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. 1. Why did the soldiers get so annoyed with being in the army? | They never fought. | 2. 2. How had Henry always thought of war? | like homeric tales and Greek battles | 3. 3. What proof is there that Henry is part of the northern army? | The others are called Rebels and Johnnies. | 4. 4. Identify two other soldiers the youth refers to, not including the tattered soldier. | the tall soldier/Jim and the loud soldier/Wilson | 5. 5. During what time period does this story take place? How do we know this? | During the Civil War...battle of Chancellorsville. |
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