QR Challenge: History of Africa Test

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. Explain life in Africa before Europeans came	There were varied governments, some cities and villages, nomadic hunters and artists.
2. Why did Europeans first become interested in Africa	As trade route purposes
3. Europeans later saw Africa as a continent full of what	They saw Africa was a continent full of natural resources and mineral wealth
4. What is Imperialism	mperialism is a system where a strong country takes wealth and raw materials from another country.
5. Why is the end of the 19th century was called the Age of Imperialism	That is when European countries competed for land and power throughout Asia and Africa.
6. What was the Scramble for Africa	When European countries were all trying to take parts of Africa to make colonies
7. What was the Berlin Conference	A meeting between US leaders and European leaders- they were dividing Africa among the European countries in order to prevent wars
8. After the Berlin Conference, who had the most land in Africa	Great Britain
9. The creation of boundaries throughout Africa had a negative effect on the people by doing what two things	The creation of these borders had a negative impact on Africa’s political and social structures by either dividing groups that wanted to be together or combining ethnic groups that were enemies.
10. By the mid-twentieth century Africans began to demand _____	ndependence from European countries
11. What was the main goal of the Pan-African Movement	To bring African people together for the common cause of being independent
12. The Pan-African movement helped lead to ____ for African nations	Independence
13. What is apartheid	A series of restrictive segregationist laws
14. In the South African language, Afrikaans, what does apartheid mean	partness
15. What did the Bantu Authority Act setup in South Africa	Homelands for black South Africans
16. What was the ANC and what did they do	frican National Congress; fought against Apartheid
17. Eventually the South African government did what to the ANC	Declared the ANC illegal and began arresting members
18. Who was born July 18, 1918	Nelson Mandela
19. After becoming a lawyer, Mandela, became a prominent leader in the ANC and led _______.	Protest against Apartheid
20. Who did Mandela admire and why	Gandhi because he led peaceful and not-violent
21. Explain what happened at Sharpeville and how did that change the attitude of the ANC	It started out as a peaceful protest against apartheid; the South African police began to fire at the protesters, 69 were killed; the ANC began to advocate more violent protest
22. What happened to Mandela in the early 1960s	he was arrested and charged with trying to overthrow the government; he was sentenced to life in prison.
23. Who came to power in South Africa in 1989 and what did he immediately start working on	F.W. de Klerk; he began working to end apartheid
24. In 1990, de Klerk did what	He let Mandela out of prison
25. What was given in 1993, who was it given to, and why	The Nobel Peace Prize was given to de Klerk and Mandela for peacefully moving the country into a nonracial democracy
26. What occurred in 1994 and what was the outcome	South Africa’s first election that was open to all races. Mandela became the countries first black president
27. Are there still issues in South Africa today and if so what are they	yes; There is still economic inequality and poverty throughout the country.

 

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