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. I was the president of the Union during the Civil War. | Abraham Lincoln | 2. 2. I was the president of the Confederacy during the Civil War. | Jefferson Davis | 3. 3. I was the commander of the Confederate Army during the Civil War. | Robert E. Lee | 4. 4. I was the commander of the Union Army during the Civil War. | Ulysses S. Grant | 5. 5. I am located in South Carolina and in 1861 the Civil War began here. | Fort Sumter | 6. 6. The single bloodiest day of the Civil War took place here where 6,000 soldiers died. | Antietam | 7. 7. When the Union gained control of this town they gained control of the Mississippi River and split the Confederacy in half. | Vicksburg | 8. 8. I am known as the turning point of the Civil War and ended all attempts by the Confederacy to go on the offensive against the North. | Gettysburg | 9. 9. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant here and the Civil War ended. | Appomattox Courthouse | 10. 10. This order by Lincoln said that as of January 1, 1863 all slaves in the Confederacy would be free. | Emancipation Proclamation | 11. 11. During these years the Civil War took place. | 1861-1865 | 12. 12. I am the amendment which abolished slavery. | 13th amendment | 13. 13. My opening line is "four score and seven years ago" and Lincoln said that the Civil War was about preserving democracy. | Gettysburg Address | 14. 14. I am the amendment which granted citizenship to former slaves. | 14th amendment | 15. 15. I am the organization created to help former slaves with clothing, food, and medical care. | Freedmen's Bureau | 16. 16. I am the amendment which gave voting rights to African-American men. | 15th amendment | 17. 17. I am the time period after the Civil War from 1865-1877 when the South had to be rebuilt. | Reconstruction | 18. 18. I am the system in which a farmer works the land for an owner who provides equipment and supplies. | Sharecropping | 19. 19. I was President Lincoln's original plan for accepting the Southern states back into the Union. | Ten Percent Plan | 20. 20. I am the first African-American to be elected to Congress. | Hiram Rhodes Revels |
1. I was the president of the Union during the Civil War. &choe=UTF-8
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2. I was the president of the Confederacy during the Civil War. &choe=UTF-8
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3. I was the commander of the Confederate Army during the Civil War. &choe=UTF-8
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4. I was the commander of the Union Army during the Civil War. &choe=UTF-8
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5. I am located in South Carolina and in 1861 the Civil War began here. &choe=UTF-8
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6. The single bloodiest day of the Civil War took place here where 6,000 soldiers died. &choe=UTF-8
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7. When the Union gained control of this town they gained control of the Mississippi River and split the Confederacy in half. &choe=UTF-8
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8. I am known as the turning point of the Civil War and ended all attempts by the Confederacy to go on the offensive against the North. &choe=UTF-8
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9. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant here and the Civil War ended. &choe=UTF-8
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10. This order by Lincoln said that as of January 1, 1863 all slaves in the Confederacy would be free. &choe=UTF-8
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11. During these years the Civil War took place. &choe=UTF-8
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12. I am the amendment which abolished slavery. &choe=UTF-8
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13. My opening line is "four score and seven years ago" and Lincoln said that the Civil War was about preserving democracy.&choe=UTF-8
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14. I am the amendment which granted citizenship to former slaves. &choe=UTF-8
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15. I am the organization created to help former slaves with clothing, food, and medical care. &choe=UTF-8
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16. I am the amendment which gave voting rights to African-American men. &choe=UTF-8
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17. I am the time period after the Civil War from 1865-1877 when the South had to be rebuilt. &choe=UTF-8
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18. I am the system in which a farmer works the land for an owner who provides equipment and supplies. &choe=UTF-8
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19. I was President Lincoln's original plan for accepting the Southern states back into the Union. &choe=UTF-8
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20. I am the first African-American to be elected to Congress. &choe=UTF-8
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