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. Which theory of government has influenced our formation of government? | social contract theory | 2. An institution to make and enforce public policies is known as? | government | 3. John Locke believed total freedom existed within the state of? | nature | 4. which characteristic is not endorsed by any of our 50 states? | sovereignty | 5. True or false:The U.S. has always had a federal system of government. | false | 6. True or false:Ancient Greek concepts, English documents and state constitutions all serve as sources of the U.S. Constitution? | True | 7. Which system relies on a fusion of the legislative and executive branch? | parliamentary | 8. Which system is prone to more conflict between branches? | presidential | 9. True or false: A country may be democratic in form and unitary in system | True | 10. What was the original purpose of the Constitutional Convention? | to amend the articles | 11. The powers under the Second Continental Congress were similar to what future national government? | Articles of Confederation | 12. The Articles of Confederation required what vote for amendment? | 13/13 (unanimous) | 13. True or false:Shay's rebellion was a direct cause for the Constitutional Convention. | True | 14. Representation under the Virginia plan was based on what two conditions? | population and the amount of $ donated to the treasury | 15. Which plan created our current congressional representation? | Connecticut Compromise | 16. True or false:A government can be both parliamentary and unitary | true | 17. True or false:The 1st CC allowed allowed the colonists to continue to benefit from the strongest navy in the world (at the time) | True | 18. This early alliance led to a common defense against Native Americans | New England Confederation | 19. Parliament first limited the kings power with what act? | Petition of Rite | 20. What was the major issue solved at the Constitutional Convention? | State representation | 21. All of the following (limited, ordered, representative authoritarian government) serve as foundation concepts for our government except | authoritarian government | 22. What two groups unintentionally formed the foundation of the two party system? | Federalists and Anti-Federalists | 23. True or false:The 3/5 compromise allowed for creating a more true representation in government. | True | 24. This meeting was attended by 5 colonies and they set the date for Philadelphia | Annapolis | 25. This plan embraced an early version of federalism | Albany Plan of Union |
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