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. People were slow to respond to the plantation | People were slow to respond to the plantation | 2. Books were written to make Ireland sound attractive | Books were written to make Ireland sound attractive | 3. Settlers were offered special terms | Settlers were offered special terms | 4. Irish tenants were willing to pay higher rents so not as many English/Scottish came over | Irish tenants were willing to pay higher rents so not as many English/Scottish came over | 5. Was not as successful as King James had wanted nor as big a failure as the Irish wanted | Was not as successful as King James had wanted nor as big a failure as the Irish wanted | 6. Irish people lost a lot of land | Irish people lost a lot of land | 7. The large, native, Irish speaking and Catholic population remained | The large, native, Irish speaking and Catholic population remained | 8. Irish remained angry and bitter at the land taken from them | Irish remained angry and bitter at the land taken from them |
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