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. the Treaty of New Echota | 1. What did the U.S. government use as a justification for relocating the Cherokee people? | 2. McCulloch v. Maryland | 2. Which case determined that the existence of the Second Bank of the United States was constitutional? | 3. the spoils system | 3. Winning candidates who give government jobs to their supporters are making use of which of the following? | 4. The Supreme Court | To which government body is President Andrew Jackson referring in this quote? | 5. Worcester v. Georgia | Which legal decision is President Jackson refusing to enforce in this quote? | 6. mudslinging | In the election of 1828, both sides resorted to _______________, or attempts to ruin their opponent's reputation with insults. | 7. The House of Representatives | Which of the following decided the 1824 U.S. presidential election after no candidate won a majority of electoral votes? | 8. the Indian Removal Act | Which Act did Congress pass to force the relocation of Native Americans? | 9. Florida | The Seminole people successfully resisted their removal from which state? | 10. Van Buren | Which president persuaded Congress to create an independent national treasury in 1840? | 11. the "corrupt bargain" | deal between Adams and Clay | 12. Democrats | states' rights | 13. bureaucracy | appointed officials | 14. Republicans | strong central government | 15. favorite son | support from home state rather than national political party | 16. the North and the East sections of the country | where did most Republicans live | 17. raising tariffs | on what issue did the two parties agree | 18. Life Experiences: Jackson was born poor in rural Kentucky, which at the time of his birth was the west, or new frontier, or the country. Jackson was a war hero from the War of 1812. Trump was born into an upper-class family in NYC. He had no military or government experience before becoming president. He became well known through his business empire and by starring in the television show The Apprentice. Political Positions: borh support high tariffs, both threatened to use the military to enforce laws in the states, both fired a large number of federal workers and replaced them with supporters, both enacted and enforced strict immigration policies, and both won the presidential election by claiming to speak for Americans who had been left of politics. Andrew Jackson's immigration policies concerned the removal of Native-Americans from United States territory. Donald Trump's immigration policies concern the removal of undocumented immigrants from the United States, particularly people of Mexican or Central American descent. | compare Jackson and Trump |
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