QR Challenge: Persuasive Techniques/Propaganda
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. tries to persuade the reader to do, think, or buy something because it is popular or everyone is doing it | bandwagon
|
2. attempts to persuade the reader by using a famous person to endorse a product or idea | testimonial
| 3. This appeal is directed towards creating a feeling of desire or envy for products that are termed top of the line, or that have considerable qualities such as luxury and elegance associated with them. | Snob appeal
| 4. someone just like you uses a certain product and you should too | plain folks
| 5. words that are emotionally charged--either positively or negatively. | loaded words
| 6. selected words are used to make a person, product, or group sound bad | name calling
| 7. Ex. Buy me a cell phone, Mom. Everyone else in the 5th grade has one. | bandwagon
| 8. Ex. 9 out of 10 dentists recommend Crest toothpaste. | testimonial
| 9. Ex. A luxurious BMW parked in front of a big house with a pool. | snob appeal
| 10. Ex. I know I don't have much time in my day, with keeping up with my kids and working hard to pay the bills. With Quickmeals, I can make a dinner that's a sure crowd pleaser without taking much time. | plain folks
| 11. Ex. The new Never-Failing Stain Remover is better than ever before!! It's economically friendly, simple to use, and it's the just the best cleaner around! | loaded words
| 12. Ex. Don't buy a Ford, they are useless pieces of junk! | namecalling |
Persuasive Techniques/Propaganda: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=tries_to_persuade_the_reader_to_do,_think,_or_buy_something_because_it_is_popular_or_everyone_is_doing_it
Question 1 (of 12)
Persuasive Techniques/Propaganda: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=attempts_to_persuade_the_reader_by_using_a_famous_person_to_endorse_a_product_or_idea
Question 2 (of 12)
Persuasive Techniques/Propaganda: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=This_appeal_is_directed_towards_creating_a_feeling_of_desire_or_envy_for_products_that_are_termed_top_of_the_line,_or_that_have_considerable_qualities_such_as_luxury_and_elegance_associated_with_them.
Question 3 (of 12)
Persuasive Techniques/Propaganda: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=someone_just_like_you_uses_a_certain_product_and_you_should_too
Question 4 (of 12)
Persuasive Techniques/Propaganda: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=words_that_are_emotionally_charged--either_positively_or_negatively.
Question 5 (of 12)
Persuasive Techniques/Propaganda: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=selected_words_are_used_to_make_a_person,_product,_or_group_sound_bad
Question 6 (of 12)
Persuasive Techniques/Propaganda: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Ex._Buy_me_a_cell_phone,_Mom._Everyone_else_in_the_5th_grade_has_one.
Question 7 (of 12)
Persuasive Techniques/Propaganda: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Ex._9_out_of_10_dentists_recommend_Crest_toothpaste.
Question 8 (of 12)
Persuasive Techniques/Propaganda: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Ex._A_luxurious_BMW_parked_in_front_of_a_big_house_with_a_pool.
Question 9 (of 12)
Persuasive Techniques/Propaganda: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Ex._I_know_I_don't_have_much_time_in_my_day,_with_keeping_up_with_my_kids_and_working_hard_to_pay_the_bills._With_Quickmeals,_I_can_make_a_dinner_that's_a_sure_crowd_pleaser_without_taking_much_time.
Question 10 (of 12)
Persuasive Techniques/Propaganda: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Ex._The_new_Never-Failing_Stain_Remover_is_better_than_ever_before!!_It's_economically_friendly,_simple_to_use,_and_it's_the_just_the_best_cleaner_around!
Question 11 (of 12)
Persuasive Techniques/Propaganda: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Ex._Don't_buy_a_Ford,_they_are_useless_pieces_of_junk!
Question 12 (of 12)
