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. Who invented the steamboat? | Robert Fulton | 2. How did the War of 1812 effect America?2 | self-sufficency, land gains, heroes2 | 3. The 12th Amendment3 | allowed Electors one vote for President and one vote for Vice President3 | 4. Why was President Thomas Jefferson troubled about the Louisiana Purchase?4 | He was a strict constructionist4 | 5. What is judicial review?5 | It gives the Supreme Court the final say on the meaning of the Constitution5 | 6. What were the goals of the Lewis and Clark expedition?6 | Water route to Pacific, friends with natives, flora and fauna.6 | 7. What did the Rush-Bagot Treaty accomplish?7 | Britain and U.S. limit naval forces on Great Lakes7 | 8. Who was Simone Bolivar?8 | George Washington of South America8 | 9. What was the national road?9 | Ran from Cumberland to Vandalia and opened the west to migration and trade.9 | 10. What was the key issue in the case of Marbury v Madison?10 | Judicial Review10 | 11. How did New Englanders feel about war with Britain in 1812?11 | They were against it because Britain was their largest trading partner.11 | 12. When was our national anthem written?12 | During the Battle at Fort McHenry12 | 13. What was the key issue in the case of McCulloch v Maryland?13 | Sovereignty of the federal government over the state.13 | 14. What was the American Temperance Society?14 | Opposed to alcohol consumption.14 | 15. What was the purpose in passing the Tariff of Abominations in 1828?15 | To protect American manufacturing.15 | 16. What did the Adams-Onis Treaty accomplish?16 | US gained Florida.16 | 17. What did the Convention of 1818 accomplish?17 | established border between US and Canada, joint occupation of Oregon and US fishing rights off Newfoundland.17 | 18. What were the provisions of the Missouri Compromise?18 | Banned slavery north of 36 30 parallel.18 | 19. Why did the Spanish government invite Americans to settle in Tejas?19 | Keep native conflicts down.19 | 20. What inspired Denmark Vesey to plan a slave rebellion?20 | Toussaint L'Ouverture in Haiti.20 | 21. What was the corrupt bargain in the Election of 1824?21 | JQAdams made a deal with Henry Clay to get the presidency.21 | 22. What was the key issue in the case of Gibbons v Ogden?22 | Only the federal government could regulate interstate trade.22 | 23. Define Jacksonian Democracy23 | Widening Political power to more people.23 | 24. Who was Nat Turner?24 | Heled a slave rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia.24 | 25. Why did John C. Calhoun propose the doctrine of nullification?25 | He wanted to find a way to prevent South Carolina from seceding.25 | 26. Why did southerners object to high tariffs?26 | Southerners depended on trading cotton for foreign manufactured goods.26 | 27. Why were the Cherokee considered the most civilized?27 | They had become the most assimilated.27 | 28. What was the Indian Removal Act?28 | It allowed the federal government to negotiate tribal removal.28 | 29. How did Andrew Jackson feel about the 2nd National Bank?29 | He thought it was corrupt.29 | 30. Why did northerners object to the annexation of Texas?30 | They were afraid of war with Mexico and the expansion of slavery.30 | 31. How did whites living east of the Mississippi River view Native tribes?31 | As a threaten to westward expansion. | 32. Who was Dorothea Dix?32 | She helped reform the care of the mentally ill.32 | 33. What were the provisions of the Webster-Ashburton Treaty?33 | Set boundary of Maine and Lake Superior to Lake of the Woods, US monitor Africa.33 | 34. Why were Americans concerned over Texas annexation?34 | War with Mexico, expansion of slavery and unbalance Congress.34 | 35. What was the Wilmot Proviso?35 | A proposal to outlaw slavery in the Mexican Cession.35 | 36. What caused war with Mexico in 1846?36 | Texas Annexation.36 | 37. What was the Seneca FAlls Convention?37 | Women's rights meeting.37 | 38. What is the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty?38 | Prevents US and Britain form influencing Central America.38 | 39. What was the main southern crop?39 | cotton39 | 40. What were the provisions of the Compromise of 1850?40 | CA enters as free, Mexican Cession divided and popular sovereignty, Texas gives up land and gets 10 million.40 | 41. Why was the Gadsden Purchase made?41 | To build a transcontinental Railroad.41 | 42. The Republican Party platform supported42 | anti-slavery.42 | 43. The key issue of the Dred-Scott case was43 | Citizenship of African Americans.43 | 44. Who was John Brown?44 | Abolitionist led the Pottowatomie Massacre and the Raid on Harper's Ferry.44 | 45. Who was the first president of the Confederate States of America?45 | Jefferson Davis.45 | 46. Our nations' capital is located on what river?46 | The Potomac46 | 47. The Potomac forms the border between which two states?47 | Maryland and Virigina.47 | 48. What did the southern sates do when Lincoln was elected President?48 | The seceded from the Union.48 |
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How did Andrew Jackson feel about the 2nd National Bank?29&choe=UTF-8
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How did whites living east of the Mississippi River view Native tribes?31&choe=UTF-8
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Who was the first president of the Confederate States of America?45&choe=UTF-8
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Our nations' capital is located on what river?46&choe=UTF-8
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The Potomac forms the border between which two states?47&choe=UTF-8
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What did the southern sates do when Lincoln was elected President?48&choe=UTF-8
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