QR Challenge: Presidential Fun Facts

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. 1. What was Chester A. Arthur's nickname? Keywords: Chester A. Arthur, nickname.	Answer: Elegant Arthur
2. 2. Which two presidents died on the same day and what was the significance of that day? Keywords: two presidents died same day, significance.	Answer: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.
3. 3. James Monroe was wounded during which war? Keywords: James Monroe, wounded, war.	Answer: American Revolution
4. 4. Which president approved "The Star-Spangled Banner" as the national anthem? Keywords: president, approved, "The Star-Spangled Banner".	Answer: Herbert Hoover.
5. 5. Franklin D. Roosevelt was the only president to serve how many terms? Keyword: Franklin D. Roosevelt, how many terms.	Answer: Four.
6. 6. Who became the vice president and president without being elected to either office? Keywords: Vice present and president, without being elected.	Answer: Gerald Ford.
7. 7. John Tyler was the president with the most children. How many did he have? Keywords: John Tyler, children.	Answer: 15.
8. 8. Which president was in a duel, was wounded and carried the bullet, lodged in his heart, to his grave. Keywords: President, duel, wounded.	Answer: Andrew Jackson.
9. 9. Who was the youngest president elect to office and to die in office? Keywords: Youngest, president, elected, died.	Answer John F. Kennedy.
10. 10. Who was the first African American president? Keywords: African American, president.	Answer: Barrack Obama.

 

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