QR Challenge: Battles of World War II
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. Annexed in the 1938 Anschluss | Austria
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2. Italy invaded here in 1935 | Ethiopia
| 3. Site of the 'dress rehearsal' for Hitler | Spain
| 4. This was the country that was 1st invaded in World War II | Poland
| 5. This nation used a new style of warfare called blitzkrieg | Germany
| 6. Germans bypassed the Maginot Line here... | Belgium
| 7. Bombings took place every day for two months but they weren't taken over | London
| 8. After this battle, a German victory in the east seemed imminent | Leningrad
| 9. Here, the Allied powers began to push Rommel across the desert | El Alamein
| 10. Site of the largest amphibious landing in history | Normandy, France
| 11. In 1943, 300,000 Axis troops are trapped here... | Tunisia
| 12. This battle marks the turning point of the Russian campaign | Stalingrad
| 13. The invasion of this nation was code named Operation Barbarossa | Russia
| 14. The invasion of this nation was code named Operation Sea Lion | Britain
| 15. The Vichy Government, in this country, cooperated with Hitler | France |
Battles of World War II: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Annexed_in_the_1938_Anschluss
Question 1 (of 15)
Battles of World War II: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Italy_invaded_here_in_1935
Question 2 (of 15)
Battles of World War II: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Site_of_the_'dress_rehearsal'_for_Hitler
Question 3 (of 15)
Battles of World War II: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=This_was_the_country_that_was_1st_invaded_in_World_War_II
Question 4 (of 15)
Battles of World War II: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=This_nation_used_a_new_style_of_warfare_called_blitzkrieg
Question 5 (of 15)
Battles of World War II: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Germans_bypassed_the_Maginot_Line_here...
Question 6 (of 15)
Battles of World War II: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Bombings_took_place_every_day_for_two_months_but_they_weren't_taken_over
Question 7 (of 15)
Battles of World War II: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=After_this_battle,_a_German_victory_in_the_east_seemed_imminent
Question 8 (of 15)
Battles of World War II: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Here,_the_Allied_powers_began_to_push_Rommel_across_the_desert
Question 9 (of 15)
Battles of World War II: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Site_of_the_largest_amphibious_landing_in_history
Question 10 (of 15)
Battles of World War II: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=In_1943,_300,000_Axis_troops_are_trapped_here...
Question 11 (of 15)
Battles of World War II: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=This_battle_marks_the_turning_point_of_the_Russian_campaign
Question 12 (of 15)
Battles of World War II: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_invasion_of_this_nation_was_code_named_Operation_Barbarossa
Question 13 (of 15)
Battles of World War II: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_invasion_of_this_nation_was_code_named_Operation_Sea_Lion
Question 14 (of 15)
Battles of World War II: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_Vichy_Government,_in_this_country,_cooperated_with_Hitler
Question 15 (of 15)
