QR Challenge: Wild West

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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.

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!

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.

Questions / Answers (teacher reference)

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1. How old was Billy the Kid when he was killed?	21. He reputedly killed as many men as years he lived.
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4. What was the surname of the brothers who faithfully followed the Jesse James?	Younger. Bob Younger rode with Jesse James in a Southern guerrilla group during the Civil War.
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7. In what town did the gunfight at the O. K. corral take place?	Tombstone. 30 to 50 shots were fired in this gunfight that lasted less than five minutes.
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10. What were the real names of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid?	Robert Parker and Harry Longbaugh. Butch Cassidy took his name from Mike Cassidy, a famous outlaw who lived next door. Sundance took his name from the Sundance prison where he served time.
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13. What was Doc Holliday's profession?	Dentist. Doc Holliday was a physically weak man with a hot temper, who became dangerous when he had been drinking.
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16. In what town did the Dalton gang meet their demise?	Coffeyville. The Dalton brothers had cousins who rode with the James gang.
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19. Who shot and killed Jesse James?	Bob Ford. Jesse was shot in the back in his own home while adjusting a picture on the wall.
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22. Who was the sheriff that killed Billy the Kid?	Pat Garrett. Billy the Kid was friends with the sheriff who killed him.
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25. What was the name of the hideout where Butch Cassidy would hide?	Hole in the Wall. This hideout was a famous gathering place for gunslingers and outlaws.
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28. What did Doc Holliday die from?	Tuberculosis. He was 35 years old.
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31. Name the Earp brothers who were at the OK Corral fight.	Wyatt, Morgan and Virgil. All three survived the Gunfight at the O.K. corral. Wyatt was the only one not shot later for revenge.
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34. In what South American country did Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid work in a tin mine when they fled the United States?	Bolivia. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid were the only Wild West outlaws to be successful in two countries.