QR Challenge: Safavid Dynasty

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. What was the capital city of the Safavid Dynasty?	Isfahan
2. What were the two main colors used in their artwork?	Blue and Yellow
3. What is the name of the bridge that stretches across the River Zzayandeh?	33 arches
4. What stretched from the friday mosque to the public square?	Shah Abbas Bazaar
5. Who was Shaikh Baha al-Din Muhammad Amili?	The leading architect, scholar, and engineer
6. The Chahar Bagh means what?	four fold garden
7. What does Chihil Sutun stand for?	Forty Columns
8. Describe the festival of Ashura.	Imam Husayn was killed
9. Who were the red headed warriors and why were their names red-headed?	They were the soldiers of the dynasty and they wore red turbans
10. Who was Shah Abbas?	He was the king of the dynasty.

 

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