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QR Challenge: Bleeding Kansas Scavenger Hunt

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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

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)

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1. This stop on the Underground Railroad is located at 2819 Stone Barn terrace. Take a picture and find out who owned it during the Bleeding Kansas period. 1 point for a picture (that you take) and 1 point for a text or email with the answer. Make sure to include your team name.answer
2. Travel to the 900 block of Vermont Street to find another stop on the Underground Railroad. Take a picture and find out the name of this church's abolitionist minister in 1895. 1 point for a picture (that you take) and 1 point for a text or email with the answer. Make sure to include your team name.answer
3. Visit this "final resting place" by heading to 15th and Elmwood. Head North, then East and up to the split tree. Take a picture of the Citizen's Memorial and find out who it was built for. 1 point for a picture (that you take) and 1 point for a text or email to answer the question. For more history, see if you can find the graves of: James Lane, John Speer, and Dr. Charles L. Robinson. Who were these folks? 1 each for pictures (that you take) and 1 point each to tell me who they were in a text or email. Don’t forget your team name.answer
4. Head to famous downtown Lawrence to find the spot at 7th and Mass where The Herald of Freedom, an abolitionist newspaper, once stood before being burned to the ground by the pro-slavery Douglas County Sheriff Samuel Jones during the Sack of Lawrence. Hint: The building was named from a quote that called Lawrence, the "cradle of liberty." Who said this about Lawrence? 1 point for a picture (that you take) and 1 point for a text or email with the name of the building. 2 points to tell me who said the quote. Make sure to include your team name.answer
5. Next stop is right across the street. What famous corner building has been called "the most historic corner in Kansas?" You may have visited here on a field trip in 3rd grade. Take a historic picture for 1 point. Text or email me a sentence or two about this building's history for 2 points.answer
6. Travel to the Lawrence Journal World newsroom to see a Jayhawk like no other. Who is this Jayhawk a memorial to? Take a photo op and find out! 1 point for a picture (that you take) and 1 point for a text or email with the answer. Make sure to include your team name.answer
7. Independence, Inc building in East Lawrence, been there? Well, now it has been added to the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program. Why? What treasure does it hold? Maybe you can sew the pieces of the puzzle together and find out. 2 points for a text or email with the answer. 2 extra points if you can snap a photo. Make sure to include your team name.answer
8. Travel approximately 20 miles southeast of Lawrence to discover the site of the battle that many believe started the Civil War. What is the name of this site? Who fought there? 3 points if you take a picture and sent it. 1 point for the name of the site and 1 point to tell me who fought there. I need a name! Don't forget your team name in the text or email.answer
9. Travel west out of Lawrence to discover where a pro-slavery constitution was drafted for the state of Kansas in 1857. What is the name of the city about 13 miles from Lawrence? What is the name of the building in which the document was drafted? 2 points for a picture of the name of the city (that you take). 3 points for a picture of the building. 1 point for each answer. Don't forget to include your team name.answer
10. Recite the poem "Burial of Barber" as you climb Mt. Oread to find the burial place of the first victim of Quantrill's Raid. Where are you? Who was the victim? Who wrote the poem? 1 point for each answer. 1 point for a cool pic. Don't forget to include your team name.answer

 


Bleeding Kansas Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=This-stop-on-the-Underground-Railroad-is-located-at-2819-Stone-Barn-terrace.--Take-a-picture-and-find-out-who-owned-it-during-the-Bleeding-Kansas-period.--1-point-for-a-picture-(that-you-take)-and-1-point-for-a-text-or-email-with-the-answer.--Make-sure-to-include-your-team-name.

Question 1 (of 10)

 


Bleeding Kansas Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Travel-to-the-900-block-of-Vermont-Street-to-find-another-stop-on-the-Underground-Railroad.--Take-a-picture-and-find-out-the-name-of-this-church's-abolitionist-minister-in-1895.--1-point-for-a-picture-(that-you-take)-and-1-point-for-a-text-or-email-with-the-answer.--Make-sure-to-include-your-team-name.

Question 2 (of 10)

 


Bleeding Kansas Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Visit-this-"final-resting-place"-by-heading-to-15th-and-Elmwood.--Head-North,-then-East-and-up-to-the-split-tree.--Take-a-picture-of-the-Citizen's-Memorial-and-find-out-who-it-was-built-for.--1-point-for-a-picture-(that-you-take)-and-1-point-for-a-text-or-email-to-answer-the-question.---For-more-history,-see-if-you-can-find-the-graves-of:-James-Lane,-John-Speer,-and-Dr.-Charles-L.-Robinson.--Who-were-these-folks?--1-each-for-pictures-(that-you-take)-and-1-point-each-to-tell-me-who-they-were-in-a-text-or-email.--Don’t-forget-your-team-name.

Question 3 (of 10)

 


Bleeding Kansas Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Head-to-famous-downtown-Lawrence-to-find-the-spot-at-7th-and-Mass-where-The-Herald-of-Freedom,-an-abolitionist-newspaper,-once-stood-before-being-burned-to-the-ground-by-the-pro-slavery-Douglas-County-Sheriff-Samuel-Jones-during-the-Sack-of-Lawrence.--Hint:-The-building-was-named-from-a-quote-that-called-Lawrence,-the-"cradle-of-liberty."--Who-said-this-about-Lawrence?--1-point-for-a-picture-(that-you-take)-and-1-point-for-a-text-or-email-with-the-name-of-the-building.--2-points-to-tell-me-who-said-the-quote.--Make-sure-to-include-your-team-name.

Question 4 (of 10)

 


Bleeding Kansas Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Next-stop-is-right-across-the-street.--What-famous-corner-building-has-been-called-"the-most-historic-corner-in-Kansas?"--You-may-have-visited-here-on-a-field-trip-in-3rd-grade.--Take-a-historic-picture-for-1-point.--Text-or-email-me-a-sentence-or-two-about-this-building's-history-for-2-points.

Question 5 (of 10)

 


Bleeding Kansas Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Travel-to-the-Lawrence-Journal-World-newsroom-to-see-a-Jayhawk-like-no-other.--Who-is-this-Jayhawk-a-memorial-to?--Take-a-photo-op-and-find-out!--1-point-for-a-picture-(that-you-take)-and-1-point-for-a-text-or-email-with-the-answer.--Make-sure-to-include-your-team-name.

Question 6 (of 10)

 


Bleeding Kansas Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Independence,-Inc-building-in-East-Lawrence,-been-there?--Well,-now-it-has-been-added-to-the-National-Underground-Railroad-Network-to-Freedom-Program.-Why?--What-treasure-does-it-hold?--Maybe-you-can-sew-the-pieces-of-the-puzzle-together-and-find-out.--2-points-for-a-text-or-email-with-the-answer.--2-extra-points-if-you-can-snap-a-photo.--Make-sure-to-include-your-team-name.

Question 7 (of 10)

 


Bleeding Kansas Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Travel-approximately-20-miles-southeast-of-Lawrence-to-discover-the-site-of-the-battle-that-many-believe-started-the-Civil-War.--What-is-the-name-of-this-site?--Who-fought-there?--3-points-if-you-take-a-picture-and-sent-it.--1-point-for-the-name-of-the-site-and-1-point-to-tell-me-who-fought-there.--I-need-a-name!--Don't-forget-your-team-name-in-the-text-or-email.

Question 8 (of 10)

 


Bleeding Kansas Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Travel-west-out-of-Lawrence-to-discover-where-a-pro-slavery-constitution-was-drafted-for-the-state-of-Kansas-in-1857.--What-is-the-name-of-the-city-about-13-miles-from-Lawrence?--What-is-the-name-of-the-building-in-which-the-document-was-drafted?--2-points-for-a-picture-of-the-name-of-the-city-(that-you-take).--3-points-for-a-picture-of-the-building.--1-point-for-each-answer.--Don't-forget-to-include-your-team-name.

Question 9 (of 10)

 


Bleeding Kansas Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Recite-the-poem-"Burial-of-Barber"-as-you-climb-Mt.-Oread-to-find-the-burial-place-of-the-first-victim-of-Quantrill's-Raid.--Where-are-you?--Who-was-the-victim?--Who-wrote-the-poem?--1-point-for-each-answer.--1-point-for-a-cool-pic.--Don't-forget-to-include-your-team-name.

Question 10 (of 10)