QR Challenge: Female Workers in Japanese Silk Factories Background Essay

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. England, the United States, or Japan: Where did the Industrial Revolution arrive last?	Japan
2. What is the difference between spinning and weaving?	Spinning is the process of extracting fibers from a natural product like cotton balls or silk-worm cocoons and then twisting these fibers into thread. Weaving interlaces these threads together to make cloth.
3. Why were women and girls often employed in textile mills?	They had nimble, agile fingers.
4. What was one of the positive effects of the Industrial Revolution on women?	Because they earned money, women became more economically independent. It enabled some to leave home and help their families financially.
5. What was one of the negative effects of the Industrial Revolution on women?	Many women were underpaid.

 

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