QR Challenge: Do You Know Your Black History?

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. Question	I am the first African American to serve as United States secretary of state Answer Colin Powell
2. Question2	I am the first African American to win the Nobel Peace Prize Answer2 Ralph J. Bunche
3. Question3	I am the first African American to successfully perform open heart surgery Answer3 Daniel Hale Williams
4. Question4	I am the first African American to win an Academy Awards Answer4 Hattie McDaniel
5. Question5	I am the first African American NFL quarterback during the Modern Era years Answer5 Willie Thrower
6. Question6	I am the first African American golf champion to tour on the PGA circuit Answer6 Tiger Woods
7. Question7	I am the first African American to have his likeness portrayed on a US postage stamp Answer7 Booker T. Washington
8. Question8	I am the first African American professional tennis champion Answer8 Althea Gibson
9. Question9	I am the first African American to reach the North Pole Answer9 Matthew Henson
10. Question10	I am the first African American to serve as a US Cabinet Member Answer10 Robert C. Weaver
11. Question11	I am the founder of what Black radical organization called the Nation of Islam. Answer11 Elijah Muhammed
12. Question12	We are the two co-leaders of the Black Panthers organization Answer12 Bobby Seal and Huey Newton
13. Question13	I was born a slave and became famous for my contributions to agricultural science Answer13 George Washington Carver
14. Question14	I am the first African American to graduate from medical school and practice medicine in the United States Answer14 James McCune Smith
15. Question15	I am the first African American to be appointed by the President of the United States to the position of the United States US Marshal Answer15 Frederick Douglass
16. Question16	I am the first African American to earn a degree from any college or university in the United States Answer16 Alexander Twilight
17. Question17	I am the first African American to receive a Ph.D from Harvard and wrote “Souls of Black Folk” Answer17 W.E.B DuBois
18. Question18	I am the first African American to serve on the United States Supreme Court Answer18 Thurgood Marshall
19. Question19	I am the first African American woman to receive a Medical Degree Answer19 Rebecca Lee Crumpler
20. Question20	We are the four African Americans known for being pioneers in the civil rights movement in Greensboro, North Carolina Answer20 Joseph McNeil, Franklin McCain, Ezell Blair Jr., and David Richmond

 

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