QR Challenge: French Revolution

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. estate: social class	Social class
2. bourgeoisie: the working middle class	working middle class
3. deficit spending: When a government spends more money than it takes in.	government spends more money than it takes in.
4. Louis XVI: King of France from 1774 to 1792; executed in 1793.	King of France
5. Tennis Court Oath:An oath taken by the members of the National Assembly to meet wherever the circumstances might require until they had created a constitution.	An oath
6. Bastille: fortress in Paris used as a prison; French Revolution began when Parisians stormed it in 1789	fortress in Paris used as a prison; French Revolution began when Parisians stormed it in 1789
7. factions: dissenting groups of people.	dissenting groups of people
8. Marquis de Lafayette: the leader of the National Guard, a largely middle-class militia; fought alongside George Washington in the American Revolution	fought alongside George Washington in the American Revolution
9. Marie Antoinette: Austrian-born queen of France; Louis XVI’s wife famous for the saying "Let them eat cake"	Austrian-born queen of France; Louis XVI’s wife
10. émigré: a person who flees his or her country for political reasons	a person who flees his or her country for political reasons
11. sans-culottes: working class men and women who made the French Revolution more radical	working-class men and women who made the French Revolution more radical
12. republic: system of government in which officials are chosen by the people	system of government in which officials are chosen by the people
13. suffrage: the right to vote	the right to vote
14. Robespierre: leader of the Committee of Public Safety; chief architect of the Reign of Terror	chief architect of the Reign of Terror
15. Reign of Terror: period from September 1793 to July 1794 when those who resisted the French Revolution were arrested or executed	those who resisted the French Revolution were arrested or executed
16. guillotine: a bladed execution device used during the French Revolution.	a bladed execution device used during the French Revolution
17. nationalism: a strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one’s country.	a strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one’s country
18. Marseilles: port city in France; the French national anthem was named after it	port city in France; the French national anthem was named after it.
19. Revolution: fundamental change in political power	fundamental change in political power

 

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