QR Challenge: AP Government Scavenger Hunt FRQs
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. Describe the role of the Senate filibuster in law making | Delay action
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2. Describe the role of the House Rules Committee in lawmaking | mangage bills to floor
| 3. Describe one way Congress oversees the bureaucracy | budget,committee, etc.
| 4. Explain how casework affects members' attention to legislation | a
| 5. Explain how the Voting Rights Act ('65) removed of barriers to minority voting | a
| 6. Identify & explain one barrier that impedes minority rep. in Congress today | a
| 7. Describe 2 political factors that affect pres' choice of members to judiciary | a
| 8. Explain how one leg power that serves as a check on court decisions | a
| 9. Explain how one exec. power serves to check court decisions. | a
| 10. Describe 2 techniques interest groups use to influence elections | a
| 11. Explain how int. groups use amicus curiae briefs to influence govt decisions | a
| 12. Explain how pluralism limits interest group interest. | a
| 13. Explain how judicial review empowers the SCOTUS w/in system of checks/balances | a
| 14. Describe the process through which the Court grants a writ of cert | a
| 15. Explain how stare decisis and judicial activism impact decisions of justices | a
| 16. Identify two characteristics of a valid, scientific, public opinion poll | a
| 17. Define how primary and caucus are used to choose delegates to conventions | a
| 18. Explain why a candidate's strategy to win nomination differs general election | a
| 19. Explain how Congress' decisions are impacted by the Pres' veto power. |
| 20. Explain how the Pres' decisions are impacted by Congress' budgetary power | a |
AP Government Scavenger Hunt FRQs: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Describe-the-role-of-the-Senate-filibuster-in-law-making
Question 1 (of 20)
AP Government Scavenger Hunt FRQs: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Describe-the-role-of-the-House-Rules-Committee-in-lawmaking
Question 2 (of 20)
AP Government Scavenger Hunt FRQs: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Describe-one-way-Congress-oversees-the-bureaucracy
Question 3 (of 20)
AP Government Scavenger Hunt FRQs: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Explain-how-casework-affects-members'-attention-to-legislation
Question 4 (of 20)
AP Government Scavenger Hunt FRQs: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Explain-how-the-Voting-Rights-Act-('65)-removed-of-barriers-to-minority-voting
Question 5 (of 20)
AP Government Scavenger Hunt FRQs: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Identify-&-explain-one-barrier-that-impedes-minority-rep.-in-Congress-today
Question 6 (of 20)
AP Government Scavenger Hunt FRQs: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Describe-2-political-factors-that-affect-pres'-choice-of-members-to-judiciary
Question 7 (of 20)
AP Government Scavenger Hunt FRQs: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Explain-how-one-leg-power-that-serves-as-a-check-on-court-decisions
Question 8 (of 20)
AP Government Scavenger Hunt FRQs: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Explain-how-one-exec.-power-serves-to-check-court-decisions.
Question 9 (of 20)
AP Government Scavenger Hunt FRQs: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Describe-2-techniques-interest-groups-use-to-influence-elections
Question 10 (of 20)
AP Government Scavenger Hunt FRQs: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Explain-how-int.-groups-use-amicus-curiae-briefs-to-influence-govt-decisions
Question 11 (of 20)
AP Government Scavenger Hunt FRQs: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Explain-how-pluralism-limits-interest-group-interest.
Question 12 (of 20)
AP Government Scavenger Hunt FRQs: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Explain-how-judicial-review-empowers-the-SCOTUS-w/in-system-of-checks/balances
Question 13 (of 20)
AP Government Scavenger Hunt FRQs: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Describe-the-process-through-which-the-Court-grants-a-writ-of-cert
Question 14 (of 20)
AP Government Scavenger Hunt FRQs: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Explain-how-stare-decisis-and-judicial-activism-impact-decisions-of-justices
Question 15 (of 20)
AP Government Scavenger Hunt FRQs: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Identify-two-characteristics-of-a-valid,-scientific,-public-opinion-poll
Question 16 (of 20)
AP Government Scavenger Hunt FRQs: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Define-how-primary-and-caucus-are-used-to-choose-delegates-to-conventions
Question 17 (of 20)
AP Government Scavenger Hunt FRQs: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Explain-why-a-candidate's-strategy-to-win-nomination-differs-general-election
Question 18 (of 20)
AP Government Scavenger Hunt FRQs: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Explain-how-Congress'-decisions-are-impacted-by-the-Pres'-veto-power.
Question 19 (of 20)
AP Government Scavenger Hunt FRQs: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Explain-how-the-Pres'-decisions-are-impacted-by-Congress'-budgetary-power
Question 20 (of 20)
