QR Challenge: U.S. History Questions

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 is the Colonization Era	A period of time where European explorers established colonies in the Americas
2. What is important about the year 1607	Jamestown,Virginia is Established
3. What is significant about the establishment of Jamestown in 1607	First permanent English settlement in the Americas
4. What happened in the year 1620	Pilgrims arrive at Plymouth and sign the Mayflower Compact
5. Explain John Smith and John Rolfe’s involvement in Jamestown Virginia	Founder,Introduced Tobacco
6. Who founded Rhode Island and Pennsylvania	Roger Williams,William Penn
7. What lead to the Americans to declare independence	Taxes,increase control over their colonies as violations of their rights
8. What is important about the year 1776	The U.S. declares its independence from Britain,Declaration of Independence created
9. How did George Washington and Thomas Jefferson play an important role during the American Revolution	Overall commander of the continental army,Author of the Declaration of Independence,King George III:King of Britain
10. What happened in Philadelphia in 1787	Constitutional Convention,Constitution written
11. What did the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists stand for	Supported the Constitution,Opposed the Constitution,wanted a Bill of Rights added
12. What is significant about the year 1803	Thomas Jefferson purchases the Louisiana Territory doubling the size of the United States
13. Why did tensions start to rise between the North and the South	Slavery
14. Name two important events during the Presidency of Andrew Jackson	Trail of Tears,Closed the National Bank
15. Define Manifest Destiny	Manifest Destiny was the belief that the U.S. would expand to the Pacific Ocean.
16. Why did the South secede from the Union (United States)	State Rights,Slavery, The Election of Lincoln,Sectionalism
17. Name all three Reconstruction Amendments and what each means	13th,14th,15th,Free Slaves,Former Slaves the right to vote,Citizenship to former Slaves

 

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