QR Challenge: Is the World Cup Good or Bad for Brazil?

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. FIFA will reportedly make a jaw-dropping $2.6 billion in profits this year because of the world cup.	Disadvantage, this money does not go to Brazil.
2. 600,000 international tourists travelled to Brazil to watch the world cup.	advantage
3. During the tournament’s first weekend, foreigners from 180 countries spent nearly $3 billion in Rio. Experts believe Brazil will collect almost $7 billion when the soccer craze is all over.	advantage
4. Brazil has spent about $11 billion to host the World Cup — it’s the most expensive price tag in the tournament’s 84-year history.	disadvantage
5. There have been many protests in Brazil. Many local people think that Brazil could have spent the money on urban infrastructure instead. “We’re in a country where the money doesn't go to the community, and meanwhile we see all these millions spent on stadiums,” said protester Tameres Mota.	disadvantage
6. “The games will generate only 0.4% of additional income for Brazil,” say the Financial Times.	Disadvantage, but it is an increase so it could be an advantage.
7. Between 2010 and 2014, the World Cup should generate an extra 3.63 million jobs/year.	Advantage, but many of these jobs may not be in Brazil and may not actually occur.
8. Because of the World Cup, Brazil will build up its image as a country that can seriously organise an international tournament. This may encourage other businesses to invest in Brazil.	Advantage
9. The World Cup will have 12 host cities distributed among the five greater geographical regions of the country.	Advantage - the money is distributed well.
10. 8 workers died during the construction of the stadiums. For the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, 2 people died during the construction.	disadvantage. This is very bad.
11. In Brazil 1,363,179 tickets were sold for the World Cup.	advantage, does this show that local people are supporting the event?
12. More than a million Brazilians poured onto the streets of over 100 cities in the largest anti-government demonstrations yet. These protests saw violent clashes break out in several cities as people demanded improved public services, the spiraling cost of the 2014 World Cup and an end to corruption. The protesters faced tear gas, pepper spray and rubber bullets.	disadvantage

 

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