QR Challenge: Early Human Migration and Mesolithic and Neolithic Eras
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)
Question | Answer |
| 1. What provided shelter for many early humans? | Caves
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2. What event set off large-scale animal and human migration? | The spread of glaciers and ice sheets
| 3. What event explains the large-scale migration in North Africa? | A fall in levels of rainfall turned grasslands into deserts
| 4. What is the correct sequence of the early human migration? | Africa-Asia-Europe-Australia-North America-South America
| 5. Which of the following is NOT a Mesolithic invention? a) Shelters b) Hooks c) canoes d) baskets | baskets
| 6. What animal became more important to humans during the Mesolithic? | Dogs
| 7. In which part of the world did the Neolithic Era first end? a) West Africa b) North America c) Southwest Asia d) Southern Europe | Southwest Asia
| 8. The discovery of which metal brought the Stone Age to an end? a) bronze b) gold c) copper d)steel | bronze
| 9. Why would metal be a better material than stone, wood, and bone? | Because it is stronger
| 10. What is the name of the tribe of people living in an island in the Bay of Bengal near India? | The Sentinelese People |
Early Human Migration and Mesolithic and Neolithic Eras: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What-provided-shelter-for-many-early-humans?
Question 1 (of 10)
Early Human Migration and Mesolithic and Neolithic Eras: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What-event-set-off-large-scale-animal-and-human-migration?
Question 2 (of 10)
Early Human Migration and Mesolithic and Neolithic Eras: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What-event-explains-the-large-scale-migration-in-North-Africa?
Question 3 (of 10)
Early Human Migration and Mesolithic and Neolithic Eras: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What-is-the-correct-sequence-of-the-early-human-migration?
Question 4 (of 10)
Early Human Migration and Mesolithic and Neolithic Eras: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Which-of-the-following-is-NOT-a-Mesolithic-invention?-a)-Shelters-b)-Hooks-c)-canoes-d)-baskets
Question 5 (of 10)
Early Human Migration and Mesolithic and Neolithic Eras: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What-animal-became-more-important-to-humans-during-the-Mesolithic?
Question 6 (of 10)
Early Human Migration and Mesolithic and Neolithic Eras: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=In-which-part-of-the-world-did-the-Neolithic-Era-first-end?-a)-West-Africa-b)-North-America-c)-Southwest-Asia-d)-Southern-Europe
Question 7 (of 10)
Early Human Migration and Mesolithic and Neolithic Eras: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The-discovery-of-which-metal-brought-the-Stone-Age-to-an-end?-a)-bronze-b)-gold-c)-copper-d)steel
Question 8 (of 10)
Early Human Migration and Mesolithic and Neolithic Eras: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Why-would-metal-be-a-better-material-than-stone,-wood,-and-bone?
Question 9 (of 10)
Early Human Migration and Mesolithic and Neolithic Eras: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What-is-the-name-of-the-tribe-of-people-living-in-an-island-in-the-Bay-of-Bengal-near-India?
Question 10 (of 10)
