QR Challenge: SSWH4 Assessment

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. Why did the Western Roman Empire decline and fall?	poor harvests, civil war, and invaders
2. When the western portion of the Roman Empire declined the Eastern part became known as what?	The Byzantine Empire
3. What is the capital of the Byzantine Empire?	Constantinople
4. In 527, this man became the emperor of the Byzantine Empire. He set out to re-conquer areas of the Western Empire which had been overrun by invaders and he temporarily recaptured a vast majority of the old empire.	Justinian
5. This woman was the wife to Justinian. She held a strong influence over him. She also helped to put down a rebellion, and also did a great deal for women's rights.	Theodora
6. This is a uniformed code of law that Justinian implemented in the Byzantine Empire. He rewrote old Roman laws, and this code stayed in place for over 900 years.	Justinian's Code
7. Trade between the Byzantine Empire and the Russian city of ________________ helped spread Byzantine culture into Russia.	Kiev
8. As Kiev grew in wealth and power it became a target of a Nomadic people from central Asia, the ________________________.	Mongols
9. When the Mongols invaded Kiev, they looted the cities, and then for 200 years required the Grand Princes of to pay ____________________.	tribute
10. With the destruction of Kiev, the city of _________________ began its rise in Russia.	Moscow
11. Under the rule of ______________________________, Russia defeated the Mongols and finally quit paying tribute.	Ivan the Great
12. This event refers to the split between the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Byzantine Orthodox Church.	Great Schism
13. Compare and contrast the Roman Catholic Church and the Byzantine Eastern Orthodox Church.	compare and contrast
14. How did the Byzantine Empire decline?	Ottoman Empire
15. This man united the nomadic Mongol clans into one force. He invaded northern China and western parts of Asia and used violence, often destroying entire towns, to spread fear among his enemies.	Genghis Khan
16. This man traveled to China in 1275 and served as a representative of Kublai Khan for 17 years. Later wrote a book about his travels in China-described the use of coal for heat, which was unknown to most Europeans. Many Europeans thought that his stories were made up.	Marco Polo

 

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