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.
Question | Answer |
1. Write down three countries that follow a democracy – don’t pick too obvious choices | 2. Write down three countries that follow a dictatorship – don’t pick too obvious choices | 3. What is GOVERNMENT | 4. What is POLITICS | 5. Name the different types of democracy you need to learn about | 6. | 7. What does LEGITIMACY mean Give an example | 8. What does POWER mean Give an example | 9. What does AUTHORITY mean Give an example | 10. What is CONSENT | 11. Write down three ways consent can be achieved | 12. | 13. What is DEMOCRACY | 14. Write down three features of a modern democracy | 15. What is PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY | 16. EXAM QUESTION – What is meant by ‘PLURALIST DEMOCRACY’ Give an example | 17. EXAM QUESTION – Define ‘LIBERAL DEMOCRACY’ Give an example | 18. | 19. Write down three features of DIRECT DEMOCRACY | 20. What is a referendum | 21. EXAM QUESTION – Outline the circumstances of any two referendums held in the UK | 22. Write down one advantage of DIRECT DEMOCRACY | 23. Write down one disadvantage of DIRECT DEMOCRACY | 24. | 25. Write down three features of REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY | 26. Write down one advantage of REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY | 27. Write down one disadvantage of REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY | 28. Outline three ways in which people are represented in the UK | 29. Outline three ways in which people are NOT represented in the UK | 30. | 31. What is CITIZENSHIP | 32. Write down three ways people can participate in politics in the UK | 33. Write down three ways in which we know political participation is declining in the UK | 34. Write down three methods of increasing political participation | 35. What evidence is there to suggest political participation is increasing Give two examples |
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