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. This document was the first attempt to limit the power of monarchs in England | The Magna Carta | 2. What ideas do we give John Locke credit for | natural rights | 3. Separation of Powers is the philosophy of which Enlightenment thinker | Montesquieu | 4. Describe the Social Contract and which Enlightenment thinker is responsible for these ideas | Rousseau | 5. What document are King William and Queen Mary forced to sign before they are placed on the throne in England | The English Bill of Rights | 6. Discuss the causes of the French Revolution | cost of bread, etc. | 7. Who is Maximilien Robespierre and what is his role in the French Revolution | Committee of Public Safety, etc. | 8. Why do the American Colonists want to separate from England and become independent | Taxation without representation | 9. Discuss the significance of the Sugar Act, the Stamp Act, and the Townshend Acts | Direct taxes on goods | 10. What are the Coercive/Intolerable Acts and why are they significant | push colonists closer to independence | 11. Describe the Boston Tea Party | tea in Boston Harbor | 12. Describe the Boston Massacre | 5 people die | 13. What is "the shot heard 'round the world" and why is it important | Lexington/Concord | 14. What role does the Enlightenment play in the establishment of the United States of America | foundational ideals | 15. How does the American Revolution influence the French Revolution as well as others around the world | shows that it can be done | 16. What are some of the reasons why the United States is successful in defeating the British in the War for Independence | home turf, leadership, tactics, ideology | 17. Identify two individuals from the Enlightenment and two from the Scientific Revolution and discuss their role | see notes | 18. Explain the significance of the Era of Revolution | everything changes | 19. Why do the Puritans dislike the Catholic Church | people can directly talk to God. Extravagance of the Church | 20. How were the Stuarts different from the Tudors | Tudors worked with Parliament, Stuarts would not | 21. Who is Thomas Jefferson and why is he important to the American Revolution | philosophy and Declaration of Independence | 22. Who is Jean Paul Marat | demagogue | 23. Describe the Committee of Public Safety | Reign of Terror | 24. Why do the French people not like Marie Antoinette | extravagant lifestyle, no heirs for a long time | 25. Why is the Magna Carta significant for the United States | gives a basis for structuring a government that gives power to parliament, etc. |
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