QR Challenge: The American Revolution
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 overthrow of a government | revolution
|
2. able to be free or independent | liberty
| 3. a person sent to represent others | delegate
| 4. to accept | ratify
| 5. the act of betraying one's country | treason
| 6. the right to act, speak or think as one wants | freedom
| 7. a change | amendment
| 8. free from outside control | independent
| 9. a person who betrays a country | traitor
| 10. having the power to make laws | legislative
| 11. the ruler of Britain | King George
| 12. a Boston lawyer who argued strongly for independence | John Adams
| 13. he wrote the Declaration of Independence | Thomas Jefferson
| 14. he wrote the pamphlet Common Sense | Thomas Paine
| 15. a traitor who fought for America and then switched sides to fight with Britain | Benedict Arnold
| 16. leader of the Continental Army and first President of the United States | George Washington
| 17. gave a speech and said "Give me Liberty, or Give me Death"! | Patrick Henry
| 18. nickname given to women who provided water to the soldiers | Molly Pitcher
| 19. gave Washington's army the confidence to continue fighting | Battle of Trenton
| 20. this was known at the turning point of the war | Battle of Saratoga
| 21. the last major battle of the war that forced Britain to surrender | Battle of Yorktown
| 22. a plan for government that gave limited power to Congress | Articles of Confederation
| 23. the deal made to split Congress into the Senate and the House of Representatives | Great Compromise
| 24. the branch of government that settles conflict about the laws | Judicial Branch
| 25. the branch of government that suggests, enforces and carries out the law | Executive Branch |
The American Revolution: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=an_overthrow_of_a_government
Question 1 (of 25)
The American Revolution: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=able_to_be_free_or_independent
Question 2 (of 25)
The American Revolution: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=a_person_sent_to_represent_others
Question 3 (of 25)
The American Revolution: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=to_accept
Question 4 (of 25)
The American Revolution: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=the_act_of_betraying_one's_country
Question 5 (of 25)
The American Revolution: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=the_right_to_act,_speak_or_think_as_one_wants
Question 6 (of 25)
The American Revolution: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=a_change
Question 7 (of 25)
The American Revolution: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=free_from_outside_control
Question 8 (of 25)
The American Revolution: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=a_person_who_betrays_a_country
Question 9 (of 25)
The American Revolution: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=having_the_power_to_make_laws
Question 10 (of 25)
The American Revolution: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=the_ruler_of_Britain
Question 11 (of 25)
The American Revolution: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=a_Boston_lawyer_who_argued_strongly_for_independence
Question 12 (of 25)
The American Revolution: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=he_wrote_the_Declaration_of_Independence
Question 13 (of 25)
The American Revolution: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=he_wrote_the_pamphlet_Common_Sense
Question 14 (of 25)
The American Revolution: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=a_traitor_who_fought_for_America_and_then_switched_sides_to_fight_with_Britain
Question 15 (of 25)
The American Revolution: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=leader_of_the_Continental_Army_and_first_President_of_the_United_States
Question 16 (of 25)
The American Revolution: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=gave_a_speech_and_said_"Give_me_Liberty,_or_Give_me_Death"!
Question 17 (of 25)
The American Revolution: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=nickname_given_to_women_who_provided_water_to_the_soldiers
Question 18 (of 25)
The American Revolution: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=gave_Washington's_army_the_confidence_to_continue_fighting
Question 19 (of 25)
The American Revolution: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=this_was_known_at_the_turning_point_of_the_war
Question 20 (of 25)
The American Revolution: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=the_last_major_battle_of_the_war_that_forced_Britain_to_surrender
Question 21 (of 25)
The American Revolution: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=a_plan_for_government_that_gave_limited_power_to_Congress
Question 22 (of 25)
The American Revolution: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=the_deal_made_to_split_Congress_into_the_Senate_and_the_House_of_Representatives
Question 23 (of 25)
The American Revolution: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=the_branch_of_government_that_settles_conflict_about_the_laws
Question 24 (of 25)
The American Revolution: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=the_branch_of_government_that_suggests,_enforces_and_carries_out_the_law
Question 25 (of 25)
