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. Over time, the name Machiavelli has become synonymous with ______. | evil | 2. True or False: The period known as the Renaissance in Europe was a time of peace and tranquility among the citizens of Florence, Italy. | false | 3. According to Machiavelli, a political leader must always appear _____. | compassionate and devout | 4. What did the great minds of the Renaissance, such as Copernicus, Leonardo, and Machiavelli have in common? | They learned from direct observation. | 5. True or false: Machiavelli believed that a prince should always administer his political beliefs in an honest and open forum with his people. | false | 6. Which two animals have traits that Machiavelli suggests a leader should imitate? | a fox and a lion | 7. Machiavelli wrote that the foundations of every state are _____. | good laws and good arms | 8. Which of the following is considered to be an “American Machiavelli”?:Bill Clinton, Richard Nixon, Henry Kissinger, Abraham Lincoln | Henry Kissinger | 9. True or False: Machiavelli believed that human nature is imperfect and is never guided by good motives. | true | 10. Whereas Machiavelli is described as a realist, politician Gary Hart is described as a(n) _____ (observer, dictator, idealist, conservative). | idealist |
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