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. What was the name for powerful organizations that were linked to political parties? | Political machines | 2. Who led New York City's Democratic political machine in the the 1860s & 1870s? | William Tweed | 3. What 1883 law established the Civil Service Commission? | Pendleton Act | 4. What term was given to journalists who exposed problems underlying society? | muckrakers | 5. Name the 3 reforms established in the Oregon System. | Initiative, referendum, and recall |
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Who led New York City's Democratic political machine in the the 1860s & 1870s?&choe=UTF-8
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What term was given to journalists who exposed problems underlying society?&choe=UTF-8
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