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.
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| 1. How do American values as seen in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution apply/not apply to Native Americans, freed slaves and, immigrants, woman in the 19th century? Choose three out of the four groups to discuss | Vary | 2. Imagine a conversation in the afterlife between Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson, what would they discuss Where would they agree Where would they disagree? | Vary | 3. How did the increased economic disparity of 1860-1920, an effect of capitalism and industrialization, change American society and what implications did it hold for the so- called American Dream? | Vary | 4. Who best represents 19th century American values ? Choose one individual and one group who embodies these values and explain your answer. You must identify the criteria you developed to make your decision. | Vary | 5. To what extent did the Civil War represent a turning point in American history? | Vary |
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