QR Challenge: Australia's Involvement in the Vietnam War

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. Approximately how many Australian soldiers served in the War	60,000 Australians
2. How long did the war last for?	10 years
3. Approximately how many soldiers were conscripted into the war	15,000
4. What was Australia's deadliest battle	The battle of Long Tan
5. How many Australian soldiers died during the war?	202
6. What side did Australia support during the war?	South Vietnam
7. Who was Australia's Allie during the war?	United States
8. Why was Australia against the idea of their involvement in the war?	To prevent the involvement of young men forced into such a war
9. What was the cause of the Vietnam War	The spread of Communism during the Cold War
10. Who was Australia's Prime Minister during the war?	Robert Menzie

 

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