QR Challenge: 13 first colonies

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. What was the first colony established?	Virginia
2. What were the 13 first colonies?	Virginia Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island New York Delaware Georgia Maryland Pennsylvania Connecticut New Jersey North Carolina South Carolina
3. When was Virginia settled?	1607
4. When was New York settled?	1626
5. When was New Hampshire settled?	1623
6. When was Massachusetts Bay settled?	1630
7. When was Maryland settled?	1633
8. When was Connecticut settled?	1636
9. When was Rhode Island settled?	1636
10. When was Delaware settled?	1638
11. When was North Carolina settled?	1663
12. When was South Carolina settled?	1663
13. When was New Jersey settled?	1664
14. When was Pennsylvania settled?	1681
15. When was Georgia settled?	1732
16. When did South Carolina break away from North Carolina?	1712

 

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