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.
Question | Answer |
| 1. This man was known as the 'Brain' of Italian unification. His main goal was to unite Northern Italy. | Cavour | 2. Puritan parliament led by Oliver Cromwell overthrows James I. England 1200s. | English Civil War | 3. Revolutions that spread across Europe in 1848. Revolutions unsuccessful but showed monarchs that they people wanted rights. | Revolutions of 1848 | 4. France 1789, the third estate revolts against King Louis XVI and policies of social injustices. | French Revolution | 5. American author of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Considered an Enlightened Thinker who was influenced by the writings of Locke, Voltaire, Rousseau and Montesquieu | Thomas Jefferson | 6. Ex-slave the leads Haitian revolt against French control. Leads to Haitian independence. | Toussaint L’Ouverture | 7. Policy of Congress of Vienna that seeks to give all countries equal footing (power) on the continent, one of the reasons France isn’t punished for invading other countries. | Balance of Power | 8. Establishes himself as emperor of France and leads French to control most of continental Europe before invasion to Russia leads to his exile. | Napoleon | 9. Someone (at this time) who seeks stability and tradition in government. Pro-monarchy and against revolution. | Conservative | 10. Period of time immediately following the French Revolution when thousands were accused of being enemies of the state and guillotined. | Reign of Terror | 11. Austrian prince with strong conservative views who leads the Congress of Vienna. | Prince Metternich | 12. Someone (at this time) who seeks change in government and new rights for people. Pro-democracy, anti-monarchy. | Liberalism | 13. Leader of Latin American Revolutions against Spanish control. Helps free the South American countries from colonial rule. | Simon Bolivar | 14. In France, this estate was made up of the members of the Catholic Church/clergy. | First Estate | 15. In France, this estate was made up of the members of rich nobility. | Second Estate | 16. In France, this estate was made up of 97-98% of the general population. | Third Estate | 17. King of France during the French Revolution does nothing to help economic problems of the people. Overthrown and executed. | King Louis XVI | 18. 1688 England, parliament asks William and Mary to overthrow James II, bloodless revolution that established many rights for English people. | Glorious Revolution | 19. This man unified Germany through Blood and Iron | Bismarck | 20. This man was known as the 'sword' of Italian unification | Garibaldi | 21. This man was the 'soul' of Italian unification | Mazzini | 22. Identify the six reasons for revolution | Social Injustice, Religious Intolerance, Economic Distress, Unpopular Method of Rule, Enlightenment Ideas, Nationalism |
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