QR Challenge: African-American History Trivia
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. Who delivered the famous "I Have a Dream" speech in Washington, D.C. in 1965? | Martin Luther King, Jr.
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2. Who was the first African-American Supreme Court Justice? | Thurgood Marshall
| 3. What recent book and film showed the contributions of African-American women to NASA and space exploration? | Hidden Figures
| 4. Who was the first African-American major league baseball player? | Jackie Robinson in 1947
| 5. Where was the first "sit-in" at a segregated lunch counter? | Greensboro, North Carolina
| 6. How many people were enslaved in the United States in 1860? | 4 million
| 7. Who was the first African-American to win the Nobel Peace Prize? | Ralph Bunche in 1950
| 8. Who was the first African-American to win an Academy Award? | Hattie McDaniel
| 9. Which former Virginia slave established Tuskegee Institute, supported industrial education for blacks, and was the first African-American invited to the White House? | Booker T. Washington
| 10. What right did African-Americans gain in 1870 when the 15th Amendment was ratified? | the right to vote
| 11. Arthur Ashe was famous in what sport? | tennis
| 12. Who holds the record of 100 points scored in a single NBA game? | Wilt Chamberlain
| 13. Which U.S. Army Air Corps group escorted bombers on 1,578 missions during World War II? | Tuskegee Airmen
| 14. Which African-American was arrested for not giving up her bus seat to a white man? | Rosa Parks
| 15. Which African-American escaped from slavery in Maryland to become a leader in the Abolitionist movement? | Frederick Douglass
| 16. Who signed The Emancipation Proclamation in 1863? | Abraham Lincoln |
African-American History Trivia: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Who_delivered_the_famous_"I_Have_a_Dream"_speech_in_Washington,_D.C._in_1965?
Question 1 (of 16)
African-American History Trivia: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Who_was_the_first_African-American_Supreme_Court_Justice?
Question 2 (of 16)
African-American History Trivia: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_recent_book_and_film_showed_the_contributions_of_African-American_women_to_NASA_and_space_exploration?
Question 3 (of 16)
African-American History Trivia: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Who_was_the_first_African-American_major_league_baseball_player?
Question 4 (of 16)
African-American History Trivia: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Where_was_the_first_"sit-in"_at_a_segregated_lunch_counter?
Question 5 (of 16)
African-American History Trivia: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=How_many_people_were_enslaved_in_the_United_States_in_1860?
Question 6 (of 16)
African-American History Trivia: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Who_was_the_first_African-American_to_win_the_Nobel_Peace_Prize?
Question 7 (of 16)
African-American History Trivia: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Who_was_the_first_African-American_to_win_an_Academy_Award?
Question 8 (of 16)
African-American History Trivia: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Which_former_Virginia_slave_established_Tuskegee_Institute,_supported_industrial_education_for_blacks,_and_was_the_first_African-American_invited_to_the_White_House?
Question 9 (of 16)
African-American History Trivia: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_right_did_African-Americans_gain_in_1870_when_the_15th_Amendment_was_ratified?
Question 10 (of 16)
African-American History Trivia: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Arthur_Ashe_was_famous_in_what_sport?
Question 11 (of 16)
African-American History Trivia: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Who_holds_the_record_of_100_points_scored_in_a_single_NBA_game?
Question 12 (of 16)
African-American History Trivia: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Which_U.S._Army_Air_Corps_group_escorted_bombers_on_1,578_missions_during_World_War_II?
Question 13 (of 16)
African-American History Trivia: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Which_African-American_was_arrested_for_not_giving_up_her_bus_seat_to_a_white_man?
Question 14 (of 16)
African-American History Trivia: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Which_African-American_escaped_from_slavery_in_Maryland_to_become_a_leader_in_the_Abolitionist_movement?
Question 15 (of 16)
African-American History Trivia: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Who_signed_The_Emancipation_Proclamation_in_1863?
Question 16 (of 16)
