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. Give me an example of Texas and the Civil War and Reconstruction Era | Anything that happened in Texas during the Civil War | 2. Why was Sam Houston Removed from governor in 1861 | He refuses to take oath of allegiance to the Confederate States of America | 3. What year did Texas join the Confederacy | 1861 | 4. What is significant about the years 1861-1865 | The Civil War was fought | 5. Why were the delegates at the Secession Convention in favor of Texas leaving the Union | They felt Slavery was vital to their economy | 6. Why was the issue of State Rights a factor during the Civil War | Seceding states believed the federal government should not intervene in state decisions | 7. What year, month, and date did Juneteenth occur in Texas | June 19th 1865 | 8. What are the four causes of the Civil War | State Rights/Slavery/Sectionalsim/Tariffs | 9. What was Texans view on Slavery | They felt it was vital to their economy | 10. How was Texas effected by communication during the Civil War | Slow communications allowed for continued fighting and delayed the emancipation of enslaved people for weeks after the end of the war. | 11. Name this Battle: There were no other military conflicts associated with the Civil War after this battle, this battle was fought after the actual war was over | Battle of Palmito Ranch | 12. What does the term Secede Mean | To withdraw from the US | 13. Who was the Union | The US, or the North | 14. Who was the Confederate States of America | The South | 15. Name this Battle: The Union Navy began to blockade Texas Ports | The Battle of Galveston | 16. Who is Jefferson Davis | President of the Confederate States of America (South) | 17. Who is John Magruder Bell | Look in Notes | 18. Who was a general during the Civil War and eventually became the President of Texas A&M University | Lawrence Sullivan “Sul” Ross | 19. Who was the first governor of Texas once they became the Confederate States of America | Francis Lubbock | 20. Name two Economic effects of the Civil War in Texas | Look in Notes | 21. Name two Social effects of the Civil War in Texas | Look in Notes | 22. Name two Political effects of the Civil War in Texas | Look in Notes | 23. How did the Union (North) win the Civil War in 1865 | The Civil War ends on April 9th 1865 when Robert E. Lee surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant at the Appomattox Court House |
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