QR Challenge: Aztec Empire

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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.

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!

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.

Questions / Answers (teacher reference)

Question	Answer
1. 1200-	The Aztecs arrive in the Valley of Mexico.
2.
3. 1250-2	They settle in Chapultepec, but are forced to leave by the Culhuacan tribe2
4.
5. 1325-3	The city of Tenochtitlán is founded. It will become the capital of the Aztec Empire. The location is picked by the priests because it is where they see the foretold sign of an eagle holding a snake while standing on a cactus3
6.
7. 1350-4	The Aztecs begin to build causeways and canals around Tenochtitlán.4
8.
9. 1375-5	The first dominant ruler of the Aztecs, Acamapichtli, comes into power. They call their ruler the Tlatoani which means "speaker".5
10.
11. 1427-6	Itzcoatl becomes the fourth ruler of the Aztecs. He will found the Aztec Empire.6
12.
13. 1428-7	The Aztec Empire is formed with a triple alliance between the Aztecs, the Texcocans, and the Tacubans. The Aztecs defeat the Tepanecs.7
14.
15. 1440-8	Montezuma I becomes the fifth leader of the Aztecs. His rule will mark the height of the Aztec Empire.8
16.
17. 1440 to 1469-9	Montezuma I rules and greatly expands the empire.9
18.
19. 1452-10	The city of Tenochtitlán is damaged by a great flood. The next few years are filled with famine and starvation.10
20.
21. 1487-11	The Templo Mayor (Great Temple of Tenochtitlan) is finished. It is dedicated to the gods with thousands of human sacrifices.11
22.
23. 1502-12	Montezuma II becomes ruler of the Aztec Empire. He is the ninth of the Aztec kings.12
24.
25. 1517-13	The Aztec priests mark the sighting of a comet in the night sky. They believe the comet was a sign of impending doom.13
26.
27. 1519-14	Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes arrives in Tenochtitlán. The Aztecs treat him as an honored guest, but Cortez takes Montezuma II prisoner. Cortez is driven from the city, but Montezuma II is killed.14
28.
29. 1520-15	Cuauhtémoc becomes the tenth emperor of the Aztecs.15
30.
31. 1520-16	Cortes forms an alliance with the Tlaxcala and begins to attack the Aztecs.16
32.
33. 1521-17	Cortes defeats the Aztecs and takes over the city of Tenochtitlán.17
34.
35. 1522-18	The Spanish begin to rebuild the city of Tenochtitlán. It will be called Mexico City and will be the capital of New Spain.18