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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. What does the acronym ANZAC stand for? | Australian & New Zealand Army Corps |
2. Why, in World War 1, did so many young Australian men join the Australian Army? | Multiple answers acceptable:It was seen as exciting/brave, they were standing up for their country, there were ads and propaganda to encourage them, etc. |
3. Where is Gallipoli? | Turkey |
4. Who was the “man with the donkey”? | John Simpson Kirkpatrick. Better known to Australians as Jack Simpson. |
5. When did the first ANZACs land at ANZAC Cove? | 4.28am on Sunday 25 April 1915. |
6. What is the Victoria Cross? | The highest British Commonwealth award for the most conspicuous bravery in the presence of the enemy. |
7. Why does Australia commemorate ANZAC Day on 25 April, even though the Gallipoli campaign was deemed a failure? | Because this is the day that the Gallipoli campaign began. We celebrate the sacrifice made by the soldiers and we respect their bravery, even though it wasn't a success. |
8. Where is the Tomb of the Unknown Australian Soldier? | In the Hall of Remembrance at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra. |
9. When did the ANZACs leave Gallipoli? | 20 December 1915 |
10. When did World War 1 end? | At 11.00am on 11 November 1918. |
11. What is the Spirit of ANZAC? | The Spirit of ANZAC is an intangible thing. It is unseen, unpredictable, an unquenchable thirst for justice, freedom and peace. This phrase is synonymous with 'The Spirit of the ANZACs' which is frequently used to describe particular actions by, and qualities of, people. |
12. Who wrote the poem In Flanders’ Fields? | John McCrae |
13. Where is the Australian War Memorial? | Canberra |
14. Why did the ANZACs wear colour patches on their uniforms? | To signify which battalion they belonged to. |
15. Where will you find the names of all Australian service men and women who have been killed in wars? | Their names are recorded on the walls of the cloisters on either side of the Pool of Reflection at the Australian War Memorial. This is called the Roll of Honour. |
16. Why were Australian soldiers called ‘Diggers’? | The nickname “Digger” is attributed to the number of ex-gold diggers in the early army units and to the trench digging activities of the Australian soldiers during WW1. |
17. Did the Royal Australian Air Force take part in WW1? Why/Why not? | No. The RAAF was not established till 1921. |
18. When was the ‘Unknown Soldier’ buried in the Australian War Memorial? In which war and where was he killed? | 11 November 1993. He was killed in France in WW1. His remains were exhumed from a military cemetery in France. He was one of the 23,000 Australian soldiers killed in the war to have no known grave. Except for their nationality, they could not be identified, and were buried beneath headstones bearing the words “An Australian soldier of the Great War, known unto God”. |
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