QR Challenge: Thanksgiving Treasure Hunt

Created using the ClassTools QR Treasure Hunt Generator

Teacher Notes

A. Prior to the lesson:

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

• Download a QR reader (e.g. I-Nigma | NeoReader | Kaywa) onto their mobile devices
• Bring these devices into the lesson.

3. Print out the QR codes.

4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.

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B. The lesson:

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!

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C. TIPS / OTHER IDEAS

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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Questions / Answers (teacher reference)

Question	Answer
1. What date will Thanksgiving Day be in 2018?	November 22
2. In what year was the first Thanksgiving celebrated?	1621
3. How long did the first thanksgiving celebration last?	3 days
4. What are male turkeys called?	Tom
5. What are female turkeys called?	Hen
6. In what month is Thanksgiving celebrated in Canada?	October
7. What are the names of two colonists who gave eyewitness accounts of the first Thanksgiving?	Edward Winslow and William Bradford
8. What was the name of the leader of the Wampanoag tribe who helped prevent the Pilgrims from starving?	Massasoit
9. Which store presents the New York Thanksgiving Day parade?	Macy’s
10. In what year was the first New York Thanksgiving Day parade?	1924
11. What two NFL teams always play on Thanksgiving?	Dallas Cowboys and Detroit Lions
12. Who was the president that made Thanksgiving a National Holiday?	President Lincoln
13. When was it made a national Holiday?	1863
14. Who wanted the Turkey to be the nation bird instead of the eagle?	Benjamin Franklin

 

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