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
4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.
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!
4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.
Question | Answer |
| 1. Politics during the Progressive Era would be described as | corrupt | 2. These organizations used legal and illegal methods to get their candidates elected to office. | political machines | 3. He was the leader of Tammany Hall. | Boss Tweed | 4. Tammany Hall rewarded those who supported them with? | jobs | 5. These people were reformers who worked to solve problems caused by industrial and urban growth. | progessives | 6. Their writings brought a variety of social and economic issues to the public’s eye. | muckrakers | 7. These people designed safer building codes & opened new public parks. | city planners | 8. He wanted children to learn problem-solving skills. | John Dewey | 9. Allowed Americans to vote directly for U.S. Senators. | 17th Amendment | 10. Voters can remove an official from office. | recall | 11. Voters can propose new laws by petition. | initiative | 12. Voters can approve or reject a law. | referendum | 13. Led an effort to decrease power the of political machines and make state governments more professional. | Robert M. La Follette | 14. Many ________ were hired to work in factories because they could be paid less. | children | 15. Was the first state to pass a minimum wage law. | Massachusetts | 16. This resulted in the death of 146 workers and led to new laws to improve factory safety standards. | Triangle Shirtwaist Fire | 17. Guaranteed a portion of lost wages to workers injured on the job. | Workers Compensation Laws | 18. First state to pass workers’ compensation laws. | Maryland | 19. Economic system in which private businesses run industries & competition determines the price of goods. | capitalism | 20. System in which the government owns most industries. | socialism | 21. Leader of The Industrial Workers of the World. | Big Bill Hayward | 22. Their goal was to overthrow capitalism. | Industrial Workers of the World | 23. This book exposed the problems with the meat-packing industry. | The Jungle | 24. He was the author of the book that exposed the conditions of the meat-packing industry. | Upton Sinclair | 25. During this time period, people lived in terrible run-down apartments called _______________. | tenements |
Politics during the Progressive Era would be described as&choe=UTF-8
Question 1 (of 25)
These organizations used legal and illegal methods to get their candidates elected to office.&choe=UTF-8
Question 2 (of 25)
He was the leader of Tammany Hall.&choe=UTF-8
Question 3 (of 25)
Tammany Hall rewarded those who supported them with?&choe=UTF-8
Question 4 (of 25)
These people were reformers who worked to solve problems caused by industrial and urban growth.&choe=UTF-8
Question 5 (of 25)
Their writings brought a variety of social and economic issues to the public’s eye.&choe=UTF-8
Question 6 (of 25)
These people designed safer building codes & opened new public parks.&choe=UTF-8
Question 7 (of 25)
He wanted children to learn problem-solving skills.&choe=UTF-8
Question 8 (of 25)
Allowed Americans to vote directly for U.S. Senators.&choe=UTF-8
Question 9 (of 25)
Voters can remove an official from office.&choe=UTF-8
Question 10 (of 25)
Voters can propose new laws by petition.&choe=UTF-8
Question 11 (of 25)
Voters can approve or reject a law.&choe=UTF-8
Question 12 (of 25)
Led an effort to decrease power the of political machines and make state governments more professional.&choe=UTF-8
Question 13 (of 25)
Many ________ were hired to work in factories because they could be paid less.&choe=UTF-8
Question 14 (of 25)
Was the first state to pass a minimum wage law.&choe=UTF-8
Question 15 (of 25)
This resulted in the death of 146 workers and led to new laws to improve factory safety standards.&choe=UTF-8
Question 16 (of 25)
Guaranteed a portion of lost wages to workers injured on the job.&choe=UTF-8
Question 17 (of 25)
First state to pass workers’ compensation laws.&choe=UTF-8
Question 18 (of 25)
Economic system in which private businesses run industries & competition determines the price of goods.&choe=UTF-8
Question 19 (of 25)
System in which the government owns most industries.&choe=UTF-8
Question 20 (of 25)
Leader of The Industrial Workers of the World.&choe=UTF-8
Question 21 (of 25)
Their goal was to overthrow capitalism.&choe=UTF-8
Question 22 (of 25)
This book exposed the problems with the meat-packing industry.&choe=UTF-8
Question 23 (of 25)
He was the author of the book that exposed the conditions of the meat-packing industry.&choe=UTF-8
Question 24 (of 25)
During this time period, people lived in terrible run-down apartments called _______________.&choe=UTF-8
Question 25 (of 25)
