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QR Challenge: Middle Ages Introduction - Lumsden

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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

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

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1. A manor is a small community. Many manors were isolated. A manor consisted of a castle, church, village and farm land.What is a manor?
2. The king gave land grants to nobles, barons and bishops in exchange for soldiers for Kings armies. The king gave serfs protection and the serfs worked on the land.Explain the feudal system.
3. It was a document from 1215 that limited the king's power over taxation. It was the first time that the monarch (king) came under the control of the law.What was the Magna Carta?
4. Peasants or serfs worked the land and produced goods for the lord and manor. They were heavily taxed and were required to give up much of what they harvested to the lord. They"belonged" to the lord.What was the role of peasants/serfs?
5. Women were confined to household tasks. They hunted food and fought in battles. Some had occupations and were midwifes, nuns or some were accused of being witches.What was the role of women?
6. Monks took vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. They performed manual labor, forbidden to own property. Went to the monastery eight times a day. They were well educated.What was the role of a monk?
7. The Church had its own laws. The Church leaders played leading roles in government.What was the role of the Catholic Church?
8. A buttress is an architectural support build against a wall and projecting from it.What is a flying buttress?
9. BeauvaisWhat cathedral collapsed due to not being built properly?
10. Homes were dark, cold and damp. Windows were very small. There were only 1-2 rooms and they had thatched roofs which were easily destroyed.What were medieval homes like?
11. Wealthy homes had paved floors, decorated with tiles. Also had glass window panes and tapestries hung on wall for decoration and warmth.What were medieval wealthy homes like?
12. Peasants/Serfs wore stockings and tunics. They also wore sheepskin cloaks, woolen hats and mittens. Outer clothes were never washed.Explain Peasant/Serf clothing.
13. Wealthy people wore fur and jewelled lined garments. They wore bright colours made with better materials. Longer jackets were a sign of wealth. Wealthy women also wore flowing gowns and elaborate headgear.Describe the clothing of the wealthy.
14. It was believed that disease was spread by bad odors. Diseases of the body were due to sins of the soul.Explain some beliefs about medicine.
15. Fire (yellow bile), Water (phlegm), Earth (black bile) and Air (blood). It was believed that these body fluids had to be in balance with each other.What are the four humors?
16. Sneezing was the best way of maintaining health. If there was a build up of any one humor, it could be disposed of through sweat, tears, feces or urine.What did people think about sneezing?
17. An instrument. It needed to people to play - one to turn the crank and the other to play the keys.What is a hurdy gurdy?
18. The earliest merchants were peddlers who went from village to village. As demand for goods increased, they became more savy businesspeople.Explain the growth of merchants.
19. Later as townspeople became "free" citizens, guilds were formed to gain higher wages and protection from competition.Why were guilds established?
20. The new merchant class was made up of artisians, masons, armorers, bakers and shoemakers.Who made up the new merchant class?
21. Masons were the most respected for they built catherdrals, hospitals, etc.What class was the most respected?

 


Middle Ages Introduction - Lumsden: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A_manor_is_a_small_community.__Many_manors_were_isolated._A_manor_consisted_of_a_castle,_church,_village_and_farm_land.

Question 1 (of 21)

 


Middle Ages Introduction - Lumsden: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_king_gave_land_grants_to_nobles,_barons_and_bishops_in_exchange_for_soldiers_for_Kings_armies._The_king_gave_serfs_protection_and_the_serfs_worked_on_the_land.

Question 2 (of 21)

 


Middle Ages Introduction - Lumsden: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=It_was_a_document_from_1215_that_limited_the_king's_power_over_taxation._It_was_the_first_time_that_the_monarch_(king)_came_under_the_control_of_the_law.

Question 3 (of 21)

 


Middle Ages Introduction - Lumsden: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Peasants_or_serfs_worked_the_land_and_produced_goods_for_the_lord_and_manor.__They_were_heavily_taxed_and_were_required_to_give_up_much_of_what_they_harvested_to_the_lord.__They"belonged"_to_the_lord.

Question 4 (of 21)

 


Middle Ages Introduction - Lumsden: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Women_were_confined_to_household_tasks._They_hunted_food_and_fought_in_battles._Some_had_occupations_and_were_midwifes,_nuns_or_some_were_accused_of_being_witches.

Question 5 (of 21)

 


Middle Ages Introduction - Lumsden: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Monks_took_vows_of_poverty,_chastity_and_obedience._They_performed_manual_labor,_forbidden_to_own_property._Went_to_the_monastery_eight_times_a_day._They_were_well_educated.

Question 6 (of 21)

 


Middle Ages Introduction - Lumsden: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_Church_had_its_own_laws._The_Church_leaders_played_leading_roles_in_government.

Question 7 (of 21)

 


Middle Ages Introduction - Lumsden: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A_buttress_is_an_architectural_support_build_against_a_wall_and_projecting_from_it.

Question 8 (of 21)

 


Middle Ages Introduction - Lumsden: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Beauvais

Question 9 (of 21)

 


Middle Ages Introduction - Lumsden: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Homes_were_dark,_cold_and_damp._Windows_were_very_small.__There_were_only_1-2_rooms_and_they_had_thatched_roofs_which_were_easily_destroyed.

Question 10 (of 21)

 


Middle Ages Introduction - Lumsden: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Wealthy_homes_had_paved_floors,_decorated_with_tiles._Also_had_glass_window_panes_and_tapestries_hung_on_wall_for_decoration_and_warmth.

Question 11 (of 21)

 


Middle Ages Introduction - Lumsden: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Peasants/Serfs_wore_stockings_and_tunics._They_also_wore_sheepskin_cloaks,_woolen_hats_and_mittens.__Outer_clothes_were_never_washed.

Question 12 (of 21)

 


Middle Ages Introduction - Lumsden: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Wealthy_people_wore_fur_and_jewelled_lined_garments._They_wore_bright_colours_made_with_better_materials.__Longer_jackets_were_a_sign_of_wealth._Wealthy_women_also_wore_flowing_gowns_and_elaborate_headgear.

Question 13 (of 21)

 


Middle Ages Introduction - Lumsden: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=It_was_believed_that_disease_was_spread_by_bad_odors.__Diseases_of_the_body_were_due_to_sins_of_the_soul.

Question 14 (of 21)

 


Middle Ages Introduction - Lumsden: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Fire_(yellow_bile),_Water_(phlegm),_Earth_(black_bile)_and_Air_(blood)._It_was_believed_that_these_body_fluids_had_to_be_in_balance_with_each_other.

Question 15 (of 21)

 


Middle Ages Introduction - Lumsden: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Sneezing_was_the_best_way_of_maintaining_health._If_there_was_a_build_up_of_any_one_humor,_it_could_be_disposed_of_through_sweat,_tears,_feces_or_urine.

Question 16 (of 21)

 


Middle Ages Introduction - Lumsden: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=An_instrument.__It_needed_to_people_to_play_-_one_to_turn_the_crank_and_the_other_to_play_the_keys.

Question 17 (of 21)

 


Middle Ages Introduction - Lumsden: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_earliest_merchants_were_peddlers_who_went_from_village_to_village._As_demand_for_goods_increased,_they_became_more_savy_businesspeople.

Question 18 (of 21)

 


Middle Ages Introduction - Lumsden: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Later_as_townspeople_became_"free"_citizens,_guilds_were_formed_to_gain_higher_wages_and_protection_from_competition.

Question 19 (of 21)

 


Middle Ages Introduction - Lumsden: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_new_merchant_class_was_made_up_of_artisians,_masons,_armorers,_bakers_and_shoemakers.

Question 20 (of 21)

 


Middle Ages Introduction - Lumsden: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Masons_were_the_most_respected_for_they_built_catherdrals,_hospitals,_etc.

Question 21 (of 21)