QR Challenge: The Incas

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. Who is the continent of America named after?	Amerigo Vespucci
2. Who is credited with discovering America in about 1000 AD?	Leif Ericson
3. Where did Columbus land on the American continent?	Bahamas
4. Which person defeated the Aztecs and claimed Mexico for Spain?	Cortes
5. Where was the Inca Empire located?	Peru
6. What was the capital city called?	Cuzco
7. Who was at the top of the Inca society?	Sapa Inca
8. Who was at the bottom of Inca society?	peasants
9. In terms of religion, the Incas were?	polytheistic
10. Which Incan god was the most important?	Inti
11. What country conquered the Incas?	Spain
12. Who led the army that conquered the Incas?	Pizarro
13. How was the Inca gold used?	ornaments, decorating temples, jewellery
14. What was gold known as?	sweat of the sun
15. What was silver known as?	tears of the moon
16. Where is Machu Picchu located?	Cuzco region
17. What was the city of Machu Picchu made from?	stone
18. What have been dug up in recent times in Peru?	mummies
19. What were the mummies buried with?	all of their possessions
20. What is still attached to the discovered mummies?	hair
21. What crops were grown by the Incas?	potatoes corn quinoa
22. What were Inca clothes made from?	llama alpaca wool cotton
23. Why were Incan fortresses built on top of mountains?	see enemies and defend
24. What is Quechua?	Incan language

 

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