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. What type of political system involves all major decisions made by a small group of ppl or by one person? | Authoritarian | 2. What are the three criteria that determine how well a political system works?(P.282) | p282 | 3. What are the two main forms of democracy? | direct, representative | 4. What is "rep by pop"? | representation by population | 5. What is the electoral system where the winning candidate is the one with the most votes? | First past the post | 6. In the Canadian Election system, what is a "riding"? | group of population | 7. What is a "minority government"? | less than half the seats | 8. Name an example of when a referendum was used in Canada? | Charletown, Quebec | 9. What is it called when party members are supposed to vote along with their party's beliefs? | party solidarity | 10. What is an example of how democratic governments can take away the ppl's rights? | War Measures Act ect | 11. Name a characteristic of an Authoritarian Political System? | ect | 12. What does economic equality mean? | answer | 13. Under the equitable distribution of income spectrum (p.311) what are the differences between egalitarianism and equal opportunity? | answer | 14. What type of Economy would a communist prefer to see? | Command economy | 15. In which political system does one see maximum freedom for individuals and maximum economic freedom?(p.316) | democratic Capitalism | 16. Give an example of a country under a Command Economy. | Soviet Union, Cuba | 17. What type of Economy is the United Sates under? | Free Market | 18. What is a "mixed economy"? | mixed | 19. How do you think this is all paid for? | various | 20. What is a "Social Safety Net" | social services for basic needs | 21. What are the roles of the Governor General in Canada? | answers | 22. Why is it important for the governor general to be non-partisan? | answer | 23. Name one of the fundamental rights of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms | answer |
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