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. The belief that the US was destined to stretch across the continent from the Atlantic to Pacific Ocean | Manifest Destiny | 2. 1803, US purchased from France | Louisiana Territory | 3. 1819, Adams-Onis Treaty (from Spain) | Florida | 4. 1845, US agreed to add/annex Texas | Annexation of Texas | 5. 1846, to avoid war Great Britain ceded, or gave up its claim to the area | Oregon Territory | 6. 1848, ceded from Mexico by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo | MexicanCession | 7. 1853, Purchased from Mexico for railroads | Gadsden Purchase | 8. 1849, gold discovered in California causes a rush of settlers to California pushing Native Americans off their land | California Gold Rush | 9. Pioneers migrating to escape religious persecution | Mormon Trail | 10. Pioneers migrating in search of new markets in the west | Santa Fe Trail | 11. Pioneers migrating seeking rich fertile farmland | Oregon Trail | 12. Annexation of Texas, Border disputes, and desire to move westward | Causes of Mexican American War | 13. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Fulfillment of Manifest Destiny, and the issue of slavery brought back to light | Effects of Mexican American War | 14. Created the term Manifest Destiny | John O'Sullivan | 15. A law that set up procedures for the admission of each territory into the Union as a new state, after its population had reached a certain size | Northwest Ordinance |
The belief that the US was destined to stretch across the continent from the Atlantic to Pacific Ocean&choe=UTF-8
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1803, US purchased from France&choe=UTF-8
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1819, Adams-Onis Treaty (from Spain)&choe=UTF-8
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1845, US agreed to add/annex Texas&choe=UTF-8
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1846, to avoid war Great Britain ceded, or gave up its claim to the area&choe=UTF-8
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1848, ceded from Mexico by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo&choe=UTF-8
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1853, Purchased from Mexico for railroads&choe=UTF-8
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1849, gold discovered in California causes a rush of settlers to California pushing Native Americans off their land&choe=UTF-8
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Pioneers migrating to escape religious persecution&choe=UTF-8
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Pioneers migrating in search of new markets in the west&choe=UTF-8
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Pioneers migrating seeking rich fertile farmland&choe=UTF-8
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Annexation of Texas, Border disputes, and desire to move westward&choe=UTF-8
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Fulfillment of Manifest Destiny, and the issue of slavery brought back to light&choe=UTF-8
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Created the term Manifest Destiny&choe=UTF-8
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A law that set up procedures for the admission of each territory into the Union as a new state, after its population had reached a certain size&choe=UTF-8
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