QR Challenge: When Music Offends

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. Since the book contained violence, the school had to _______ it.	censor
2. If the stores didn't agree, the parents threatened to ______ them.	boycott
3. Harmful	detrimental
4. The First __________ gives us the freedom of speech.	Amendment
5. A rule that limits what you can do	restriction
6. Many experts argue that music shouldn't be made the ______ for violent teen behavior.	scapegoat
7. Many people would agree that music should not _______ a student's education.	disrupt
8. To contribute to the growth of something	promote
9. If people find a radio show _________, they can change the station.	offensive
10. If you and a friend are both unhappy, you should ________ to come to a fair solution.	compromise
11. Not having a spring break is causing a __________.	controversy
12. To bother or upset someone	agitate
13. I would have to _______ someone if they were talking badly about my friend.	confront
14. To disagree strongly	oppose
15. Keith Urban is a ________ on American Idol.	critic

 

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