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. Collectivisation entailed merging small farms into large, mechanised farms where work and resources could be shared, leading to greater efficiency | 1 | 2. Collectivisation was an attempt to solve the Grain Procurement Crisis and therefore went hand in hand with the persecution of Kulaks (rich farmers) who Stalin suspected of hoarding grain. | 2 | 3. Rationing was introduced in cities as an emergency measure in 1928 | 3 | 4. In 1929 compulsory collectivisation was introduced, Kulaks were rounded up and exiled by the Red Army and the secret police. | 4 | 5. In 1929 27,000 volunteers were sent to the countryside to assist in dekulakisation | 5 | 6. In 1930 Stalin halted compulsory collectivisation, blaming chaos in the countryside on Party members being 'dizzy with success'. Farmers returned to their own farms. | 6 | 7. In 1931 collectivisation began again at a slower pace. | 7 | 8. In 1941 all farms in Russia were collectivised. | 8 | 9. Famine broke out in 1932. Dekulakisation removed the most successful peasants from farms. | 9 | 10. Forced collectivisation led to the destruction of grain and livestock. Between 1929 and 1933, 18 million horses and 10 million sheep and goats were destroyed by peasants in protest against collectivisation. This led to famine. | 10 | 11. The government set unrealistic targets for the new collective farms. Farms that failed to meet their target had all their grain confiscated. | 11 | 12. Although less grain was produced, more was exported to raise money for industrialisation': exports rose from 0.03 million tonnes in 1928 to 5 million tonnes in 1931. | 12 | 13. Between 1932 and 1934 famine caused the death of more than 10 million people. The Ukraine was especially hard hit as Stalin refused to allow any grain into the region to alleviate the famine. | 13 | 14. Dekulaksation led to the exile of 10 million peasants. In some areas, as many as 10% of peasants in a single village were exiled. | 14 | 15. The harvest of 1933 was 10 million tonnes less than that of 1926. | 15 | 16. By 1932, machine tractor stations had supplied 75,000 tractors to collective farms, which made up for the decline in the number of horses. | 16 | 17. The standard of living of the working class fell sharply: bread was rationed and by 1932 the amount of protein consumed by workers had fallen by 66%. | 17 | 18. Famine in the countryside led to increasing urbanisation: the population of some cities trebled between 1930 and 1940. | 18 | 19. In terms of Stalin's personal ambition, the policy was a success. More grain was procured, more grain was exported, Russia was urbanised and Stalin's authority reached new heights. | 19 |
Collectivisation entailed merging small farms into large, mechanised farms where work and resources could be shared, leading to greater efficiency&choe=UTF-8
Question 1 (of 19)
Collectivisation was an attempt to solve the Grain Procurement Crisis and therefore went hand in hand with the persecution of Kulaks (rich farmers) who Stalin suspected of hoarding grain.&choe=UTF-8
Question 2 (of 19)
Rationing was introduced in cities as an emergency measure in 1928&choe=UTF-8
Question 3 (of 19)
In 1929 compulsory collectivisation was introduced, Kulaks were rounded up and exiled by the Red Army and the secret police.&choe=UTF-8
Question 4 (of 19)
In 1929 27,000 volunteers were sent to the countryside to assist in dekulakisation&choe=UTF-8
Question 5 (of 19)
In 1930 Stalin halted compulsory collectivisation, blaming chaos in the countryside on Party members being 'dizzy with success'. Farmers returned to their own farms.&choe=UTF-8
Question 6 (of 19)
In 1931 collectivisation began again at a slower pace.&choe=UTF-8
Question 7 (of 19)
In 1941 all farms in Russia were collectivised.&choe=UTF-8
Question 8 (of 19)
Famine broke out in 1932. Dekulakisation removed the most successful peasants from farms.&choe=UTF-8
Question 9 (of 19)
Forced collectivisation led to the destruction of grain and livestock. Between 1929 and 1933, 18 million horses and 10 million sheep and goats were destroyed by peasants in protest against collectivisation. This led to famine.&choe=UTF-8
Question 10 (of 19)
The government set unrealistic targets for the new collective farms. Farms that failed to meet their target had all their grain confiscated.&choe=UTF-8
Question 11 (of 19)
Although less grain was produced, more was exported to raise money for industrialisation': exports rose from 0.03 million tonnes in 1928 to 5 million tonnes in 1931.&choe=UTF-8
Question 12 (of 19)
Between 1932 and 1934 famine caused the death of more than 10 million people. The Ukraine was especially hard hit as Stalin refused to allow any grain into the region to alleviate the famine.&choe=UTF-8
Question 13 (of 19)
Dekulaksation led to the exile of 10 million peasants. In some areas, as many as 10% of peasants in a single village were exiled.&choe=UTF-8
Question 14 (of 19)
The harvest of 1933 was 10 million tonnes less than that of 1926.&choe=UTF-8
Question 15 (of 19)
By 1932, machine tractor stations had supplied 75,000 tractors to collective farms, which made up for the decline in the number of horses.&choe=UTF-8
Question 16 (of 19)
The standard of living of the working class fell sharply: bread was rationed and by 1932 the amount of protein consumed by workers had fallen by 66%.&choe=UTF-8
Question 17 (of 19)
Famine in the countryside led to increasing urbanisation: the population of some cities trebled between 1930 and 1940.&choe=UTF-8
Question 18 (of 19)
In terms of Stalin's personal ambition, the policy was a success. More grain was procured, more grain was exported, Russia was urbanised and Stalin's authority reached new heights.&choe=UTF-8
Question 19 (of 19)
