QR Challenge: From Long Walk To Freedom
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. What is the “deep and lasting wound” Mandela mentions in the first paragraph? What created this “wound”? (pg. 847) | answer
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2. What was the unintended effect of apartheid? Why does Mandela call this effect “unintended”? (pg. 847) | answer2
| 3. What qualities does Nelson Mandela admire in his fellow freedom fighters? Why do you think he says they are “finer and truer than the purest diamonds”? (pg. 847) | answer3
| 4. What does Mandela mean by “The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear”? Cite evidence from the text to support your answer. (pg. 847) | answer4
| 5. What does Mandela say about hate? What “was enough to reassure” Mandela that “man’s goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished”? (pg. 847 - 848) | answer5
| 6. What was the “terrible price” Mandela’s family paid for his “commitment to the struggle”? (pg. 848) | answer6
| 7. According to Mandela, what two obligations does every man have? Why was it “almost impossible” for a man of color to meet those obligations in South Africa? (pg. 848) | answer7
| 8. What does Mandela mean by "my commitment to my people…was at the expense of the people I knew best and loved most”? Cite evidence. (pg. 848) | answer8
| 9. Why does Mandela state “and then one’s voice trails off”?(pg. 848) | answer9
| 10. Describe Mandela’s idea of freedom as a child. (pg. 848) | answer10
| 11. Why does Mandela say that his “boyhood freedom was an illusion”?( pg. 849) | answer11
| 12. What kinds of freedom did Mandela want as a student? (pg. 849)12 | answer12
| 13. What “desire” transformed a frightened young man into a bold one…”? (pg. 849) Give evidence of this transformation. | answer13
| 14. Describe the ways Mandela changed after joining the African National Congress? (pg. 849 – 850) | answer14
| 15. What does Mandela mean when he says “the oppressor must be liberated just as surely as the oppressed”? (pg. 850) Cite evidence from the text to support your response. | answer15
| 16. Why does Mandela end the selection by stating, “my long walk to freedom is not yet ended”? (pg. 850) | answer16 |
From Long Walk To Freedom: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What-is-the-“deep-and-lasting-wound”-Mandela-mentions-in-the-first-paragraph?--What-created-this-“wound”?-(pg.-847)
Question 1 (of 16)
From Long Walk To Freedom: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What-was-the-unintended-effect-of-apartheid?--Why-does-Mandela-call-this-effect-“unintended”?-(pg.-847)
Question 2 (of 16)
From Long Walk To Freedom: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What-qualities-does-Nelson-Mandela-admire-in-his-fellow-freedom-fighters?--Why-do-you-think-he-says-they-are-“finer-and-truer-than-the-purest-diamonds”?-(pg.-847)
Question 3 (of 16)
From Long Walk To Freedom: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What-does-Mandela-mean-by-“The-brave-man-is-not-he-who-does-not-feel-afraid,-but-he-who-conquers-that-fear”?--Cite-evidence-from-the-text-to-support-your-answer.--(pg.-847)
Question 4 (of 16)
From Long Walk To Freedom: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What-does-Mandela-say-about-hate?--What-“was-enough-to-reassure”-Mandela-that-“man’s-goodness-is-a-flame-that-can-be-hidden-but-never-extinguished”?-(pg.-847---848)
Question 5 (of 16)
From Long Walk To Freedom: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What-was-the-“terrible-price”-Mandela’s-family-paid-for-his-“commitment-to-the-struggle”?--(pg.-848)
Question 6 (of 16)
From Long Walk To Freedom: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=According-to-Mandela,-what-two-obligations-does-every-man-have?--Why-was-it-“almost-impossible”-for-a-man-of-color-to-meet-those-obligations-in-South-Africa?-(pg.-848)
Question 7 (of 16)
From Long Walk To Freedom: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What-does-Mandela-mean-by-"my-commitment-to-my-people…was-at-the-expense-of-the-people-I-knew-best-and-loved-most”?-Cite-evidence.-(pg.-848)
Question 8 (of 16)
From Long Walk To Freedom: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Why-does-Mandela-state-“and-then-one’s-voice-trails-off”?(pg.-848)
Question 9 (of 16)
From Long Walk To Freedom: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Describe-Mandela’s-idea-of-freedom-as-a-child.-(pg.-848)
Question 10 (of 16)
From Long Walk To Freedom: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Why-does-Mandela-say-that-his-“boyhood-freedom-was-an-illusion”?(-pg.-849)
Question 11 (of 16)
From Long Walk To Freedom: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What-kinds-of-freedom-did-Mandela-want-as-a-student?-(pg.-849)12
Question 12 (of 16)
From Long Walk To Freedom: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What-“desire”-transformed-a-frightened-young-man-into-a-bold-one…”?-(pg.-849)--Give-evidence-of-this-transformation.
Question 13 (of 16)
From Long Walk To Freedom: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Describe-the-ways-Mandela-changed-after-joining-the-African-National-Congress?-(pg.-849-–-850)
Question 14 (of 16)
From Long Walk To Freedom: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What-does-Mandela-mean-when-he-says-“the-oppressor-must-be-liberated-just-as-surely-as-the-oppressed”?-(pg.-850)-Cite-evidence-from-the-text-to-support-your-response.
Question 15 (of 16)
From Long Walk To Freedom: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Why-does-Mandela-end-the-selection-by-stating,-“my-long-walk-to-freedom-is-not-yet-ended”?-(pg.-850)
Question 16 (of 16)
