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. This law created 160 acres plots of land to be sold for a small fee to encourage settlement in the west | homestead act | 2. What group began to abuse the American farmer by the late 1800’s by overcharging them for services | Railroad Companies | 3. Name the two major candidates in the 1896 election? | William McKinley and William Jennings Bryan | 4. Who invented the telephone | Graham Bell | 5. What business did John D. Rockefeller Control? | Standard Oil Company | 6. What famous business man made the family fortune in railroads? | Vanderbilt | 7. The term refers to the ultra wealthy of the late 1800’s and refers to the negative image many people had of the wealthy and their business practices? | Robber Barons | 8. A tragedy at this NY City factory would leave over 100 women dead and the public calling for labor reforms? | Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire | 9. This was the first place in America for many immigrants as they were examined and processed for entry into the US? | Ellis Island | 10. This law, passed in 1882, actually forbids the future immigration of a certain group of people? | Chinese Exclusion Act | 11. Name the poorly built and over crowded apartment buildings where many of the urban immigrants and poor lived? | Tenements | 12. This writer tried to raise the awareness of the public about the conditions of the poor? | Jacob Riis | 13. This term describes when a political party dominates an area and the other party offers little competition. | Political Machine | 14. Which political party dominated the office of the Presidency between 1860 and 1908? | Republican | 15. Which President was assassinated by a disgruntled office seeker? | Mckinley | 16. This new foreign policy centered on the idea of establishing colonies around the world to increase trade? | Imperialism | 17. Seward’s Folly is a term referring to what event? | Purchase of Alaska | 18. In 1898, the US helped to overthrow the monarchy and annex this small nation? | Hawaii | 19. Alfred Mahan wrote an influential book about the need for this? | A strong Navy | 20. This US vessel exploded in the harbor of Havana while on an investigative tour of Spanish held Cuba? | USS Maine | 21. This became the rallying cry for the American public in the upcoming war? | Remember the Maine |
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What group began to abuse the American farmer by the late 1800’s by overcharging them for services&choe=UTF-8
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Name the two major candidates in the 1896 election?&choe=UTF-8
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Who invented the telephone&choe=UTF-8
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What business did John D. Rockefeller Control?&choe=UTF-8
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What famous business man made the family fortune in railroads?&choe=UTF-8
Question 6 (of 21)
The term refers to the ultra wealthy of the late 1800’s and refers to the negative image many people had of the wealthy and their business practices?&choe=UTF-8
Question 7 (of 21)
A tragedy at this NY City factory would leave over 100 women dead and the public calling for labor reforms?&choe=UTF-8
Question 8 (of 21)
This was the first place in America for many immigrants as they were examined and processed for entry into the US?&choe=UTF-8
Question 9 (of 21)
This law, passed in 1882, actually forbids the future immigration of a certain group of people?&choe=UTF-8
Question 10 (of 21)
Name the poorly built and over crowded apartment buildings where many of the urban immigrants and poor lived?&choe=UTF-8
Question 11 (of 21)
This writer tried to raise the awareness of the public about the conditions of the poor?&choe=UTF-8
Question 12 (of 21)
This term describes when a political party dominates an area and the other party offers little competition.&choe=UTF-8
Question 13 (of 21)
Which political party dominated the office of the Presidency between 1860 and 1908?&choe=UTF-8
Question 14 (of 21)
Which President was assassinated by a disgruntled office seeker?&choe=UTF-8
Question 15 (of 21)
This new foreign policy centered on the idea of establishing colonies around the world to increase trade?&choe=UTF-8
Question 16 (of 21)
Seward’s Folly is a term referring to what event?&choe=UTF-8
Question 17 (of 21)
In 1898, the US helped to overthrow the monarchy and annex this small nation?&choe=UTF-8
Question 18 (of 21)
Alfred Mahan wrote an influential book about the need for this?&choe=UTF-8
Question 19 (of 21)
This US vessel exploded in the harbor of Havana while on an investigative tour of Spanish held Cuba?&choe=UTF-8
Question 20 (of 21)
This became the rallying cry for the American public in the upcoming war?&choe=UTF-8
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