QR Challenge: Russia and its Rulers 1855- 1964
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.
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!
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.
Questions / Answers (teacher reference)
Question | Answer |
1. When was the Crimean War? | 1853-1856
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2. What key event impacted on the serfs in 1861?2 | Emancipation of the Serfs2
| 3. When was the first five year plan under Stalin?3 | 1928-19323
| 4. When was the Russian Civil War?4 | 1917-19224
| 5. When was the Duma created and what was it a result of?5 | 1905, result of the Revolution5
| 6. What economic policy was introduced by Lenin during the Civil war and what years did it remain in place?6 | War Communism 1918-19216
| 7. Under which Treaty and what year did Lenin end Russia’s involvement in World War One?7 | Brest-Litovsk 19187
| 8. What policy did Stalin introduce for Agriculture in 1929?8 | Collectivisation8
| 9. When did the Purges occur in Russia and what did they involve?9 | 1936-38 Removal of 'enemies'9
| 10. What is the Great Patriotic War and when was it?10 | WWII 1941-4510
| 11. When was the New Economic Policy introduced?11 | 1921-2711
| 12. When did the Cold War start?12 | 194712
| 13. When was the Provisional Government set up in Russia and why?13 | March1917 to take over from NII13
| 14. Under which Tsars’ rule did the Russo-Turkish War and the Russo- Japanese War occur?14 | Alexander II Tsar Nicolas II14
| 15. How did Alexander II die in 1881?15 | Assassinated15
| 16. What scheme was introduced by Khrushchev in 1954 that would impact on agriculture?16 | Virgin Lands Scheme16
| 17. When was the Cuban Missile Crisis?17 | 196217 |
Russia and its Rulers 1855- 1964: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=When_was_the_Crimean_War?
Question 1 (of 17)
Russia and its Rulers 1855- 1964: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_key_event_impacted_on_the_serfs_in_1861?2
Question 2 (of 17)
Russia and its Rulers 1855- 1964: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=When_was_the_first_five_year_plan_under_Stalin?3
Question 3 (of 17)
Russia and its Rulers 1855- 1964: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=When_was_the_Russian_Civil_War?4
Question 4 (of 17)
Russia and its Rulers 1855- 1964: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=When_was_the_Duma_created_and_what_was_it_a_result_of?5
Question 5 (of 17)
Russia and its Rulers 1855- 1964: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_economic_policy_was_introduced_by_Lenin_during_the_Civil_war_and_what_years_did_it_remain_in_place?6
Question 6 (of 17)
Russia and its Rulers 1855- 1964: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Under_which_Treaty_and_what_year_did_Lenin_end_Russia’s_involvement_in_World_War_One?7
Question 7 (of 17)
Russia and its Rulers 1855- 1964: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_policy_did_Stalin_introduce_for_Agriculture_in_1929?8
Question 8 (of 17)
Russia and its Rulers 1855- 1964: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=When_did_the_Purges_occur_in_Russia_and_what_did_they_involve?9
Question 9 (of 17)
Russia and its Rulers 1855- 1964: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_the_Great_Patriotic_War_and_when_was_it?10
Question 10 (of 17)
Russia and its Rulers 1855- 1964: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=When_was_the_New_Economic_Policy_introduced?11
Question 11 (of 17)
Russia and its Rulers 1855- 1964: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=When_did_the_Cold_War_start?12
Question 12 (of 17)
Russia and its Rulers 1855- 1964: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=When_was_the_Provisional_Government_set_up_in_Russia_and_why?13
Question 13 (of 17)
Russia and its Rulers 1855- 1964: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Under_which_Tsars’_rule_did_the_Russo-Turkish_War_and_the_Russo-_Japanese_War_occur?14
Question 14 (of 17)
Russia and its Rulers 1855- 1964: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=How_did_Alexander_II_die_in_1881?15
Question 15 (of 17)
Russia and its Rulers 1855- 1964: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_scheme_was_introduced_by_Khrushchev_in_1954_that_would_impact_on_agriculture?16
Question 16 (of 17)
Russia and its Rulers 1855- 1964: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=When_was_the_Cuban_Missile_Crisis?17
Question 17 (of 17)