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.
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1. Traveling in ancient Greece could be difficult. Name one danger of traveling by sea and one by land. | a | 2. Before Greek settlers set out on their journey to start a new colony, they would ask an _______ for advice. | a | 3. Why would wealthy aristocrats dislike having a tyrant in power? | a | 4. True or false: Under an oligarchy, there could be as many as 200 leaders and as few as two leaders. | a | 5. How was democracy in Athens different from other ancient forms of government? | a | 6. True or false: Military force allowed a tyrant to keep his power. | a | 7. Sometimes popular military generals would take power from oligarchs. These new leaders were called ________. | a | 8. How were oligarchs usually thrown out of power? | a | 9. When oligarchs were in power, they passed laws that favored __________ people. | a | 10. In Greek monarchies, who usually gained power after a king died? | a | 11. Which form of government came first in most Greek city-states? | a | 12. How did the mountains in Greece have an effect on their government? | a | 13. To get the goods they needed, Greeks ________. | a | 14. How did colonies affect Greek culture? | a | 15. The Greeks fought wars and set up colonies over a shortage of ___________. | a | 16. Why did the Greeks grow more olive trees than traditional crops like barley? | a | 17. Why couldn’t Greek farmers use irrigation systems to grow more crops? | a | 18. The Greeks relied on the sea for travel and trade. That is why they made sacrifices to the god ____________. | a | 19. Why were Greek communities isolated from one another? | a | 20. Because it is surrounded by water on three sides, Greece is called a ______________. | a | 21. KEY TERM: What does colony mean? | a | 22. Name the three seas that surround Greece. | a | 23. How did most people in ancient Greece make a living for themselves? | a | 24. What was Ionia, and where was it located? | a | 25. What is an ostrakon? (Hint: Check chapter 30 captions.) | a |
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