QR Challenge: French Revolution and the Rise of Napoleon

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. How many estates made up the social structure of France prior to the Revolution?	three
2. Give 3 characteristics of the Enlightenment?2	People turned away from traditional religion and politics2
3. What groups made up the 3 estates?3	Clergy,nobles,peasants3
4. Give 2 reasons for the economic problems in France?4	War debts, increase in taxes4
5. Which estate secedes from the Estates General?5	3rd estate5
6. What was the Tennis Court Oath?6	The National Assemble (3rd Estate) swore to meet until a new constitution is created.6
7. Why did the Parisians storm the Bastille?7	they were looking for weapons7
8. What happended to the commander of the Bastille?8	His head was cut off, put on a pole and paraded in the streets.8
9. What was written in 1789 that reflected the guiding principles of the French Revolution?9	Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen9
10. What was the motto of the French Revolution?10	"Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity"10
11. Who was the most radical of the French Revolution?11	Robespierre11
12. What was the height of the violence and chaos of the French Revolution?12	Reign of Terror12
13. What was King Louis XVI charged and found guilty of13?	Treason13
14. After the old social order is abolished, what did France become?14	Constitutional monarchy14
15. What was the name of the government established from 1795-1799?15	Directory15
16. What were some of the reasons the government just before Napoleon seized power?16	Could not solve economic and social problems; one policy to the next
17. Napoleon leads the new government established; what is it called?17	Consulate17
18. What did Napoleon represent himself as?18	Son of the Revolution18
19. What was the concordat?19	Napoleon makes peace with the pope.19
20. Why did Napoleon sell the Louisiana Territory to the U.S.?20	to concentrate on building a European Empire.20

 

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