QR Challenge: Basics of Taxes

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. A sum of money that a government mandates that its citizens pay in order to support the government itself and all of its services	taxes
2. A group of people with common interests and concern for the common good	community
3. A tax on earned and unearned income	Income tax
4. Money earned from working for pay	earned income
5. Income received from sources other than employment	unearned income
6. Tax on earned income	payroll tax
7. A tax on property, such as land, buildings (including homes), and motor vehicles (automobiles, boats, etc.)	property tax
8. Taxes collected from the seller or retailer and as such often remain "hidden" in the price of a product or service, rather than being listed separately	Excise taxes

 

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