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 year did Prophet Muhammad pass away? | 632 | 2. After the Prophet passed away, a discussion was held regarding the future leadership of the community. Where was this discussion held? | Saqifa | 3. Who were the two groups present at the Sqifa? | The Ansar and the Muhajirun | 4. This group favoured Hazrat Ali to be the next leader | The Ansar | 5. This group favoured Hazrat Abu Bakr to be the next leader | The Muhajirun | 6. Hazrat Ali was married to this woman who was also the Prophet's daughter | Bibi Fatima | 7. At Ghadir Khumm, the Prophet made this famous proclamation | He who's Mawla I am, Ali is his Mawla | 8. In the Hadith al-Thaqalayn, the Prophet stated that he was leaving behind "two weighty things." What were they? | The Qur'an and the Progeny/Ahl al-Bayt/Family | 9. Ultimately Hazrat Abu Bakr was selected to lead the community. What were some of the reasons? Provide 3 | His seniority as a member of the Quraysh, close friend and companion of the Prophet and was supported by the majority of the community | 10. While the Muhajirun favoured consultation in selecting their leader, the Ansar favoured this form of leadership | Hereditary leadership | 11. In a speech, the Imam speaks about the necessity for merit and_____________ | competence | 12. While social or political leadership could be decided through consultation, this form of leadership is always hereditary for the Shia | religious or spiritual leadership | 13. This was the next person the lead the community after Hazrat Abu Bakr | Hazrat Umar | 14. Hazrat Abu Bakr was the caliph for this many years | two | 15. Hazrat Abu Bakr was famous for doing this | uniting Arabia, the Wars of Apostasy and conduct in war | 16. Bibi Fatima was not very happy with this other woman. Needless to say they weren't BFFs | Bibi Aisha, one of the wives of Prophet Muhammad | 17. She was the mother of Bibi Fatima | Bibi Khadija |
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