QR Challenge: How well do you know your Government?

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. What are the three branched of government?	Judicial, Executive, Legislative
2. What are the two main political parties?	Republican and Democrat
3. What is the supreme law of the land?	The Constitution
4. How many Amendments does the Constitution have?	27
5. Who is in charge of the executive branch?	The President
6. We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years?	Every two years
7. Who does a U.S. Senator represent?	All the people of the state.
8. What is the name of the President of the United States now?	Barack Obama
9. What is the name of the current Vice President?	Joesph Biden Jr.
10. What is the highest court in the United States?	The Supreme Court

 

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