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. State-run broadcast media with no private, independent broadcasters. The constitution calls for freedom of speech, but it is actually restricted. You can’t speak out against Islam.Media is monitored and censored. | Iran Personal Freedoms | 2. Elections do exist, but candidates must be approved by religious clerics and the Supreme Leader. Elections have likely been rigged. There are no laws prohibiting domestic violence. Freedom of movement is restricted by government. People have to apply for exit visas to leave the country. Sometimes passports are confiscated to restrict travel. | Iran Personal Freedoms | 3. Gov’t does not respect freedom of speech and the basic law does not provide it and for freedom of the press. Cannot criticize Islam or the ruling family & government. All citizens must be Muslims, so no freedom of religion. Non-Muslims in the country may not show religious symbols. Freedom of movement is not provided and is restricted. | Saudi Arabia Personal Freedoms | 4. Women cannot drive cars and must be covered in public. Women are segregated from men as much as possible in most areas of society. Citizens do not have the right to change their government peacefully. Women have the right to own property and to be financially supported by their husband, but they don’t have a lot of political and social rights. | Saudi Arabia Personal Freedoms | 5. The law provides for freedom of speech and press. Individuals can criticize the government. The law provides for freedom of religion, and the government generally respected this right in practice. | Israel Personal Freedoms | 6. Citizens are generally free to travel abroad as long as they don’t have military obligations or to a place Israel that is at war with. There are limitations on movement within the occupied territories. Women have equal rights and are required to serve in the Israeli Defense Force. | Israel Personal Freedoms |
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