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
4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.
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!
4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.
Question | Answer |
| 1. What is the Colonization Era | A period of time where European explorers established colonies in the Americas | 2. What is important about the year 1607 | Jamestown,Virginia is Established | 3. What is significant about the establishment of Jamestown in 1607 | First permanent English settlement in the Americas | 4. What happened in the year 1620 | Pilgrims arrive at Plymouth and sign the Mayflower Compact | 5. Explain John Smith and John Rolfe’s involvement in Jamestown Virginia | Founder,Introduced Tobacco | 6. Who founded Rhode Island and Pennsylvania | Roger Williams,William Penn | 7. What lead to the Americans to declare independence | Taxes,increase control over their colonies as violations of their rights | 8. What is important about the year 1776 | The U.S. declares its independence from Britain,Declaration of Independence created | 9. How did George Washington and Thomas Jefferson play an important role during the American Revolution | Overall commander of the continental army,Author of the Declaration of Independence,King George III:King of Britain | 10. What happened in Philadelphia in 1787 | Constitutional Convention,Constitution written | 11. What did the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists stand for | Supported the Constitution,Opposed the Constitution,wanted a Bill of Rights added | 12. What is significant about the year 1803 | Thomas Jefferson purchases the Louisiana Territory doubling the size of the United States | 13. Why did tensions start to rise between the North and the South | Slavery | 14. Name two important events during the Presidency of Andrew Jackson | Trail of Tears,Closed the National Bank | 15. Define Manifest Destiny | Manifest Destiny was the belief that the U.S. would expand to the Pacific Ocean. | 16. Why did the South secede from the Union (United States) | State Rights,Slavery, The Election of Lincoln,Sectionalism | 17. Name all three Reconstruction Amendments and what each means | 13th,14th,15th,Free Slaves,Former Slaves the right to vote,Citizenship to former Slaves |
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What is important about the year 1607&choe=UTF-8
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What is significant about the establishment of Jamestown in 1607&choe=UTF-8
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What happened in the year 1620&choe=UTF-8
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Explain John Smith and John Rolfe’s involvement in Jamestown Virginia&choe=UTF-8
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Who founded Rhode Island and Pennsylvania&choe=UTF-8
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What lead to the Americans to declare independence&choe=UTF-8
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What is important about the year 1776&choe=UTF-8
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How did George Washington and Thomas Jefferson play an important role during the American Revolution&choe=UTF-8
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What happened in Philadelphia in 1787&choe=UTF-8
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What did the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists stand for&choe=UTF-8
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What is significant about the year 1803&choe=UTF-8
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Why did tensions start to rise between the North and the South&choe=UTF-8
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Name two important events during the Presidency of Andrew Jackson&choe=UTF-8
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Define Manifest Destiny&choe=UTF-8
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Why did the South secede from the Union (United States)&choe=UTF-8
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Name all three Reconstruction Amendments and what each means&choe=UTF-8
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