QR Challenge: A Trip through the 13 English Colonies- Economy, Government, Geographic Features, Climate, and History
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. Government: Duke of York chose the governors who then chose a council to make decisions; colonists elected representatives to an assembly; representatives made laws but were not very powerful | MC
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2. Economy: Fishing; Shipbuilding; Lumbering; Whaling; Trapping wild animals; Logging; Subsistence farming; Rum for trade in the TransAtlantic Slave Trade | NE
| 3. Geographic Features: soil was good for farming; rivers for transporting goods; Appalachian Mountains | SC
| 4. Climate: Warm and sunny; long growing season | SC
| 5. Government: Maryland passed the Act Concerning Religion known as the Act of Toleration; ensured freedom of religion for settlers in the colony; part of the 1st amendment to the US Constitution is based on the Act of Toleration | SC
| 6. History: Jamestown was the first permanent settlement in 1607; Maryland was established as a haven for Catholics; Georgia was founded for debtors-served as a buffer between the English Colonies and Spanish Florida | SC
| 7. History: New York was founded by the Dutch and called New Netherland; English acquired the colony and changed the name to New York; Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn-a Quaker | MC
| 8. Climate: Longer growing season; abundance of sun and rain | MC
| 9. Climate: distinct seasons; summers were mild and short; winters were harsh with up to 4 feet of snow a year | NE
| 10. Government: American democracy began in the New England colonies; Boston created town meetings where every MAN had a voice; Thomas Hooker wrote the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut-1st written constitution in the colonies; constitution was first to support the "consent of the governed" | NE
| 11. History: Roger Williams founded Rhode Island so every colonists could worship freely; Thomas Hooker founded Connecticut in 1630; Pilgrims and Puritans searching for religious freedom denied to them back in England | NE
| 12. Geographic Features: thin layer of rocky soil too poor to grow crops; hills; mountains; thick-forests | NE
| 13. Economy: Farming; cash crops like grains; called the Breadbasket Colonies; Livestock; Small family farms; small industries; selling manufactured products; merchants; lawyers; teachers; glass blowers; silversmiths; blacksmiths | MC
| 14. Geographic Features: wide rivers like the Delaware River and Hudson River; rich soil for growing crops; natural resources-coal, iron, copper; natural harbors on the coast | MC
| 15. Economy: Cash crops-tobacco, rice, and indigo sold to England as part of the mercantilism system; economy based on slave labor | SC |
A Trip through the 13 English Colonies- Economy, Government, Geographic Features, Climate, and History: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Government:_Duke_of_York_chose_the_governors_who_then_chose_a_council_to_make_decisions;_colonists_elected_representatives_to_an_assembly;_representatives_made_laws_but_were_not_very_powerful
Question 1 (of 15)
A Trip through the 13 English Colonies- Economy, Government, Geographic Features, Climate, and History: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Economy:_Fishing;_Shipbuilding;_Lumbering;_Whaling;_Trapping_wild_animals;_Logging;_Subsistence_farming;_Rum_for_trade_in_the_TransAtlantic_Slave_Trade
Question 2 (of 15)
A Trip through the 13 English Colonies- Economy, Government, Geographic Features, Climate, and History: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Geographic_Features:_soil_was_good_for_farming;_rivers_for_transporting_goods;_Appalachian_Mountains
Question 3 (of 15)
A Trip through the 13 English Colonies- Economy, Government, Geographic Features, Climate, and History: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Climate:_Warm_and_sunny;_long_growing_season
Question 4 (of 15)
A Trip through the 13 English Colonies- Economy, Government, Geographic Features, Climate, and History: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Government:_Maryland_passed_the_Act_Concerning_Religion_known_as_the_Act_of_Toleration;_ensured_freedom_of_religion_for_settlers_in_the_colony;_part_of_the_1st_amendment_to_the_US_Constitution_is_based_on_the_Act_of_Toleration
Question 5 (of 15)
A Trip through the 13 English Colonies- Economy, Government, Geographic Features, Climate, and History: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=History:_Jamestown_was_the_first_permanent_settlement_in_1607;_Maryland_was_established_as_a_haven_for_Catholics;_Georgia_was_founded_for_debtors-served_as_a_buffer_between_the_English_Colonies_and_Spanish_Florida
Question 6 (of 15)
A Trip through the 13 English Colonies- Economy, Government, Geographic Features, Climate, and History: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=History:_New_York_was_founded_by_the_Dutch_and_called_New_Netherland;_English_acquired_the_colony_and_changed_the_name_to_New_York;_Pennsylvania_was_founded_by_William_Penn-a_Quaker
Question 7 (of 15)
A Trip through the 13 English Colonies- Economy, Government, Geographic Features, Climate, and History: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Climate:_Longer_growing_season;_abundance_of_sun_and_rain
Question 8 (of 15)
A Trip through the 13 English Colonies- Economy, Government, Geographic Features, Climate, and History: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Climate:_distinct_seasons;_summers_were_mild_and_short;_winters_were_harsh_with_up_to_4_feet_of_snow_a_year
Question 9 (of 15)
A Trip through the 13 English Colonies- Economy, Government, Geographic Features, Climate, and History: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Government:_American_democracy_began_in_the_New_England_colonies;_Boston_created__town_meetings_where_every_MAN_had_a_voice;_Thomas_Hooker_wrote_the_Fundamental_Orders_of_Connecticut-1st_written_constitution_in_the_colonies;_constitution_was_first_to_support_the_"consent_of_the_governed"
Question 10 (of 15)
A Trip through the 13 English Colonies- Economy, Government, Geographic Features, Climate, and History: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=History:_Roger_Williams_founded_Rhode_Island_so_every_colonists_could_worship_freely;_Thomas_Hooker_founded_Connecticut_in_1630;_Pilgrims_and_Puritans_searching_for_religious_freedom_denied_to_them_back_in_England
Question 11 (of 15)
A Trip through the 13 English Colonies- Economy, Government, Geographic Features, Climate, and History: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Geographic_Features:_thin_layer_of_rocky_soil_too_poor_to_grow_crops;_hills;_mountains;_thick-forests
Question 12 (of 15)
A Trip through the 13 English Colonies- Economy, Government, Geographic Features, Climate, and History: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Economy:_Farming;_cash_crops_like_grains;_called_the_Breadbasket_Colonies;_Livestock;_Small_family_farms;_small_industries;_selling_manufactured_products;_merchants;_lawyers;_teachers;_glass_blowers;_silversmiths;_blacksmiths
Question 13 (of 15)
A Trip through the 13 English Colonies- Economy, Government, Geographic Features, Climate, and History: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Geographic_Features:_wide_rivers_like_the_Delaware_River_and_Hudson_River;_rich_soil_for_growing_crops;_natural_resources-coal,_iron,_copper;_natural_harbors_on_the_coast
Question 14 (of 15)
A Trip through the 13 English Colonies- Economy, Government, Geographic Features, Climate, and History: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Economy:_Cash_crops-tobacco,_rice,_and_indigo_sold_to_England_as_part_of_the_mercantilism_system;_economy_based_on_slave_labor
Question 15 (of 15)
