QR Challenge: The Civil War

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. Give me an example of Texas and the Civil War and Reconstruction Era	Anything that happened in Texas during the Civil War
2. Why was Sam Houston Removed from governor in 1861	He refuses to take oath of allegiance to the Confederate States of America
3. What year did Texas join the Confederacy	1861
4. What is significant about the years 1861-1865	The Civil War was fought
5. Why were the delegates at the Secession Convention in favor of Texas leaving the Union	They felt Slavery was vital to their economy
6. Why was the issue of State Rights a factor during the Civil War	Seceding states believed the federal government should not intervene in state decisions
7. What year, month, and date did Juneteenth occur in Texas	June 19th 1865
8. What are the four causes of the Civil War	State Rights/Slavery/Sectionalsim/Tariffs
9. What was Texans view on Slavery	They felt it was vital to their economy
10. How was Texas effected by communication during the Civil War	Slow communications allowed for continued fighting and delayed the emancipation of enslaved people for weeks after the end of the war.
11. Name this Battle: There were no other military conflicts associated with the Civil War after this battle, this battle was fought after the actual war was over	Battle of Palmito Ranch
12. What does the term Secede Mean	To withdraw from the US
13. Who was the Union	The US, or the North
14. Who was the Confederate States of America	The South
15. Name this Battle: The Union Navy began to blockade Texas Ports	The Battle of Galveston
16. Who is Jefferson Davis	President of the Confederate States of America (South)
17. Who is John Magruder Bell	Look in Notes
18. Who was a general during the Civil War and eventually became the President of Texas A&M University	Lawrence Sullivan “Sul” Ross
19. Who was the first governor of Texas once they became the Confederate States of America	Francis Lubbock
20. Name two Economic effects of the Civil War in Texas	Look in Notes
21. Name two Social effects of the Civil War in Texas	Look in Notes
22. Name two Political effects of the Civil War in Texas	Look in Notes
23. How did the Union (North) win the Civil War in 1865	The Civil War ends on April 9th 1865 when Robert E. Lee surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant at the Appomattox Court House

 

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