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.
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1. What was the purpose of the Securities Act(SEC)? | To regulate the stock market & prevent fraud | 2. What was FDR's Court-Packing Plan?2 | Roosevelt's first serious political mistake as president, he wanted to pack the court with more justices that would support him.2 | 3. What did the Social Security Act(SSA) do?3 | It provided some security for the elderly and for unemployed workers.3 | 4. Civilian Conservation Corps(CCC)4 | Combined Roosevelt's love of nature and commitment to conservation with the need to help young unemployed men.4\ | 5. What is the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation(FDIC)?5 | It provided government insurance for bank deposits up to uncertain amount.5 | 6. How did the Second New Deal Acts help to better protect American citizens6 | The acts protected laborers and created insurance programs for the unemployed, elderly, disabled, and children. The acts also promoted new jobs, strengthened the economy, and brought electricity to rural areas.6 | 7. How did the AAA try to help farmers?7 | It sought to end overproduction and raise crop prices. Provided financial aid, paying farmers subsidies not to plant part of their land and to kill of excess livestock.7 | 8. Who was Huey Long?8 | Governor of Louisiana and Democratic senator, was the most serious threat to FDR and his New Deal Programs8 |
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