QR Challenge: Jack the Ripper Investigation

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. question1 Complete the worksheet using your knowledge. If stuck research on the internet!	answer
2. question2 You are going to investigate the murder victims. Grab a worksheet and move onto the next code to find out about the first victim.	answer2
3. question3 Here is the first victim: Mary Ann Nichols. Add notes to your worksheet. Victim 2 is by the Humanities office.	answer3
4. question4 Victim 2 is Annie Chapman. Take notes about her murder and then move to Art 1 for the next victim.	answer4
5. question5 Victim 3 is Elizabeth Stride. Take notes and move to Hums5 for the next victim.	answer5
6. question6 Victim 4 is Catherine Eddowes. Take notes and then move to the Humanities office for the final victim. Once you have done this - note down in your classbook some of the similarities between the murders and victims.	answer6
7. question7 Return to Hums5 for your work to be checked.	answer7
8. question8 Visit the following link and watch the video. Take some notes in your book. Watch twice if necessary but no more! https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-undying-fascination-over-jack-the-ripper/	answer8
9. question9 Take a copy of the image. Annotate it in your book (or if you do not have glue - leave some space in your book and make some notes/bullet points. What does it show us about living conditions in Whitechapel? Look for the next code along this corridor.	answer9
10. question10 Take a copy of the map. Note down in your book - what does it tell us about Whitechapel? How would this impact crime? Look for the next code down this corridor.	answer10
11. question11 Take a copy of the worksheet. You are going to make notes about the living conditions of Whitechapel, and consider how they impacted crime. Move along to the next code.	answer11
12. question12 Use the source sheet to complete your table. Rank the area of concern out of 10 once you have finished all of them.	answer12
13. question13 Describe two features of the living conditions in Whitechapel in late 19th Century. (4 Marks)	answer13
14. question14 visit the following link: https://www.jack-the-ripper.org/dear-boss.htm Do you believe that Jack the Ripper wrote this letter? Why or why not? Explain your answer in your classbook.	answer14
15. question15 Open the following link: https://www.jack-the-ripper.org/east-end.htm - Watch the video. Make notes about any factors that you see that would make it difficult for the police to solve the murder mystery.	answer15
16. question16 This section focuses on the organisation of the police investigation. Read the handout and answer the questions in your books.	answer16
17. question17 Read through the handout: What mistakes did the police make during the investigation? And Queen Elizabeth?	answer17

 

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