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. Why do mountains hold a specific significance for the Aztecs? | They bring them physically closer to the gods. | 2. What amazing farming technique brought the Aztecs multiple crops each year? | Floating islands called chinampas | 3. What was the main reason behind the Aztecās practice of human sacrifice? | Nourishing the gods | 4. Why did Moctezuma choose to welcome Cortes instead of waging war? | He believed he was the god Quezatcoatl returning to take back his kingdom. | 5. Why did the Spanish prove to be so much stronger in battle? | They had an organized military strategy. | 6. What did the Spanish bring that proved to be the biggest killer of the Aztecs? | Illness and disease | 7. How did the Aztecs view slavery as part of their society? | It was just bad luck and not permanent. | 8. For 250 years, the Christians waged war against the Muslims to take back Spain. What was this historical period called? | The Spanish Reconquista or Reconquest | 9. If you were a Jew in Spain during the Spanish Inquisition, what would your choices be in terms of religion? | Convert or be exiled. | 10. Why did Christian missionaries accompany the Spanish conquistadors? | To convert as many indigenous people as possible in the new lands. | 11. In the Palestinian/Israeli conflict, what are they ultimately fighting over? | Territory, the promised land. |
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