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QR Challenge: Easter Quiz

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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

3. Print out the QR codes.

4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.

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!

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.

Questions / Answers (teacher reference)

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1. Easter is the most important time in the Christian calendar. Easter forms part of Holy week; Holy week consists of Palm Sunday - the week before Easter Sunday, Good Thursday - the day of Jesus' Last Supper, Good Friday - the day that Jesus was crucified and Easter Sunday the day Jesus rose from the dead.What is Easter?
2. Christians celebrate the story of Easter and rejoice in the belief that Jesus died for our sins and was resurrected (came back) from death. Jesus was reborn and lives today; he was reborn because God exists and is alive.Why do we celebrate Easter?
3. The date of Easter varies each year as it is based on the lunar calendar and the position of the moon. Easter is celebrated on the Sunday after the full moon following March 21st.Why does the date of Easter vary?
4. Good Friday is the day that Jesus died. It is called Good Friday as Jesus died for the good of mankind.What do Christians today call the day that Jesus died?
5. Easter Sunday is the day that Jesus came back to life; it is a day of celebration and the day that we exchange gifts of eggs.How do Christians celebrate Easter Sunday?
6. In Christian faith eggs represent a symbol of new beginnings, new life and renewed faith.Why do we exchange eggs at Easter time, what do they represent?
7. The word Easter dates back to early England; it is thought to relate to the Pagan goddess of spring and fertility Ēostre (also called Ostara)Where did the word ‘Easter’ originate from?
8. Early chocolate Easter eggs were much smaller and solid, not large and hollow as they usually are today.How are the early chocolate Easter eggs different from the Easter eggs you eat today?
9. Different countries celebrate Easter in different ways. In Sweden they do not have an Easter Bunny, they have an Easter Wizard!What is the difference between Easter in Sweden and in Easter in England?
10. Pretzels were originally associated with Easter. They are thought to be invented by ancient German monks and were created in a pattern to represent two folding arms in prayer. Some people believe that the pretzel is the world’s oldest snack food!What was originally associated with Easter? Who invented these Pretzels?
11. The Easter Bunny originated in Germany, the idea was taken to America during the 1700s.Where did the Easter Bunny originate from? When was this ideas taken to America?
12. The act of exchanging gifts of eggs dates back to the time of the Egyptians and Persians! Painted eggs were given as gifts to symbolize fertility and new life.How far back does the act of exchanging gifts of eggs date to?
13. In 1879, the tradition of the Easter egg roll on the grounds of the White House began. Arranged by the 19th president of America Rutherford Hayes and his wife Lucy, the tradition is still in practice today and occurs on the Monday after Easter weekend.In what year and who started the Easter egg roll on the grounds of the White House?
14. Chocolate Easter eggs were not introduced until the early 1900s. Before the exchanging of chocolate eggs, gifts consisted of decorated chicken eggs and stuffed hollow cardboard eggs.When were chocolate Easter eggs introduced?
15. Popular Easter symbols include; the Cross, Eggs, Rabbits, Easter flowers, Baskets, Nests, springtime and Simnel cakeWhat do popular Easter symbols include?

 


Easter Quiz: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Easter-is-the-most-important-time-in-the-Christian-calendar.-Easter-forms-part-of-Holy-week;-Holy-week-consists-of-Palm-Sunday---the-week-before-Easter-Sunday,-Good-Thursday---the-day-of-Jesus'-Last-Supper,-Good-Friday----the-day-that-Jesus-was-crucified-and-Easter-Sunday-the-day-Jesus-rose-from-the-dead.

Question 1 (of 15)

 


Easter Quiz: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Christians-celebrate-the-story-of-Easter-and-rejoice-in-the-belief-that-Jesus-died-for-our-sins-and-was-resurrected-(came-back)-from-death.-Jesus-was-reborn-and-lives-today;-he-was-reborn-because-God-exists-and-is-alive.

Question 2 (of 15)

 


Easter Quiz: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The-date-of-Easter-varies-each-year-as-it-is-based-on-the-lunar-calendar-and-the-position-of-the-moon.-Easter-is-celebrated-on-the-Sunday-after-the-full-moon-following-March-21st.

Question 3 (of 15)

 


Easter Quiz: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Good-Friday-is-the-day-that-Jesus-died.-It-is-called-Good-Friday-as-Jesus-died-for-the-good-of-mankind.

Question 4 (of 15)

 


Easter Quiz: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Easter-Sunday-is-the-day-that-Jesus-came-back-to-life;-it-is-a-day-of-celebration-and-the-day-that-we-exchange-gifts-of-eggs.

Question 5 (of 15)

 


Easter Quiz: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=In-Christian-faith-eggs-represent-a-symbol-of-new-beginnings,-new-life-and-renewed-faith.

Question 6 (of 15)

 


Easter Quiz: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The-word-Easter-dates-back-to-early-England;-it-is-thought-to-relate-to-the-Pagan-goddess-of-spring-and-fertility-Ēostre-(also-called-Ostara)

Question 7 (of 15)

 


Easter Quiz: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Early-chocolate-Easter-eggs-were-much-smaller-and-solid,-not--large-and-hollow-as-they-usually-are-today.

Question 8 (of 15)

 


Easter Quiz: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Different-countries-celebrate-Easter-in-different-ways.-In-Sweden-they-do-not-have-an-Easter-Bunny,-they-have-an-Easter-Wizard!

Question 9 (of 15)

 


Easter Quiz: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Pretzels-were-originally-associated-with-Easter.-They-are-thought-to-be-invented-by-ancient-German-monks-and-were-created-in-a-pattern-to-represent-two-folding-arms-in-prayer.-Some-people-believe-that-the-pretzel-is-the-world’s-oldest-snack-food!

Question 10 (of 15)

 


Easter Quiz: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The-Easter-Bunny-originated-in-Germany,-the-idea-was-taken-to-America-during-the-1700s.

Question 11 (of 15)

 


Easter Quiz: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The-act-of-exchanging-gifts-of-eggs-dates-back-to-the-time-of-the-Egyptians-and-Persians!-Painted-eggs-were-given-as-gifts-to-symbolize-fertility-and-new-life.

Question 12 (of 15)

 


Easter Quiz: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=In-1879,-the-tradition-of-the-Easter-egg-roll-on-the-grounds-of-the-White-House-began.-Arranged-by-the-19th-president-of-America-Rutherford-Hayes-and-his-wife-Lucy,-the-tradition-is-still-in-practice-today-and-occurs-on-the-Monday-after-Easter-weekend.

Question 13 (of 15)

 


Easter Quiz: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Chocolate-Easter-eggs-were-not-introduced-until-the-early-1900s.-Before-the-exchanging-of-chocolate-eggs,-gifts-consisted-of-decorated-chicken-eggs-and-stuffed-hollow-cardboard-eggs.

Question 14 (of 15)

 


Easter Quiz: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Popular-Easter-symbols-include;-the-Cross,-Eggs,-Rabbits,-Easter-flowers,-Baskets,-Nests,-springtime-and-Simnel-cake

Question 15 (of 15)