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. 21) Which branch of Islam believes that the caliph must be a descendant of Muhammad? | Shi'a (Shi'ite) | 2. 22) Name 3 areas of Africa where population is densest. | Along the Nile River; bordering the Mediterranean Sea; along the Gulf of Guinea; along the southern coast | 3. 23) Which continents (not including Antarctica) are in the Western Hemisphere? | North America, South America | 4. 24) How did Muslim conquerors such as Abu Bakr treat non-Muslims? | They had to pay a tax, but they were never forced to convert to Islam. | 5. 25) What were the 4 social classes in Muslim society under the Muslim Empire? | First: Muslims from birth; second: people who converted to Islam; third: Jews, Christians, and Zoroastrians ("people of the book"); fourth: slaves (non-Muslim) |
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