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. Question 1. Page 2 - What are small monasteries called? | priories | 2. Question 2. Page 2 - Complete the sentence. Monasteries were popular in Anglo-Saxon Britain because they provided a ________ retreat from the _______ of village life. | peaceful and violence | 3. Question 3. Page 2 – How many monasteries were there in Anglo-Saxon England? | At least 80. | 4. Question 4. Page 2 – Where were the monasteries usually built? | Remote locations like hilltops, islands and headlands near the coast. | 5. Question 5. Page 3– How many church services did the monks attend every day? | 8 services | 6. Question 6. Page 3 – Why did the monks sleep in a dormitory connected to the church? | So that they could attend services at night. | 7. Question 7. Page 3 – What happened in the refectory? | The monks ate one or two meals a day. | 8. Question 8. Page 3 – The guest house accommodated pilgrims. What were the pilgrims travelling to see? | Holy relics. | 9. Question 9. Page 4 – Monks had to work at the monastery. Name two jobs that they did. | Reared livestock, kept bees, brewed beer, grew crops. | 10. Question 10. Page 4 – St Bede was a scholar who wrote about Christianity, science and history. Why is his book still so important today? | Historians use it to learn about Anglo-Saxons. | 11. Question 11. Page 4 – Complete the sentence. As well as being the monks’ home, a monastery was also an ________, _________, _________, ________ and charity. | Inn, hospital, school, bank | 12. Question 12. Page 5 – According to the Rule of Saint Benedict, what three things should monks not be? | greedy, lazy or silly | 13. Question 13. Page 5 – Why were monks rarely allowed to speak? | because gossip and angry words were considered sins. | 14. Question 14. Page 5 – What happened in monks seriously misbehaved? | They were banished from the monastery. | 15. Question 15. Page 6 – Monasteries were very wealthy due to taxes and donations of valuable things. Name three types of donations that came from abroad. | wine, silks and spices. | 16. Question 16. Page 6 – Why were monasteries very vulnerable to attack? | Monks were not trained to fight. | 17. Question 17. Page 7 – Monks were as wealthy as thegns. What was a thegn? | Anglo-Saxon lord who ruled a village and owned land. | 18. Question 18. Page 7 – What is this the definition of? A body part or belonging of a holy person that is treated with great respect. | relic | 19. Question 19. Page 7 – Monks wore their hair in a tonsure as a sign of religious devotion. What is a tonsure? | A hairstyle where the crown of the head is shaved. | 20. Question 20. Page 7 – Monks carried rosary beads. What for? | To count prayers. |
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