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 was the British immediate response to the Boston Massacre? Remember, it was designed to calm the colonists down. | Repeal the Townshend Act | 2. What was the immediate British response to the Boston Tea Party? | Intolerable Acts | 3. What was the purpose of the Albany Plan for Union? | Unite the colonies to fight the French and Indian War | 4. What did the Proclamation Line of 1763 anger the American Colonists so much? Remember to incorporate the reason why the war started.... hint: Ohio River Valley! | The French and Indian War started because American colonists were moving into the fertile lands around the Ohio River Valley. After the war, King George's Proclamation Line of 1763 says that the colonists can't settle West of the Appalachian Mountains. The Colonists feel cheated because they just fought on the side of the Crown, and are now being denied what they wanted in the first place. | 5. The Declaration of Independence and Common Sense were two of the most important written works of their time. Who were the primary authors of these works? | Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine | 6. What role do colonies and the mother country (Great Britain in our case) play in economic policy of mercantilism? | The colonies are supposed to be the sources of raw materials (timber, fish, cotton, tobacco, etc) and markets for finished products that are made in the mother country (Great Britain). The mother country wants to get those raw materials cheaply so that it can make lots of profit and be self sufficient. | 7. What was the Great Awakening? | A religious revival that encouraged the American Colonists to question obedience to traditional authority (in this case, the church). While this is a religious movement, eventually the questioning of authority will spread into politics. | 8. Describe the British situation as they were surrounded at Yorktown. Be sure to include all of the military forces that were present. | General Washington and the French armies besieged the British by digging in around Yorktown while the French fleet blocked their escape via the sea. | 9. At first, the Continental Army was formed from what group of men? | The minutemen that assembled when their was a threat from the British. | 10. The French were reluctant tho aid the Americans during the first part of the American Revolution, because they were not sure the Americans could win. After American victory in what battle did the French reconsider their position? | Battle of Saratoga | 11. The Treaty of Paris, 1783 formally ends which conflict? | The American Revolution | 12. Identify the purpose of the Committees of Correspondence. | To spread information about British abuses of the American Colonists, and about the boycotts and protest responses to those abuses. | 13. When Great Britain repealed the Stamp Act (after the Boston Massacre) what act did they pass in its place. Hint: it's the only major tax still in place immediately after the Boston Massacre. | Townshend Act | 14. Identify the two major European military officers that are sent to help train the Continental Army. | Baron von Steuben & Marquis de Lafayette | 15. The Social Contract Theory is predicated on the idea that all people have natural rights (life, liberty, property), and that if the government is abusing those rights then it is the responsibility of the people of alter of abolish their government. Which philosopher champions the Social Contract Theory and Natural Rights? | John Locke | 16. What is the first elected government body in North America? | Virginia House of Burgesses | 17. What was Ben Franklin's contribution to the American Revolution? | He was the Ambassador to France, and helped convince the French to send formal aid (army and navy) to aid the Americans. | 18. What happened at Trenton, and why is is noteworthy? | General Washington surprised the Hessians (British mercenaries) and won. The attack came in the middle of a storm on Christmas night. Illustrated the General Washington was willing to gamble and operate outside of the standard rules of war in order to win. |
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