QR Challenge: World War Two Starter Quiz
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. An international organization formed in 1920 to promote cooperation and peace among nations | League of Nations
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2. The treaty which officially ended WWI and which punished Germany severely for its role in the conflict | Treaty of Versailles
| 3. Hitler's idea of creating 'living space' for the German people in Eastern Europe | Lebensraum
| 4. The fascist leader of Germany from 1933-45 | Adolf Hitler
| 5. The French and British policy of giving in to Germany's demands in order to prevent war | Appeasement
| 6. The union of Germany and Austria banned by the Treaty of Versailles | Anschluss
| 7. Leader of the USSR during WWII | Joseph Stalin
| 8. British Prime Minister before WWII; claimed to have achieved 'peace in our time' | Neville Chamberlain
| 9. Literally 'lightening war'; a fast-moving, mobile technique of warfare used by Germany in WWII | Blitzkrieg
| 10. The codename for the German invasion of Russia in 1941 | Operation Barbarossa
| 11. An American naval base in Hawaii destroyed in a sneak attack by the Japanese on 6 December 1941 | Pearl Harbour
| 12. A jungle track in Papua New Guinea along which Australians fought a successful series of battles against the Japanese | Kokoda Trail
| 13. Australia's Prime Minister during WWII | John Curtin
| 14. Hitler's plan to systematically murder the entire Jewish population of Europe in death camps | Final Solution to the Jewish Problem
| 15. The deliberate extermination of a racial or cultural group | Genocide
| 16. The biggest Nazi death camp of all; located in Poland | Auschwitz
| 17. The mass invasion of France on 6 June 1944 by the Allied Forces in order to push German troops out of occupied Europe | D-Day
| 18. A secret US project dedicated to the construction of the first nuclear weapons | Manhattan Project
| 19. The first Japanese city to be targeted by an atomic bomb; destroyed on 6 August 1945 | Hiroshima
| 20. 'Night of Broken Glass' on 9 November 1938 in which the Nazi Government promoted a night of violence against German Jews | Kristallnacht |
World War Two Starter Quiz: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=An_international_organization_formed_in_1920_to_promote_cooperation_and_peace_among_nations
Question 1 (of 20)
World War Two Starter Quiz: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_treaty_which_officially_ended_WWI_and_which_punished_Germany_severely_for_its_role_in_the_conflict
Question 2 (of 20)
World War Two Starter Quiz: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Hitler's_idea_of_creating_'living_space'_for_the_German_people_in_Eastern_Europe
Question 3 (of 20)
World War Two Starter Quiz: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_fascist_leader_of_Germany_from_1933-45
Question 4 (of 20)
World War Two Starter Quiz: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_French_and_British_policy_of_giving_in_to_Germany's_demands_in_order_to_prevent_war
Question 5 (of 20)
World War Two Starter Quiz: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_union_of_Germany_and_Austria_banned_by_the_Treaty_of_Versailles
Question 6 (of 20)
World War Two Starter Quiz: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Leader_of_the_USSR_during_WWII
Question 7 (of 20)
World War Two Starter Quiz: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=British_Prime_Minister_before_WWII;_claimed_to_have_achieved_'peace_in_our_time'
Question 8 (of 20)
World War Two Starter Quiz: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Literally_'lightening_war';_a_fast-moving,_mobile_technique_of_warfare_used_by_Germany_in_WWII
Question 9 (of 20)
World War Two Starter Quiz: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_codename_for_the_German_invasion_of_Russia_in_1941
Question 10 (of 20)
World War Two Starter Quiz: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=An_American_naval_base_in_Hawaii_destroyed_in_a_sneak_attack_by_the_Japanese_on_6_December_1941
Question 11 (of 20)
World War Two Starter Quiz: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A_jungle_track_in_Papua_New_Guinea_along_which_Australians_fought_a_successful_series_of_battles_against_the_Japanese
Question 12 (of 20)
World War Two Starter Quiz: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Australia's_Prime_Minister_during_WWII
Question 13 (of 20)
World War Two Starter Quiz: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Hitler's_plan_to_systematically_murder_the_entire_Jewish_population_of_Europe_in_death_camps
Question 14 (of 20)
World War Two Starter Quiz: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_deliberate_extermination_of_a_racial_or_cultural_group
Question 15 (of 20)
World War Two Starter Quiz: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_biggest_Nazi_death_camp_of_all;_located_in_Poland
Question 16 (of 20)
World War Two Starter Quiz: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_mass_invasion_of_France_on_6_June_1944_by_the_Allied_Forces_in_order_to_push_German_troops_out_of_occupied_Europe
Question 17 (of 20)
World War Two Starter Quiz: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A_secret_US_project_dedicated_to_the_construction_of_the_first_nuclear_weapons
Question 18 (of 20)
World War Two Starter Quiz: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_first_Japanese_city_to_be_targeted_by_an_atomic_bomb;_destroyed_on_6_August_1945
Question 19 (of 20)
World War Two Starter Quiz: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text='Night_of_Broken_Glass'_on_9_November_1938_in_which_the_Nazi_Government_promoted_a_night_of_violence_against_German_Jews
Question 20 (of 20)
