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.
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| 1. What does the word civilization mean? | 2. I was an architect for the Ottoman Empire. Who am I? | 3. I was born in Italy and I was an artist, musician, and engineer. Who am I? | 4. Galileo proved that the earth was not the ________________ but revolved around the ________. | 5. True or False. Martin Luther wrote the I Have A Dream Speech. | 6. I am a religious teacher in India. Who am I? | 7. How do you create a dome over a square building? | 8. Name 3 inventions discussed in book 2 | 9. What were 4 goods that were traded and where did they come from? | 10. What are the similarities and differences between the Gawhar Shad Mosque and the Badshai Mosque? | 11. Name one event that happened around the world that was not part of the 3 Main empires we talked about. | 12. Name the 3 empires and each of it's capital cities | 13. Name all the special festivals the Ottoman Empire observed. | 14. What is Ashura? | 15. Which Emperor built the Badshahi Mosque | 16. Who was the first Mughal emperor to arrive in Lahore from Central Asia in 1524? | 17. What was the advice of Emperor Akbar to his son around 1600CE? | 18. What is Akbar’s House of Worship? | 19. Explain 3 important points related to Tajmahal | 20. In what ways can we use our past to build our future? | 21. What does the word inheritance mean? How is our history an inheritance for us? | 22. Where is the city of Lahore located? Why is it of historical importance? | 23. What does Tajmahal tell us about the way of life of the Mughals? | 24. What kind of things did Safavid artist portray in their Miniature paintings? | 25. Who were Safavids? Name atleast 2 important Safavid Rulers? | 26. How did Akbar rule the people of his empire? What made his rule different from the other emperors? | 27. Why is Isfahan an important city in Muslim history? | 28. What were some of the festivals celebrated by people living in the Safavid Empire? | 29. Why was Mowlana Rumi an important figure for the Sufis who lived in the Ottomon times? | 30. What kind of architecture are the ottomans famous for? | 31. Why is Sulaiman Called the great lawmaker? What were some of his achievements? | 32. What were some of the beneficial as well as negative outcomes of the encounter of different empires and cultures? | 33. How did the exchange of knowledge and skills affect the lives of people living at this time? | 34. Why is it important for us to understand our history? | 35. How do historians find out about the past? |
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