QR Challenge: Christmas Stories
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.
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!
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.
Questions / Answers (teacher reference)
Question | Answer |
| 1. Genealogy (list of ancestors) of Jesus in BOTH: Matthew 1:1-17 and Luke 3:23-30 | Both
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2. Elizabeth becomes pregnant in Luke 1:5-24 | Luke
| 3. Angel visits Mary in Luke 1:26-38 | Luke
| 4. Angel visits Joseph in Matthew 1:18-25 | Matthew
| 5. John the Baptist is born in Luke 1:57-66 | Luke
| 6. Caesar Augustus orders a census in Luke 2:1-3 | Luke
| 7. Mary and Joseph go from Nazareth (home) to Bethlehem in Luke 2:4-5 | Luke
| 8. Mary and Joseph live in Bethlehem (home) in Matthew 2:1 | Matthew
| 9. Jesus in the manger, wrapped in swaddling cloths in Luke 2:7 | Luke
| 10. No room in the inn in Luke 2:7 | Luke
| 11. The Shepherds are visited by angels & go visit baby Jesus in Luke 2:8-20 | Luke
| 12. Simeon and Anna in the Temple (8 days after birth) in Luke 2:21-38 | Luke
| 13. Visitors from the East follow the Star to Bethlehem in Matthew 2:1-12 | Matthew
| 14. King Herod the Great is angered & threatened by Jesus’ birth in Matthew 2:7-12 | Matthew
| 15. Mary, Joseph, and young Jesus flee Bethlehem to Egypt in Matthew 2:13-15 | Matthew
| 16. Killing of all young boys less than 2 years old in Matthew 2:16-28 | Matthew
| 17. Mary, Joseph, & baby Jesus return home to Nazareth from Bethlehem in Luke 2:39-40 | Luke
| 18. Mary, Joseph and young Jesus flee from Egypt to Nazareth instead of going home to Bethlehem in Matthew 2:19-23 | Matthew
| 19. Jesus in the Temple at age 12 in Luke 2:42-52 | Luke
| 20. Jesus at age 30 - baptism in BOTH Matthew 3:13-17 and Luke 3:21-22 | BOTH |
Christmas Stories: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Genealogy-(list-of-ancestors)-of-Jesus-in-BOTH:-Matthew-1:1-17-and-Luke-3:23-30
Question 1 (of 20)
Christmas Stories: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Elizabeth-becomes-pregnant-in-Luke-1:5-24
Question 2 (of 20)
Christmas Stories: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Angel-visits-Mary-in-Luke-1:26-38
Question 3 (of 20)
Christmas Stories: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Angel-visits-Joseph-in-Matthew-1:18-25
Question 4 (of 20)
Christmas Stories: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=John-the-Baptist-is-born-in-Luke-1:57-66
Question 5 (of 20)
Christmas Stories: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Caesar-Augustus-orders-a-census-in-Luke-2:1-3
Question 6 (of 20)
Christmas Stories: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Mary-and-Joseph-go-from-Nazareth-(home)-to-Bethlehem-in-Luke-2:4-5
Question 7 (of 20)
Christmas Stories: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Mary-and-Joseph-live-in-Bethlehem-(home)-in-Matthew-2:1
Question 8 (of 20)
Christmas Stories: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Jesus-in-the-manger,-wrapped-in-swaddling-cloths-in-Luke-2:7
Question 9 (of 20)
Christmas Stories: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=No-room-in-the-inn-in-Luke-2:7
Question 10 (of 20)
Christmas Stories: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The-Shepherds-are-visited-by-angels-&-go-visit-baby-Jesus-in-Luke-2:8-20
Question 11 (of 20)
Christmas Stories: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Simeon-and-Anna-in-the-Temple-(8-days-after-birth)-in-Luke-2:21-38
Question 12 (of 20)
Christmas Stories: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Visitors-from-the-East-follow-the-Star-to-Bethlehem-in-Matthew-2:1-12
Question 13 (of 20)
Christmas Stories: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=King-Herod-the-Great-is-angered-&-threatened-by-Jesus’-birth-in-Matthew-2:7-12
Question 14 (of 20)
Christmas Stories: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Mary,-Joseph,-and-young-Jesus-flee-Bethlehem-to-Egypt-in-Matthew-2:13-15
Question 15 (of 20)
Christmas Stories: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Killing-of-all-young-boys-less-than-2-years-old-in-Matthew-2:16-28
Question 16 (of 20)
Christmas Stories: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Mary,-Joseph,-&-baby-Jesus-return-home-to-Nazareth-from-Bethlehem-in-Luke-2:39-40
Question 17 (of 20)
Christmas Stories: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Mary,-Joseph-and-young-Jesus-flee-from-Egypt-to-Nazareth-instead-of-going-home-to-Bethlehem-in-Matthew-2:19-23
Question 18 (of 20)
Christmas Stories: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Jesus-in-the-Temple-at-age-12-in-Luke-2:42-52
Question 19 (of 20)
Christmas Stories: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Jesus-at-age-30---baptism-in-BOTH-Matthew-3:13-17-and-Luke-3:21-22
Question 20 (of 20)
