QR Challenge: Bill of Rights Competition

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. In June 2002, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the phrase “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance was unconstitutional. What Amendment do you think they relied on?	First Amendment Freedom of Religion
2. A group of people built a statute of Elvis look like it’s weeping blood, and this statue has developed quite a following. A lot of people even think the statue is holy, and the group has been collecting donations from people who want to visit the statue and pray. The cops want to bring down this whole weeping-Elvis scheme, but the group claims protection—under which Amendment?	First Amendment Freedom of ReligionFfriends in Congress put a stop to the mischief they write in their magazine. His friends just shrug and say there’s nothing they can do. Why not?
3. Which Amendment allows special interest groups to try organize a large group of people to convince Congresspeople into agreeing with their cause?	First Amendment Right to Petition
4. It really annoys me when cyclists – part of this “critical mass” movement – group up and block the road, causing a huge traffic jam. Why is this allowed?	First Amendment Right to Assemble
5. Which Amendment allows me to wear a T-Shirt that says The President Sucks when I go tour the White House?	First Amendment Freedom of Speech
6. Although minors are not allowed to have guns, and felons are not allowed to have guns,no state can make a law saying that guns are illegal. Why?	Second Amendment Right to Bear Arms
7. In 2033, the U.S. Government decides that the people have become too dangerous. They decide to make all weapons illegal. Larry Lawyer, head of the Department of Justice, gently reminds Congress they can’t do this. Why not?	Second Amendment Right to Bear Arms
8. troops—why can’t we just say that every family with an extra bedroom in their house (or a spare couch) has to let a soldier stay?	Third Amendment No Quartering of Soldiers
9. We learned not so long ago that if the police don’t have a warrant, probable cause or your consent, and you are not on probation, in a school or at the airport, the police can’t just randomly go through your house. Why not?	Fourth Amendment No Unreasonable Search and Seizure of Property
10. He says he’s got a hunch Bob’s up to no good. Judge Dredd tells Dirty Harry he’ll need a lot more than that to get a warrant – why?	Fourth Amendment No Unreasonable Search and Seizure of Property
11. trial, he refused, and there was nothing the Judge could do to force him to testify. Why not?	Fifth Amendment Right to Avoid Self Incrimination
12. Old Lady Jones doesn’t want to sell her little house, but the government official tells her she has no choice—the government will pay her a fair price, but her home stands in the way of a new highway, and she has no choice but to sell out and move on. What Amendment makes this possible?	Fifth Amendment Eminent Domain
13. Everyone knows that Serial Killer Sam is guilty of a lot of stuff. If G.I. Joe goes home for the holidays and finds Serial Killer Sam walking down the street in Illinois, how come he has to call the cops—and why can’t the cops just shoot Sieral Killer Sam on the spot?	Fifth Amendment Right to Due Process
14. When Terri Bull-Luck was charged with arson, her lawyer actually slept through her trial. The whole thing. He even snored. And drooled. After being sentenced to thirty years, Terri appeals her conviction, and argues that she should have a new trial. What amendment would help her win?	Sixth Amendment Right to an Attorney
15. When Billy The Kid is arrested, he demands to know what the charges against him are. What Amendment does he use to back up his demand?	Sith Amendment Right to face accusers and know the nature of the charges against you.
16. Slow Moe is the world’s slowest trial lawyer. He takes so long to get through a case, that his clients wait years on average to go to trial. Client Chris doesn’t think this is constitutional? Why?	Sixth Amendment Right to a speedy and fair trial
17. Lazy Judge Lewis is tired of hearing all these whining witnesses, complaining in court about what the defendant did. He decides it would be a lot easier if everyone just wrote sworn letters to the court, and then he could do a whole trial without ever leaving his couch! The defendant tells the judge that this is unconstitutional.	Sixth Amendment right to a fair trial
18. Reginald Rose gets called to jury duty. He hates jury duty. He tries to get out of it, but gets assigned to a complicated civil suit about a the patent of a medical device—one company says another company copied their invention, and is suing for millions and millions of dollars. Reginald is so confused by the scientific evidence, and so bored he can barely stay awake. He wonders to himself, why do I have to be here, anyway? Couldn’t a judge just decide this by himself? Or an expert or something? Why does Reginald have to be there?	Seventh Amendment Right to a jury trial in civil cases
19. Insatiable Industries sues Tidbit Technologies for stealing their delicious recipes for canned catfish stew. They don’t want any money damages, though, just an apology, and a court order saying that Tidbit will keep their nose out of Insatiable’s stew from this point forward. The judge rules in favor of Insatiable, and Tidbit complains that this violates their right to a jury trial. The judge tells Tidbit to get stuffed. Why?	Seventh Amendment Right to a jury trial in civil cases
20. Steve McQueen gets a speeding ticket. When he goes to pay it, he’s told that the fine is $1 million. Steve is outraged, and claims that such a fine is unconstitutional. Why?	Eighth Amendment No cruel or unusual punishment
21. The U.S. Government can’t torture people to death, no matter how heinous their crime. Why not?	Eighth Amendment No cruel or unusual punishment
22. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal ruled that it was unconstitutional to give a man a life sentence for the petty theft of about $100 in DVDs from a local Dollar General. Why?	Eighth Amendment No cruel or unusual punishment
23. What Amendment do people most frequently use to argue that the death penalty should not be allowed in America?	Eighth Amendment No cruel or unusual punishment
24. States get to make the rules about drivers licenses – some states give learner’s permits to 14-year-olds, some say you have to be 16 to get behind the wheel. How come the Federal Government can’t swipe this power away and make a standard for the whole country?	Tenth Amendment Reserves powers to the states
25. There isn’t actually a national law about drinking age—the rule that people can’t drink until age 21 is actually just a law that exists in every state. Why do we all agree on this? Well, the Federal Government withholds money for highway maintenance from states that don’t set their drinking age to 21. Why can’t the Federal Government just make its own law?	Tenth Amendment
26. Which Amendment bans slavery in the United States?	Thirteenth Amendment
27. Steve Immigrant comes to the United States from India to attend college and hopes to someday become a U.S. Citizen. While studying in the United States, he meets Suzie from Arkansas and they have a child. According to this Amendment, anyone born in the United States is a citizen of the United States.	Fourteenth Amendment
28. Which amendment gives all citizens equal protection of the laws.	Fourteenth Amendment
29. Ja'Marr Chase is an African American adult male, this amendment gives him the right to vote.	Fifteenth Amendment
30. Jhristopher Cefferson is upset that he has to pay federal income taxes. He refuses to fill out his tax return this upcoming year and claims that the income tax is unconstitutional. Which Amendment would prove that Mr. Cefferson is wrong.	Sixteenth Amendment
31. Jarrian Defferson is an adult woman who wants to vote in this year's election. This Amendment gives her that right. that gave women the right to vote	Nineteenth Amendment
32. Adolph Coors is upset that he can no longer sell beer in the United States. Which Amendment prevented him from doing this for a short period of time?	Eighteenth Amendment.
33. Anheuser Busch wants to sell beer. Which Amendment gives him the right to sell alcholic beverages?	Twenty-First Amendmetn
34. Stephen Strasburg lives in Washington, D.C. and wants to vote in this years presidential election. What Amendment insures that his voice will matter?	23rd Amendment
35. Johnny Voter wants to vote in this years election but is concerned about having to pay a tax before he can vote. Which Amendment forbids governments from requiring citizens to pay a tax before they can vote?	Tewenty-Fourth Amendment
36. If the President dies or is unable to do their job due to health reasons, this Amendment helps determine what can be done.	Twenty-Fifth Amendment
37. Amendment that gives 18 year olds the right to vote	Twenty-Sixth Amendment
38. Mitch McConnell has been in Congress for over 37 years but has not received a raise in a long time. He decides to sponsor a bill that would give Congress a raise in pay. Which Amendment prevents this raise from taking effect until the next term of Congress?	Twenty-Seventh Amendment

 

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