QR Challenge: Migration Experiences

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. During World War 2, Australians faced air attack and faced a full Japanese invasion. With the end of the war came the need to establish a long-term defence strategy. The Australian government realised a larger population was necessary for future economic growth and security.	Starting question.
2. What was the SLOGAN that the Australian government used to indicate that more people needed to come to Australia or face invasion?	Populate or Perish
3. What was the name of the first federal minister for Immigration?	Arthur Calwell
4. Roughly, what was the population of Australia in 1945?	Seven million
5. Who was the first country that Australia approached to help with their migration problems?	Britain
6. What continent did Australia initially want most migrants to come from post WW2?	Europe
7. When else, apart from post WW2, has there been a big increase in people migrating to Australia?	During the gold rush
8. Find a list of statistics that outline the different nationalities of people who came to Australia in 1947 and another list for 1999. What differences do you notice?	Excel spreadsheet
9. What world events might have encouraged people from Asia to migrate to Australia in the mid 1970s and 1980s?	The Vietnam War
10. Many people migrated to Australia because of the Gulf War. Why do you think this might have happened?	Afghanistan, escape from the Taliban.
11. Find three pictures which show the chronological change of Australia's immigrants.	Word
12. In your own opinion, why might immigrants choose to come to Australia?	Peace, food, jobs
13. Define the term multiculturalism.	Definition
14. Do you think Australia is a multicultural country? You must justify your reasons with at least 5 lines of writing.	Yes
15. Find five sources which express stories about five different people who migrated to Australia in the 20th century.	Visual and diary entry
16. Using your computer, construct a table which outlines how many different nationalities there are in Australia today.	Table
17. How might Australians have felt about people migrating to Australia after WW2? Identify the issues and possible solutions to overcome them.	Issues
18. Define the term, White Australia Policy.	Definition
19. What was the 'dictation test'?	Definition
20. Locate a picture of a typical migrant centre in the 1950s and 1960s.	Picture
21. Find a primary visual source which shows Australia's support of the White Australia Policy.	Source

 

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