-Puritans-viewed-the-Indians-as-“heathens”-(5).
Question 10 (of 14)
The Crucible Overview Witch-hunt!: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=11. How-does-Miller-explain-a-theocracy?
Question 11 (of 14)
The Crucible Overview Witch-hunt!: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=12. Other-than-possible-witches,-what-does-Miller-say-made-these-Puritans-feel-panic?
Question 12 (of 14)
The Crucible Overview Witch-hunt!: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=13. Explain-the-two-reasons-Miller-gives-for-the-witch-hunt.
Question 13 (of 14)
The Crucible Overview Witch-hunt!: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=14.-----What-are-the-two-definitions-of-the-word-"crucible?"
Question 14 (of 14)
