QR Challenge: Supreme Court Justices

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. What is original jurisdiction?	the power to hear a case for the first time
2. What is appellate jurisdiction?	the power of the United States Supreme Court to review decisions and change outcomes of decisions of lower courts
3. What is judicial review?	This means that the Judicial Branch has the power to make sure laws made by the other branches are constitutional and legal
4. What is the significance of judicial review?	answers may vary
5. What is concurrent jurisdiction?	exists where two or more courts from different systems simultaneously have jurisdiction over a specific case.
6. What is the term limit of a Supreme Court justice?	no limit
7. What are the qualifications of a justice?	no qualification
8. Who appoints a justice?	president
9. Who approves a justice?	senate
10. How many supreme court justices are there?	9

 

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