QR Challenge: Patriot or Loyalist?

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. 1. King George III is doing the best he can with a difficult situation. He is not a cruel or unjust ruler.	loyalist
2. 2. No one should have to pay a tax unless they choose the representative who helps determine that tax.	patriot
3. 3. England has refused us our God-given rights.	patriot
4. 4.Since England does not have the right to tax us, then they also do not have the right to make other laws that affect us.	patriot
5. 5. We should pay our fair share to England. We have wealth, religious freedom, and opportunity for all. We are far better off than other countries.	loyalist
6. 6. We need the protection that England can give us. They protected us in the French and Indian war. They can also protect us in future conflicts.	loyalist
7. 7. England and the colonies all have the same roots. A war against England is like having a war against our own family.	loyalist
8. 8. Morally, we are better than England. We know the difference between right and wrong. England's government is corrupt.	patriot

 

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