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. In which year was the emancipation of the serfs? | 1861 | 2. Who was the Tsar at the time of the emancipation?2 | Alexander II2 | 3. Who was Kropotkin?3 | Prince, landowner, anarchist3 | 4. Name a gain and loss for the peasants from emancipation4 | various answers to be checked by MsH4 | 5. Name a gain and loss for the nobles from emancipation5 | various answers to be checked by MsH5 | 6. What was the name of the war which can be argued to have helped cause the emancipation of the serfs6 | Crimean War6 | 7. What are redemption payments?7 | repayment of Government loans by peasants for land 49 yrs7 | 8. What was the name of the committee set up in 1857 to look into the issue surrounding emancipation?8 | Orlov8 | 9. Name 2 problems facing Russia at the time of the emancipation9 | various answers to be checked by MsH9 | 10. How cool is this activity?10 | Very cool Mrs H10 |
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