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 Congress protect the south from anarchy during Reconstruction? | divided into military districts | 2. Name one advancement for African Americans in early Reconstruction? | schools, churches for African Americans, reunification of families | 3. What was the purpose of black codes in the south? | to control freedmen | 4. Why didn't the Enforcement Act passed by Congress work? | didn't do enough to protect all talk | 5. Freedmen tried to farm, but when Congress balked at giving them land they were reduced to | sharecropping | 6. What role did the Supreme Court play in weakening Reconstruction? | Slaughterhouse case and Reese case took away rights gained in the 14th and 15th Amendments | 7. What deal did Hayes make that ended Reconstruction? | he promised the removal of troops in order to win the election, racism and violence undid any successes |
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