QR Challenge: Ancient Rome

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. Who were the earliest people in the Roman civilization	the Latins, a group of settlers from central Europe
2. List 5 ways the Eturscans improved the Roman way of life2	The introduced a writing system based on the Greek alphabet. improved the roads, buildt arches, drained marshes and made a sewage system2
3. What new form of government did the Roams establish after they drove out the Etruscan king3	a republic3
4. What were the concessions that the patricians gave to the plebeians4	plebeians could have their own assembly,have veto power,make laws that were just as official as those the Senate made4
5. What were the three major wars between Rome and Carthage called5	The Punic Wars5
6. In which war did the Roman army face Hannibal's army6	The Second Punic War6
7. What were some of the problems that the Romans faced as their borders expanded7	there was ruined property from neglect, jobs in the city taken by slaves from conquered territories, and greedy publicans and governmental officials7
8. what kind of calendar do we use today8	The Gregorian calendar8
9. Under whose reign did a period of peace and prosperity begin9	Augustus's reign9
10. What civilization greatly influenced Rome10	Greece10
11. What Greek philosophies became religions for the Romans11	Epicureanism and Stoicism11
12. Wh began his ministry during the Pax Romana12	Jesus Christ12

 

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