QR Challenge: Third year history

Created using the ClassTools QR Treasure Hunt Generator

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.

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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!

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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.

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Questions / Answers (teacher reference)

Question	Answer
1. Give one consequence for Ireland of the Great Famine.	Fall in population, Decline of the Irish language, Emigration.
2. Name the political party founded by Arthur Griffith in 1905.	Sinn Féin
3. During the Civil War, what was the Munster Republic?	The area controlled by the irregulars
4. Explain the following term relating to the Treaty of Versailles: War Guilt Clause.	Germany had to take responsibility for WW1
5. Explain the following term relating to the Treaty of Versailles: Reparations	Germany had to pay compensation to the other countries
6. Explain the following term relating to the Treaty of Versailles: Anschluss	Germany was not allowed to unify with Austria
7. Name one type of tomb from Neolithic Ireland.	Dolmen, Court cairn, Passage grave
8. In Calvin’s Church, what was meant by the term: predestination	God chose you to go to heaven before you were born
9. In Calvin’s Church, what was meant by the term: the elect	those chose to go to heaven
10. What was the Solemn League and Covenant, 1912?	A promise to resist home rule.
11. Why did James Connolly set up the Irish Citizen Army in 1913?	To protect the striking workers during the Lock-out
12. Mention two reasons why Sinn Féin won the 1918 general election.	Home Rule was less popular, 1916 heroes were part of the party, It was associated with 1916, It promised a republic, it resisted conscription
13. Which European leader was known as Il Duce?	Mussolini
14. Name two buildings occupied by the rebels during the Easter Rising 1916.	G.P.O, Boland's Mills, Jacobs Factory
15. Explain the following term relating to Mussolini: Blackshirts	his supporters who wore black shirts
16. Explain the following term relating to Mussolini: The March on Rome	Mussolini and his supporters marched into Rome to show their strength
17. Explain the following term relating to Mussolini: The Lateran Treaty	A treaty between the Pope and Mussolini
18. Explain the following term relating to Mussolini: The Abyssinia Campaign	Italy's invasion of Ethiopia to conquer more land
19. Why was the government of Ireland Act 1920 significant?	It created Northern Ireland
20. Name one Unionist Leader?	Edward Carson

 

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