QR Challenge: Treasure Hunt for Colonial America

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. When was the first colony established? And where? (Look behind your Social Studies classroom door for a clue)	1607, Virginia
2. How many colonies were founded by the year 1776? (go to the gym entrance for a clue)	13
3. What was a cause for the establishment of the American colonies?(look on the right hand side of the girl’s restroom in the cafeteria for the next clue)	Religious freedom.
4. What lead to the formation of various colonies?( Your next clue is by the pencil sharpener in the library)	Disagreements between religious leaders.
5. How were the colonies governed? (follow the arrow by the coat hanger in the front office for the next clue	Self-governing.
6. Colonists were accustomed to what traditions? (Go to the window in the looker area for your clue)	English traditions.
7. What encourage the development of small farms and the growth of fishing and shipping industries? (Look in front of the receptionist desk for a clue)	The rocky soil, short growing season, and short cooler temperatures.
8. What were some of the products developed in the South farms? (Your next clue is by the Nurse’s front door)	Indigo rice and tobacco.
9. What other aspect helped with the growth of plantations in this region? (Find your next clue in the student’s lounge area)	Slaves.
10. What were some of the physical characteristics in the middle region of the colonies?(Your last clue is in the classroom by the pencil sharpener)	Rich soil, broad deep rivers, river valleys mild winters.

 

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