QR Challenge: Musical Theater

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. What was the earliest form of Musical Theater?	Minstrel Shows
2. In Minstrel Shows, what did they do that today is considered politically incorrect?	They painted their faces black and acted in a stereotypically "black" way
3. What famous Minstrel Song was the name of segregation laws in the South?	Jim Crow
4. This was a show for everyone - all ages and races	Vaudeville
5. What kind of a show was Vaudeville? What would you see?	A variety show displaying all forms of entertainment
6. What was the Ziegfeld Follies known for?	Beautiful women, elaborate costumes and stage set and small plays/musicals
7. What was the first real musical?	Show Boat
8. What made Show Boat different from the previous musicals on Broadway?	It had an epic story that dealt with societal issues, as well as memorable music
9. What made Oklahoma significant?	Dancing took on an important role in storytelling, the story was simple, but the characters were well developed, it debuted when the U.S. entered WWII
10. What famous musical did Andrew Lloyd Webber create?	Phantom of the Opera
11. What famous musical did Stephen Sondheim create?	Sweeney Todd
12. What famous musical did Rogers and Hammerstein create?	Oklahoma, Sound of Music
13. What famous musical did Schoenberg and Boublil create?	Les Miserables
14. What was the first Disney musical on Broadway?	Beauty and the Beast
15. List at least four Disney musicals that are or have been to Broadway	Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, The Little Mermaid, Tarzan, Newsies, Aladdin, Mary Poppins

 

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