QR Challenge: history club

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. When did the Fall of France (Battle of France) occur?	10th May – 25th June 1940
2. What Was Queens First Song That Got In The English Top Ten?	Seven Seas Of Rhye
3. The Statue of Liberty was a gift from which country?	France
4. What was referred to as the Second War for Independence?	The War of 1812
5. What is the "day that will live in infamy"?	The day of the attack on Pearl Harbor
6. Who was president during the Louisiana Purchase?	Thomas Jefferson
7. What was the bloodiest war in U.S. history?	The Civil War
8. What year did the U.S. enter World War I?	1917
9. In what year did the Boston Tea Party take place?	1773
10. What begins with the words "We the people..."?	The United States Constitution
11. Who is the goddess of love (Greek mythology)?	Aphrodite.
12. Who did perseus kill using reflection?	medusa
13. What is Hera’s roman name?	Juno
14. What is Neptune’s Greek name?	Poseidon
15. Zeus, what is his Roman name?	Jupiter
16. What is the Roman name for Hades?	Pluto
17. Who was Homer from Ancient Greek?	A Poet.
18. How many British soldiers fought off 3,000 Zulus?	140
19. Who was the famous son of Anticleia?	odysseus
20. What king of Crete sacrificed his own daughter?	cydon
21. What is the plural of Cyclops?	cyclopes

 

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