QR Challenge: French & Industrial Revolution

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 divine authority.	Ruler gets power from God(s)
2. Describe the characteristics of an absolute monarchy.	Ruler has complete power without interference
3. Discuss the ideas of John Locke and his Two Treatises of Government.	If the government does not provide for the people, the people have the right to revolt
4. Explain the philosophies of Baron de Montesquieu.	separation of powers
5. Describe the First, Second, and Third Estates of France.	Clergy, Nobles, everyone else
6. Who paid taxes in France under the Estates system?	Third Estate
7. List the causes of the French Revolution.	Third Estate wanted fair representation and equal taxation
8. Describe the Reign of Terror phase of the French Revolution.	The committee of Public Safety, led by the Jacobins and Robespierre executed thousands by guillotine.
9. What role did Maximillian Robespierre and the Jacobins play in the French Revolution?	executed thousands
10. Discuss Napoleon’s role in the French Revolution.	Declared himself emperor and expanded territory
11. What geographic condition contributed to the defeat of Napoleon’s troops during the invasion of Russia?	Climate
12. 13. In the early 18th century, why did the Agricultural Revolution in Great Britain result in urbanization?	population grew and people moved to cities
13. What pair of natural resources were used to change transportation and manufacturing in Great Britain during the Industrial Revolution?	Coal and iron
14. What factors contributed to the Industrial Revolution?	capital for investment, natural resources, workers, etc..
15. What geographic feature most aided England during the Industrial Revolution?	natural harbors
16. List the results of the Industrial Revolution.	Growth of Middle Class, Innovation, etc.
17. What social changes occurred as a result of the industrial revolution?	city life, moms and kids work, decline in family values, etc.
18. What social scientists primarily study the scarcity of resources and the distribution of goods and services?	Economist
19. In a pure market economy, who determines which goods and services are produced and in what quantities?	the market/the people
20. Discuss Adam Smith’s laissez-faire theory.	"hand's-off" approach to economy
21. What did Thomas Malthus believe human population and food supply?	population will outgrow food supply
22. What is a major belief associated with Marxism?	have-nots will rise up against haves
23. During the 1800s, the writings of Marx, Engels, and Dickens focused attention on the problems faced by what members of society?	the urban working class
24. In what economic system does the government make most major decisions about what to produce, how much to produce, and for whom the goods and services will be produced?	command

 

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