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 Virginia Company, and which colony did they establish? | Joint Stock Company, Virginia | 2. Who was John Smith and why was he important to the Jamestown Colony?2 | Sent by the Virginia Company to help bring order and stability to Jamestown. He set up a strict code of rules, but ultimately helped Jamestown survive.2 | 3. Who was John Rolfe and why was he important to the Jamestown Colony?3 | He brought tobacco seeds to Jamestown, thus making it an economically profitable colony.3 | 4. Why was tobacco important to the Jamestown Colony?4 | It helped Jamestown survive by giving them a product that was very profitable.4 | 5. What was the House of Burgesses and why is it significant?5 | The governing body of Virginia. First representative branch of government in the North America.5 | 6. What was Bacon’s Rebellion and what caused it?6 | Rebellion of former indentured servants who wanted land. The government of Virginia would not support expansion onto the frontier.6 | 7. What was the impact of Bacon's Rebellion?7 | Transition from the use of indentured servants for labor to African slaves.7 | 8. Why did the Pilgrims leave England, and what colony did the start?8 | They left for religious freedom, and they started Massachusetts.8 | 9. What was the result of King Philip's War?9 | The Wamponaog were cleared out of the New England colonies, leaving room for more European expansion.9 | 10. Who were Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson?10 | Founders of the Rhode Island colony.10 | 11. What role did religion play in the founding of the colony of Rhode Island?11 | Rhode Island was founded because Roger Williams was banished from Massachusetts because the Puritans views him as being religiously rebellious. He founded a colony that was much more religiously tolerant.11 | 12. What are half-way covenants?12 | Concessions made by the Puritans to allow easier accessibility to the church. This was done to keep the enrollment of young people from continuing to fall.12 | 13. Who originally settled New York and what was it called?13 | The Dutch. New Amsterdam.13 | 14. Who founded Pennsylvania? Why was it founded?14 | William Penn. It was founded as a haven for Quakers.14 | 15. Why did the French establish colonies in North America?15 | They were interested in trading for furs. They differed from the British, because they didn't want to establish large colonies.15 | 16. What are the three colonial regions, and what were the economies of the 3 regions based on?16 | New England - based on small industries, fishing, whaling. Southern colonies - based on agriculture. Middle Colonies - based on middle sized farms, some merchants.16 | 17. What is the goal of mercantilism for a mother country?17 | To gain gold and silver.17 | 18. What role did the colonies play in mercantilism?18 | They were sources of raw materials, and markets to sell finished products.18 | 19. What is the middle passage?19 | The part of the trans-Atlantic trade where slaves were transported from West Africa to the Americas.19 | 20. What was the Great Awakening?20 | A religious revival that focused on the individuals relationship with God. It undermined allegiance to traditional authority.20 | 21. Who was Jonathan Edwards? Who was George Whitefield?21 | Preachers during the Great Awakening.21 | 22. What was the impact of the Great Awakening on colonial society?22 | It undermined allegiance to traditional authority.22 | 23. How does Ben Franklin represent a key part of the American society.23 | He illustrates the social mobility that is possible in America. He was not born wealthy, but due to his successes in life he became both wealthy and powerful.23 |
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