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.
Question | Answer |
| 1. 1. Why do we celebrate Victoria Day? | initially to honour Queen Victoria’s 60th year of reign, then education dept instructed schools how to honour day and to keep Canada strong. | 2. 2. What is celebrated on June 24, and what song was written for this celebration? | St Jean Baptiste day, Oh Canada. | 3. 3. Explain nationalism. | devotion to the interest of a nation sometimes leading to putting the interests of the nation above everything else. | 4. 4. Explain imperialism. | A nation’s extension of its authority over other lands by political, economic, or military means. | 5. 5. Explain Sovereignty. | self government, a nation’s power to set its own policies and be free from foreign interference in its domestic affairs. | 6. 6. What was Canada’s first real test in world affairs? | Boer War | 7. 7. Who are the Uitlanders? | mostly British settlers | 8. 8. Describe the problem that caused the Boer War. | Dutch settlers in Africa clash with Uitlanders over gold discovery | 9. 9. How many and why did Laurier send troops to South Africa? | 7300 soldiers and nurses, to show a Canadian support | 10. 10. Describe La Ligue Nationaliste Canadien. | led by Bourassa, pro Quebec group, did not agree with Boer war. | 11. 11. What battleship was created because of the Arms race between Britain and Germany? | HMS Dreadnought | 12. 12. Describe the Dreadnought. | long as football field, ran on turbine, armed with 10-30 cm guns | 13. 13. Explain expansionism. | the policy of extending influence over other lands or countries by either taking territory by force or increasing economic control. | 14. 14. Explain the Alaska Border dispute. | poorly worded treaty, deciding who owned border, 6 men sent to settle | 15. 15. Explain the Reciprocity Agreement. | two nation’s negotiated a mutual exchange of trade privileges and formalize. | 16. 16. What is conscription? | involuntary military service | 17. 17. What are 2 major events that highlighted Laurier’s compromising techniques? | Boer War and the Naval Crisis | 18. 18. Consider the Political cartoons on page 64 and 67 and explain what the artist may be trying to say. | 64 Laurier trying to please everyone, 67 US domination and wanting to own Canada | 19. 19. How many women voted in the 1911 election? | none | 20. 20. Which Prime Minister replaced Laurier in September 1911? | Robert Borden |
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