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 did Europeans treat the enslaved Africans? | The Europeans treated the enslaved Africans as property. | 2. Why did Europeans settlers in America need slaves? | They needed slaves to work in their mines and plantations. | 3. Captured Africans were often branded with whatWhy? | They were branded with hot irons to identify them as slaves. | 4. Describe the conditions of the boat that African slaves were shipped on. | They lay side by side on filthy shelves stacked from the floor to ceiling. They received little food. | 5. Who was Olaudah Equiano? | He was a slave who bought his own freedom and then fought against slavery. | 6. How did the slave trade effect Africa? | Some Africans became rich, West Africa lost much of its population, many african societies broke down. | 7. What was the scramble for Africa? | The scramble for Africa was Europeans racing to colonize African territories. | 8. What is the definition of Nationalism? | a feeling of pride in one's homeland. | 9. Why did African have to work hard at developing pride in being African? | Because European Colonial Rulers did not view Africans as equals. | 10. In 1912, what political party did South Africans form? | The South African Native National Congress or ANC. | 11. Who is the man pictured on page 406? | Nelson Mandela | 12. What is Pan-Africanism? | The belief that all Africans should work together for their rights and freedoms. | 13. Why is Leopold Senghor important? | He was a political leader that encouraged Africans to study their traditions and be proud of their culture.He was the first president of Senegal |
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