QR Challenge: Guy Fawkes Day

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 many barrels of gunpowder were placed in the cellar?	36
2. Who received a letter warning him not to attend the State Opening?	Lord Monteagle
3. In 1834, what happened to the cellar where the gunpowder was discovered?	It was destroyed in a fire that burned the Houses of Parliament
4. In our school library there is a graphic novel that partially bases its storyline on the history of Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot. What is the name of the graphic novel?	V is for Vendetta
5. What was the fate of Guy Fawkes and the other conspirators?	They were captured, tortured and executed (hung, drawn and quartered)
6. What was the religion of King James I and the religion of the conspirators?	James I was Protestant, the conspirators were Catholic
7. On what date is Guy Fawkes Day in England?	November 5th
8. How is Guy Fawkes Day celebrated in England?	Fireworks, bonfires, burning effigies
9. What does a Guy Fawkes Day mask look like?	student drawings or clipart

 

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