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
4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.
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!
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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1. question | Egypt won their independence in 1922 but kept close ties with Great Britain. Gamal Nasser overthrew the king and established a republic with him as prime minister. Nasser\'s actions inspired other Islamic nationalist and made Egypt the head of pan-Arab nationalism. Watch the video on the Suez Crisis. | 2. question2 | Formerly part of the Ottoman Empire, Iraq was occupied by Britain during WWI and then the League of Nations made it a United Kingdom mandate. Iraw won independence in 1932, and even though it was proclaimed a republic in 1958 a series of strongmen ruled the country until 2003. That year, following the 9/11 attacks Operation Iraqi Freedom led by the US captured and tried Hussein2 | 3. question3 | Turkey resisted being taken over by Great Britain after WWII. Led by Ataturk, Turkish nationalists overthrew the sultan and declared a republic. Ataturk swept away old traditions and westernized Turkey. He encouraged western dress, reformed womens rights, and encouraged industrial expansion3 | 4. question 4 | Mohandis Gandhi created a mass movement including the boy cott of British goods and civil disobdience or passive resistance against British authority. Watch the video on the Salt March. Independence from the British was granted to India in 1947, but it was split into thirds4 | 5. question5 | Muslims persuaded the British to divided the subcontinent of India, so the British hastily created Muslim Pakistan in 1947. During the mass migration of Muslims heading to Pakistan and Hindus to India, mass violence due to distrust occurred. Eventually in 1971, Pakistan split further into Pakistan and Bangladesh5 | 6. question6 | Burma gained their indpeendence in 1948. Democratic rule ended in 1962 with a military coup by General Ne Wih. The name of the country was eventually changed to Myanmar which means People\'s Country6 | 7. question7 | Cambodia gained indpendence in 1953 from the French. Due to conflict caused by the Vietnam War, Cambodia plunged into civil war. The Khmer Rouge took power in 1975, led by Pol Pot. Watch the video on Pol Pot7 |
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