QR Challenge: Julius Caesar Background information
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.
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!
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.
Questions / Answers (teacher reference)
Question | Answer |
| 1. When was the Elizabethan Era in England? What are some of the characteristics of this period? What type of clothing was worn during this era? What was the culture like? What religion(s) existed during this time period? What type of entertainment occurred? What type of government existed? | HINT
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2. When was the Roman Republic? What are some of the characteristics of this period? What type of clothing was worn during this era? What was the culture like? What religion (s) existed during this time period? What type of entertainment occurred? What type of government existed? | HInt
| 3. Who was Julius Caesar? How did he come into power? | HInt
| 4. What is a triumvirate and who were the members of the 1st triumvirate? | HINT
| 5. What type of democracy existed during the Roman Republic? (Give some of the characteristics). Describe the Senate during this time period | HINT
| 6. Explain the role of women during the Roman Republic. | HINT
| 7. What was the legal status of women during the Roman Republic? | HINT
| 8. Explain the Feast of Lupercalia | HINT
| 9. Give the characteristics of a plebian and a patrician during the Roman Republic | HINT
| 10. What is the “Great Chain of Being?” | HINT
| 11. Find and copy a map of the Roman Empire | HINT
| 12. Find and explain at least one of the legends of Rome | HINT
| 13. Explain the significance of the Ides of March | HINT
| 14. Explain the type of government which existed during the Roman Republic (509 -133 B.C.) and then between | HINT
| 15. Define Tribune/ Tribunal, which existed during the Roman Republic and why was the role important | HINT
| 16. Explain who the following people are and their significance to history -Mark Anthony | HINT
| 17. Explain who the following people are and their significance to history-Brutus | HINT Explain who the following people are and their significance to history-Calpurnia | 18. Explain who the following people are and their significance to history-Octavius Caesara | HINT
| 19. Explain who the following people are and their significance to history-Portia | HINT Explain who the following people are and their significance to history-Cassius |
Julius Caesar Background information : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=When-was-the-Elizabethan-Era-in-England?-What-are-some-of-the-characteristics-of-this-period?--What-type-of-clothing-was-worn-during-this-era?--What-was-the-culture-like?--What-religion(s)-existed-during-this-time-period?--What-type-of-entertainment-occurred?--What-type-of-government-existed?
Question 1 (of 19)
Julius Caesar Background information : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=When-was-the-Roman-Republic?--What-are-some-of-the-characteristics-of-this-period?--What-type-of-clothing-was-worn-during-this-era?--What-was-the-culture-like?--What-religion-(s)-existed-during-this-time-period?--What-type-of-entertainment-occurred?--What-type-of-government-existed?
Question 2 (of 19)
Julius Caesar Background information : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Who-was-Julius-Caesar?--How-did-he-come-into-power?
Question 3 (of 19)
Julius Caesar Background information : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What-is-a-triumvirate-and-who-were-the-members-of-the-1st-triumvirate?
Question 4 (of 19)
Julius Caesar Background information : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What-type-of-democracy-existed-during-the-Roman-Republic?-(Give-some-of-the-characteristics).--Describe-the-Senate-during-this-time-period
Question 5 (of 19)
Julius Caesar Background information : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Explain-the-role-of-women-during-the-Roman-Republic.
Question 6 (of 19)
Julius Caesar Background information : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What-was-the-legal-status-of-women-during-the-Roman-Republic?
Question 7 (of 19)
Julius Caesar Background information : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Explain-the-Feast-of-Lupercalia
Question 8 (of 19)
Julius Caesar Background information : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Give-the-characteristics-of-a-plebian-and-a-patrician-during-the-Roman-Republic
Question 9 (of 19)
Julius Caesar Background information : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What-is-the-“Great-Chain-of-Being?”
Question 10 (of 19)
Julius Caesar Background information : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Find-and-copy-a-map-of-the-Roman-Empire
Question 11 (of 19)
Julius Caesar Background information : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Find-and-explain-at-least-one-of-the-legends-of-Rome
Question 12 (of 19)
Julius Caesar Background information : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Explain-the-significance-of-the-Ides-of-March
Question 13 (of 19)
Julius Caesar Background information : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Explain-the-type-of-government-which-existed-during-the-Roman-Republic-(509--133-B.C.)-and-then-between
Question 14 (of 19)
Julius Caesar Background information : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Define-Tribune/-Tribunal,-which-existed-during-the-Roman-Republic-and-why-was-the-role-important
Question 15 (of 19)
Julius Caesar Background information : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Explain-who-the-following-people-are-and-their-significance-to-history--Mark-Anthony
Question 16 (of 19)
Julius Caesar Background information : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Explain-who-the-following-people-are-and-their-significance-to-history-Brutus
Question 17 (of 19)
Julius Caesar Background information : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Explain-who-the-following-people-are-and-their-significance-to-history-Octavius-Caesara
Question 18 (of 19)
Julius Caesar Background information : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Explain-who-the-following-people-are-and-their-significance-to-history-Portia
Question 19 (of 19)
