QR Challenge: NYT: Montague and Capulet as Shiite and Sunni

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. How did "Romeo and Juliet in Baghdad" mark a change in the types of productions performed at the National Theater?	It marked a move away from the typical propaganda that had previously been presented
2. What message does Mr. Daood hope to convey in "Romeo and Juliet in Baghdad"? Write your answer in the form of a theme statement.	Monadhil Daood's play "Romeo and Juliet in Baghdad" teaches its audience that love is better than conflict between people.
3. Why did Arab dictators often allow Shakespeare's plays to be performed?	Shakespeare's plays were often about power and justice; some could even be seen as anti-Semitic.
4. Deborah Shaw believes that her husband's play causes Iraqi women to ask, "Where are the Romeos?" What has this common allusion come to mean?	Romeos are the type of men who are overly romantic and focused on their love.
5. What is ironic about the woman, Sarwa Malik, who was cast to play Juliet in "Romeo and Juliet in Baghdad"?	She had experienced a real-life forbidden love.

 

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