QR Challenge: Ancient Civilizations

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. Which civilization began over 5,000 years ago?	Mesopotamia
2. Which civilization lived along the Nile River?	Egypt/Egyptian
3. Which civilization built pyramids?	Egypt/Egyptian
4. Which civilization built ziggurats?	Mesopotamia
5. What is a ziggurat?	a temple
6. What form of writing did the Mesopotamians use?	cuneiform
7. Which type of writing did the Egyptians use?	hieroglyphics
8. What does ancient mean?	very old
9. Name a Mesopotamian invention that is still used today.	wheel, map, plow, or sailboat
10. What is the name for an Egyptian leader?	pharoah
11. What was papyrus used for?	paper or boats
12. What is the name of the biggest mountain in Greece?	Mount Olympus
13. Which civilization held the first Olympics?	Greece/Greeks
14. Made up stories about gods and goddesses are called what?	myths
15. What is the name of the Greek temple?	Parthenon
16. Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian are three types of what?	columns
17. What kind of numbers are Romans known for?	Roman Numerals
18. What is a Chinese ruler called?	emperor
19. What do Chinese use to eat with?	chopsticks
20. What TWO landforms surrounded ancient China?	mountains and desert
21. What famous architectural wonder was built in China?	The Great Wall of China
22. What type of writing did the Chinese use?	calligraphy
23. What type of building material were the Romans the first to use?	concrete
24. What is it called when one nation takes control of another nation?	empire
25. Name TWO things that could be found in a Roman forum?	marketplace, temples, government buildings

 

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