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. How is Springfield different than New Salem? | The city was bigger and had more shops, jobs and people. The town was big enough to be a capital. | 2. What was special about Mary Todd? Why didn't her family want her to marry Abraham? | Mary Todd was very educated and witty. She knew about languages, dancing, music and literature. Her family did not want her to marry Abraham because he was not wealthy. They did not think he could provide a good life for her. | 3. What did Abraham and Mary Todd have in common? How were they different? | They were both against slavery. They were different because Abraham was not outgoing. Mary Todd was quick tempered. | 4. Do you believe Abraham was a good father? Explain using details from the story. | Answers will vary. | 5. Why did Abraham return to Springfield after serving as a representative? | He missed his family. | 6. Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln were rivals. Explain what rivals means and also explain why they were rivals. What did they disagree on? | To be a rival means to have different beliefs than someone or to feel a different way than that person. You would want to be better than them. Douglas and Lincoln disagreed on slavery. Lincoln was against it and Douglas thought the states should be able to do decide. | 7. Why did Abraham grow a beard? Use details. | A girl wrote him a letter to tell him he should. She told him is would make his thin face look better. |
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