QR Challenge: American History Hunt
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.
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)
Question | Answer |
| 1. 1. I am the year when Jamestown was established. | 1607
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2. 2. I am the year when the Pilgrims came to America. | 1620
| 3. 3. On July 4, 1776 we announced our independence from England in this famous document. | 1776
| 4. 4. In 1803 America doubled in size when this piece of land was bought. | Louisiana Purchase
| 5. 5. During these years, the Union and the Confederacy fought in the Civil War. | 1861-1865
| 6. 6. I am the statement given by President Monroe which warned European nations to stay away from the Western Hemisphere. | Monroe Doctrine
| 7. 7. Before I left office I warned America to stay away from political parties and be neutral. | George Washington
| 8. 8. We refused to leave our lands when Jackson was president and then he forced us to leave. | Cherokee Indians
| 9. 9. When we became a state war broke out between the U.S. and Mexico. | Texas
| 10. 10. I am the invention that resulted in the increase of slavery in the South. | Cotton Gin
| 11. 11. We were the first battles of the American Revolution and are referred to as "the shots heard 'round the world". | Lexington & Concord
| 12. 12. The victory here gave the Union control of the Mississippi River and split the Confederacy in half. | Vicksburg
| 13. 13. I am the case that established the principle of judicial review. | Marbury vs. Madison
| 14. 14. I helped to organize the Seneca Falls Convention and fought for women's suffrage. | Elizabeth Cady Stanton
| 15. 15. I am the belief that America should control all of the land from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. | Manifest Destiny
| 16. 16. I was written in 1787 and the opening lines of this document are "We the People". | U.S. Constitution
| 17. 17. I was the first representative legislature in North America. | Virginia House of Burgesses
| 18. 18. I was the compromise that determined how slaves would be counted for purposes of representation. | Three-Fifths Compromise
| 19. 19. I am the idea in the Constitution that helps ensure that no one branch of government abuses their power. | Checks and balances
| 20. 20. I am the reform movement that tried to get people to stop drinking alcohol. | Temperance |
American History Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=1.-I-am-the-year-when-Jamestown-was-established.
Question 1 (of 20)
American History Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=2.-I-am-the-year-when-the-Pilgrims-came-to-America.
Question 2 (of 20)
American History Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=3.-On-July-4,-1776-we-announced-our-independence-from-England-in-this-famous-document.
Question 3 (of 20)
American History Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=4.-In-1803-America-doubled-in-size-when-this-piece-of-land-was-bought.
Question 4 (of 20)
American History Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=5.-During-these-years,-the-Union-and-the-Confederacy-fought-in-the-Civil-War.
Question 5 (of 20)
American History Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=6.-I-am-the-statement-given-by-President-Monroe-which-warned-European-nations-to-stay-away-from-the-Western-Hemisphere.
Question 6 (of 20)
American History Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=7.-Before-I-left-office-I-warned-America-to-stay-away-from-political-parties-and-be-neutral.
Question 7 (of 20)
American History Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=8.-We-refused-to-leave-our-lands-when-Jackson-was-president-and-then-he-forced-us-to-leave.
Question 8 (of 20)
American History Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=9.-When-we-became-a-state-war-broke-out-between-the-U.S.-and-Mexico.
Question 9 (of 20)
American History Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=10.-I-am-the-invention-that-resulted-in-the-increase-of-slavery-in-the-South.
Question 10 (of 20)
American History Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=11.-We-were-the-first-battles-of-the-American-Revolution-and-are-referred-to-as-"the-shots-heard-'round-the-world".
Question 11 (of 20)
American History Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=12.-The-victory-here-gave-the-Union-control-of-the-Mississippi-River-and-split-the-Confederacy-in-half.
Question 12 (of 20)
American History Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=13.-I-am-the-case-that-established-the-principle-of-judicial-review.
Question 13 (of 20)
American History Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=14.-I-helped-to-organize-the-Seneca-Falls-Convention-and-fought-for-women's-suffrage.
Question 14 (of 20)
American History Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=15.-I-am-the-belief-that-America-should-control-all-of-the-land-from-the-Atlantic-to-the-Pacific-Ocean.
Question 15 (of 20)
American History Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=16.-I-was-written-in-1787-and-the-opening-lines-of-this-document-are-"We-the-People".
Question 16 (of 20)
American History Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=17.-I-was-the-first-representative-legislature-in-North-America.
Question 17 (of 20)
American History Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=18.-I-was-the-compromise-that-determined-how-slaves-would-be-counted-for-purposes-of-representation.
Question 18 (of 20)
American History Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=19.-I-am-the-idea-in-the-Constitution-that-helps-ensure-that-no-one-branch-of-government-abuses-their-power.
Question 19 (of 20)
American History Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=20.-I-am-the-reform-movement-that-tried-to-get-people-to-stop-drinking-alcohol.
Question 20 (of 20)
