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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.
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| 1. Tall shipping corporation and Fulton Freight Co. are fighting over waterlane rights along the Hudson River. Both companies claim the other is monopolizing the water lanes. The state courts in New Jersey and New York have issued conflicting decisions on who is at fault in this case. The Federal government decides to step in and make the final decision. What court case in American history would give the US Govt. that authority? | Gibbons v. Ogden | 2. | 3. Bank of American is in intense negotiations with the state of Utah over state taxation. The Bank of America claims that because it is an "arm of the Federal Govt" the state has no authority to tax it. Utah wants to promote its own banking system and is thus trying to tax the Bank of America out of existance. The Federal Govt decides to step in and issue a decision that protects the Bank of America from state taxation. What court case in American history would provide for this? | McCullough v. Maryland | 4. | 5. Florida sells over 3 million acres of prime real estate property to the Finisle Corporation at a price well below the market vaule. This causes a major scandal in Florida and the governor and state congressmen are all replaced in the next election. In an attempt to fix the loss of state revenue, the new Congress invalidates the sale. The Federal Govt steps in and decides that Florida cannot invalidate the original sale, because it was not illegal. What court case in American history would make such a decision possible? | Fletcher v. Peck | 6. | 7. The University of Notre Dame is approached by the state of Illinois with a proposal to turn the school into the flagship campus of the Illinois state college system. Notre Dame was originally granted its charter under the former British government and therefore state officials feel that the original contract is invalid. They therefore seize the campus and force Notre Dame to become part of the state university system. The trustees of Notre Dame sue the state of Illinois in Federal Court. The Supreme Court decides that the state violated the contract rights of Notre Dame and reinstitute the college as a private entity. What court case in American history would make a decision like this possible? | Dartmouth College v. Woodward |
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