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. 1) You are mistaken as a conquered Christian child as you’re traveling through the Ottoman Empire. You are kidnapped and trained as a soldier for the Ottoman Army. Good Luck! | answer | 2. | 3. 2) You happen to be in the Byzantine Empire when the Ottomans, led by Mehmed the Conqueror, invaded and conquered the Byzantines using their new weapons called cannons. Sadly, you got caught in the crossfire and lost an arm. | answer | 4. | 5. 3) You arrive in the city of Constantinople just in time to see the Ottoman Army destroy it and rename it Istanbul. You visit one of the Christian churches that the Ottomans have changed into mosques (Muslim churches). Fun! | answer | 6. | 7. 4) You meet Suleyman the Magnificent, the new leader of the Ottoman Empire, and are so impressed by how he has helped the empire grow to its biggest size and encouraged his people to create artwork. You guys hit it off and he even pays you for one of your drawings. Congrats! | answer | 8. | 9. 5) You travel into the Safavid Empire while they are in the middle of fighting to spread their Shia (not Sunni) beliefs. You are taken in for questioning to see if you are a spy for the Ottoman Empire. Stay strong! | answer | 10. | 11. 6) You come into contact with the Shah Abbas (the leader of the Safavid Empire) and he feels like you’re threatening him…so he gouges out one of your eyeballs. Sorry bout it | answer | 12. | 13. 7) You visit the Safavid Empire during the Golden Age when (thanks to their leader, the Shah Abbas) trade between different groups is happening everywhere! You pick up a lot of precious silk while there and are able to sell it to the silly Europeans for a bunch of gold. Way to go! | answer | 14. | 15. | 16. 8) The Safavid Empire, because they are total copycats of the Ottomans, try to kidnap you to turn you into a soldier, but this time you’re ready and you escape. Your partner, however, loses a foot to a gun wound from a Safavid soldier | answer | 17. | 18. 9) You travel into the Mughal Empire as celebrations are breaking out because Emperor Akbar got rid of the unfair rules against people of other religions. Now everyone can live in peace! Give somebody a hug! (or a high five) | answer | 19. | 20. 10) While enjoying the architecture of the Mughal Empire, you get trapped in one of their most beautiful buildings called the Taj Mahal - only to realize it’s a huge tomb the emperor built JUST FOR HIS WIFE! Gross! Get out of there! | answer |
1) You are mistaken as a conquered Christian child as you’re traveling through the Ottoman Empire. You are kidnapped and trained as a soldier for the Ottoman Army. Good Luck!&choe=UTF-8
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2) You happen to be in the Byzantine Empire when the Ottomans, led by Mehmed the Conqueror, invaded and conquered the Byzantines using their new weapons called cannons. Sadly, you got caught in the crossfire and lost an arm.&choe=UTF-8
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3) You arrive in the city of Constantinople just in time to see the Ottoman Army destroy it and rename it Istanbul. You visit one of the Christian churches that the Ottomans have changed into mosques (Muslim churches). Fun!&choe=UTF-8
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4) You meet Suleyman the Magnificent, the new leader of the Ottoman Empire, and are so impressed by how he has helped the empire grow to its biggest size and encouraged his people to create artwork. You guys hit it off and he even pays you for one of your drawings. Congrats!&choe=UTF-8
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5) You travel into the Safavid Empire while they are in the middle of fighting to spread their Shia (not Sunni) beliefs. You are taken in for questioning to see if you are a spy for the Ottoman Empire. Stay strong!&choe=UTF-8
Question 9 (of 20)
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6) You come into contact with the Shah Abbas (the leader of the Safavid Empire) and he feels like you’re threatening him…so he gouges out one of your eyeballs. Sorry bout it&choe=UTF-8
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7) You visit the Safavid Empire during the Golden Age when (thanks to their leader, the Shah Abbas) trade between different groups is happening everywhere! You pick up a lot of precious silk while there and are able to sell it to the silly Europeans for a bunch of gold. Way to go!&choe=UTF-8
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8) The Safavid Empire, because they are total copycats of the Ottomans, try to kidnap you to turn you into a soldier, but this time you’re ready and you escape. Your partner, however, loses a foot to a gun wound from a Safavid soldier&choe=UTF-8
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9) You travel into the Mughal Empire as celebrations are breaking out because Emperor Akbar got rid of the unfair rules against people of other religions. Now everyone can live in peace! Give somebody a hug! (or a high five)&choe=UTF-8
Question 18 (of 20)
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10) While enjoying the architecture of the Mughal Empire, you get trapped in one of their most beautiful buildings called the Taj Mahal - only to realize it’s a huge tomb the emperor built JUST FOR HIS WIFE! Gross! Get out of there!&choe=UTF-8
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