QR Challenge: The Constitution
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. How many total amendments are there to the Constitution? | 27
|
2. What amendments make up the Bill of Rights? | The first ten
| 3. Giving each branch some degree of oversight of the other branches is called? | checks and balances
| 4. Which branch of the federal government makes the law? | Legislative
| 5. Which branch of the federal government enforces the law? | Executive
| 6. Which branch of the federal government interprets the law? | Judicial
| 7. How many terms can the President serve according to the 22nd amendment? | Two
| 8. Which amendment of the Constitution guarantees freedoms concerning religion, expression, assembly, and the right to petition? | First
| 9. When state and national law conflict, who is Supreme? | national
| 10. Which amendment to the Constitution abolished slavery? | 13th
| 11. Which amendment gave women the right to vote? | 19th
| 12. What year was the 19th amendment ratified? | 1920
| 13. Dividing power between the states and the national government is called? | Federalism
| 14. Which President was the ONLY president to serve more than two terms? | Franklin D. Roosevelt
| 15. What was the purpose of the Declaration of Independence? | Announced our independence from Great Britain
| 16. What year was the Constitution written? | 1787
| 17. How many Justices sit on the Supreme Court? | Nine
| 18. What does the Constitution do? | protects basic rights of Americans
| 19. What is freedom of religion? | You may chose to practice any religion or not practice a religion
| 20. Who is in charge of the executive branch of the government? | The President |
The Constitution: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=How_many_total_amendments_are_there_to_the_Constitution?
Question 1 (of 20)
The Constitution: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_amendments_make_up_the_Bill_of_Rights?
Question 2 (of 20)
The Constitution: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Giving_each_branch_some_degree_of_oversight_of_the_other_branches_is_called?
Question 3 (of 20)
The Constitution: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Which_branch_of_the_federal_government_makes_the_law?
Question 4 (of 20)
The Constitution: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Which_branch_of_the_federal_government_enforces_the_law?
Question 5 (of 20)
The Constitution: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Which_branch_of_the_federal_government_interprets_the_law?
Question 6 (of 20)
The Constitution: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=How_many_terms_can_the_President_serve_according_to_the_22nd_amendment?
Question 7 (of 20)
The Constitution: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Which_amendment_of_the_Constitution_guarantees_freedoms_concerning_religion,_expression,_assembly,_and_the_right_to_petition?
Question 8 (of 20)
The Constitution: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=When_state_and_national_law_conflict,_who_is_Supreme?
Question 9 (of 20)
The Constitution: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Which_amendment_to_the_Constitution_abolished_slavery?
Question 10 (of 20)
The Constitution: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Which_amendment_gave_women_the_right_to_vote?
Question 11 (of 20)
The Constitution: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_year_was_the_19th_amendment_ratified?
Question 12 (of 20)
The Constitution: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Dividing_power_between_the_states_and_the_national_government_is_called?
Question 13 (of 20)
The Constitution: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Which_President_was_the_ONLY_president_to_serve_more_than_two_terms?
Question 14 (of 20)
The Constitution: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_was_the_purpose_of_the_Declaration_of_Independence?
Question 15 (of 20)
The Constitution: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_year_was_the_Constitution_written?
Question 16 (of 20)
The Constitution: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=How_many_Justices_sit_on_the_Supreme_Court?
Question 17 (of 20)
The Constitution: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_does_the_Constitution_do?
Question 18 (of 20)
The Constitution: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_freedom_of_religion?
Question 19 (of 20)
The Constitution: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Who_is_in_charge_of_the_executive_branch_of_the_government?
Question 20 (of 20)
