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. During what era did the U.S. expand its territory and influence throughout the world? | Imperialism | 2. What were the islands of Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines used for by the U.S.? | shipping ports and naval bases | 3. When did the Philippines win independence from the U.S.? | 1946 | 4. What agreement restricted Cuba's economic and political freedom? | Platt Amendment | 5. What was one reason Alfred Thayer Mahan supported expanding the territory of the U.S.? | colonies were needed a fueling stations and to support trade | 6. What territory in the Caribbean did the U.S. gain after the Spanish-American War? | Puerto Rico | 7. Give an example of a raw material AND explain what a market is. | answers will vary; a market is a group of people that buys a nation's products | 8. What did the U.S. want to strengthen by building bases throughout the world? | navy | 9. What people spread Christianity to the new territories? | missionaries | 10. Who was the Hawaiian leader that was overthrown by American plantation owners? | Queen Liliuokalani | 11. Who served as President and then Governor of Hawaii? | Sandford Dole | 12. What organization was founded to oppose the acquisition of more colonies by the U.S.? | Anti-Imperialist League | 13. From what country did the U.S. purchase Alaska? | Russia | 14. Why is the Spanish-American War is considered a turning point in U.S. History? | The U.S. emerged as a world power/expanded its territories | 15. Does the cartoon's artist support or oppose imperialism? Explain your answer. | oppose, should have an explanation | 16. Does the speaker support or oppose imperialism? Explain your answer. | Support; should have an explanation |
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