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. America declared independence from who on June 7, 1776? | Britain | 2. Who said "Give me liberty, or give me death"? | Patrick Henry | 3. Thomas Paine wrote an important document, what was the name of the document and why was it important? | Common Sense, Paine wrote how the king treated the colonies | 4. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? | Thomas Jefferson | 5. Why was the Declaration important? | Anyone who signed it could face treason charges for going against the king. | 6. Who is a loyalist? | Someone faithful to the king | 7. Who is a patriot? | Someone faithful to the colonies | 8. What are three reasons why someone would become a loyalist? | 9. Why did enslaved African Americans fight on both sides of the war? | Both sides offered them freedom | 10. Name three influential woman during the revolution and why? | Wheatley, Washington, Nancy Morgan Hart, Mary Ludwig Hays | 11. A rise in prices of goods is called? | Inflation | 12. Inflation made it difficult for people to do what? | Buy things they needed | 13. What was the strength of the Continental Army? | They fought on home ground and had George Washington as a leader | 14. Spring of 1776, Washington's Army was defeated where? | The Battle of Long Island | 15. Who said, "I only have, but one life to lose for my country"? | Nathan Hale | 16. What happened at the Battle of Trenton? | Washington did a sneak attack on the mercenary soldiers at Trenton | 17. Who won the Battle of Saratoga...The British or the Colonists? | Colonists | 18. Who did Ben Franklin seek help from? | The French | 19. Why was the winter at Valley Forge rough? | lack of shelter and food | 20. Why did Britain switch their strategy to fight in the South and West? | 21. Who helped the British soldiers defeat the patriot soldiers and why was it a surprise? | Benedict Arnold | 22. What battle ended the American Revolution? | Battle of Yorktown | 23. Who surrendered at the Battle of Yorktown? | General Cornwallis | 24. Who helped the patriot soldiers defeat the British? | French | 25. What document ended the American Revolution September 3, 1783? | Treaty of Paris |
America declared independence from who on June 7, 1776?&choe=UTF-8
Question 1 (of 25)
Who said "Give me liberty, or give me death"?&choe=UTF-8
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Thomas Paine wrote an important document, what was the name of the document and why was it important?&choe=UTF-8
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Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?&choe=UTF-8
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Why was the Declaration important?&choe=UTF-8
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Who is a loyalist?&choe=UTF-8
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Who is a patriot?&choe=UTF-8
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What are three reasons why someone would become a loyalist?&choe=UTF-8
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Why did enslaved African Americans fight on both sides of the war?&choe=UTF-8
Question 9 (of 25)
Name three influential woman during the revolution and why?&choe=UTF-8
Question 10 (of 25)
A rise in prices of goods is called?&choe=UTF-8
Question 11 (of 25)
Inflation made it difficult for people to do what?&choe=UTF-8
Question 12 (of 25)
What was the strength of the Continental Army?&choe=UTF-8
Question 13 (of 25)
Spring of 1776, Washington's Army was defeated where?&choe=UTF-8
Question 14 (of 25)
Who said, "I only have, but one life to lose for my country"?&choe=UTF-8
Question 15 (of 25)
What happened at the Battle of Trenton?&choe=UTF-8
Question 16 (of 25)
Who won the Battle of Saratoga...The British or the Colonists?&choe=UTF-8
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Who did Ben Franklin seek help from?&choe=UTF-8
Question 18 (of 25)
Why was the winter at Valley Forge rough?&choe=UTF-8
Question 19 (of 25)
Why did Britain switch their strategy to fight in the South and West?&choe=UTF-8
Question 20 (of 25)
Who helped the British soldiers defeat the patriot soldiers and why was it a surprise?&choe=UTF-8
Question 21 (of 25)
What battle ended the American Revolution?&choe=UTF-8
Question 22 (of 25)
Who surrendered at the Battle of Yorktown?&choe=UTF-8
Question 23 (of 25)
Who helped the patriot soldiers defeat the British?&choe=UTF-8
Question 24 (of 25)
What document ended the American Revolution September 3, 1783?&choe=UTF-8
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