QR Challenge: The tragedy of Julius Caesar CHALLENGE

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. 1. How does Caesar first enter the play?	In a triumphal procession; he has defeated the sons of his deceased rival, Pompey
2. 2. What does the Soothsayer say to Caesar?	“Beware the Ides of March”
3. 3. What does Cassius first ask Brutus?	Why he has been so distant and distracted lately
4. 4. What does Brutus admit to Cassius?	That he fears the people want Caesar to be king
5. 5. What does Antony offer Caesar in the marketplace?	The crown
6. 6. That night, which of the following omens are seen?	Dead men walking, Lions strolling in the marketplace and Lightning
7. 7. What finally convinces Brutus to join the conspirators?	Forged letters planted by Cassius
8. 8. Why does Calpurnia urge Caesar to stay home rather than appear at the Senate?	She has had nightmares about his death
9. 9. Why does Caesar ignore Calpurnia’s warnings?	Decius convinces him that Calpurnia has interpreted the dream and the omens incorrectly
10. 10. What does Artemidorus offer Caesar in the street?	A letter warning him about the conspiracy
11. 11. What do the conspirators do at the Senate?	Kneel around Caesar Stab him to death Proclaim “Tyranny is dead!”
12. 12. What does Antony do when he arrives at Caesar’s body?	He swears allegiance to Brutus He weeps over Caesar’s body He shakes hands with the conspirators
13. 13. After the assassination of Caesar, which of the conspirators addresses the plebeians first?	Brutus
14. 14. What is Brutus’s explanation for killing Caesar?	Caesar was ambitious
15. 15. What does Antony tell the crowd?	That Brutus is an honorable man That Caesar brought riches to Rome and turned down the crown That Caesar bequeathed all of the citizens a large sum of money
16. 16. What is the crowd’s response?	Rage; they chase the conspirators from the city
17. 17. Who is Octavius?	Caesar’s adopted son and appointed heir
18. 18. Octavius and Antony join together with whom?	Lepidus
19. 19. Why do Brutus and Cassius argue?	Brutus asked for money and Cassius withheld it
20. 20. What news do Brutus and Cassius receive from Rome?	Portia is dead Many senators are dead The armies of Antony and Octavius are marching toward Philippi
21. 21. What appears at Brutus’s bedside in camp?	Caesar’s ghost
22. 22. What does Cassius think has happened to his and Brutus’s armies?	He believes that they have been defeated by Antony and Octavius
23. 23. What is Cassius’s response to the situation?	He has his servant stab him
24. 24. What does Brutus do when he sees the battle lost?	He kills himself
25. 25. What does Antony call Brutus?	The noblest Roman

 

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