QR Challenge: Fall of the Roman Empire
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. Holding political office was seen as a burden, not a reward. | none
|
2. The Military influenced politics far too often. | none
| 3. Dividing the Empire made it difficult to manage | none
| 4. The Roman Empire was divided into two sections: the Western (Roman) Empire and the Eastern (Byzantine) Empire. | none
| 5. Poor harvests from bad weather led to starvation among the poor. | none
| 6. Trade disruptions happened to the North and East. | none
| 7. Inflation and High Taxes were two other Economic reasons for the fall of the Empire. | none
| 8. There was a decline in interest for politics. | none
| 9. There was Disloyalty, a lack of patriotism, and corruption. | none
| 10. A major gap between the rich and the poor existed. | none
| 11. Because of Starvation, Rome saw a major population decline. | none
| 12. Rome faced many threats from Northern European Tribes. | none
| 13. Rome had low funds for military defense. | none
| 14. The Roman Military had problems recruiting new Roman soldiers, which led to the use of Mercenaries, who are disloyal. | none
| 15. Invasions by Germanic tribes and Nomadic Huns ultimately led to the destruction of Rome. | none
| 16. In 476 A.D. the last Roman Emperor was deposed, or removed. | none |
Fall of the Roman Empire: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Holding_political_office_was_seen_as_a_burden,_not_a_reward.
Question 1 (of 16)
Fall of the Roman Empire: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_Military_influenced_politics_far_too_often.
Question 2 (of 16)
Fall of the Roman Empire: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Dividing_the_Empire_made_it_difficult_to_manage
Question 3 (of 16)
Fall of the Roman Empire: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_Roman_Empire_was_divided_into_two_sections:_the_Western_(Roman)_Empire_and_the_Eastern_(Byzantine)_Empire.
Question 4 (of 16)
Fall of the Roman Empire: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Poor_harvests_from_bad_weather_led_to_starvation_among_the_poor.
Question 5 (of 16)
Fall of the Roman Empire: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Trade_disruptions_happened_to_the_North_and_East.
Question 6 (of 16)
Fall of the Roman Empire: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Inflation_and_High_Taxes_were_two_other_Economic_reasons_for_the_fall_of_the_Empire.
Question 7 (of 16)
Fall of the Roman Empire: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=There_was_a_decline_in_interest_for_politics.
Question 8 (of 16)
Fall of the Roman Empire: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=There_was_Disloyalty,_a_lack_of_patriotism,_and_corruption.
Question 9 (of 16)
Fall of the Roman Empire: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A_major_gap_between_the_rich_and_the_poor_existed.
Question 10 (of 16)
Fall of the Roman Empire: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Because_of_Starvation,_Rome_saw_a_major_population_decline.
Question 11 (of 16)
Fall of the Roman Empire: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Rome_faced_many_threats_from_Northern_European_Tribes.
Question 12 (of 16)
Fall of the Roman Empire: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Rome_had_low_funds_for_military_defense.
Question 13 (of 16)
Fall of the Roman Empire: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_Roman_Military_had_problems_recruiting_new_Roman_soldiers,_which_led_to_the_use_of_Mercenaries,_who_are_disloyal.
Question 14 (of 16)
Fall of the Roman Empire: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Invasions_by_Germanic_tribes_and_Nomadic_Huns_ultimately_led_to_the_destruction_of_Rome.
Question 15 (of 16)
Fall of the Roman Empire: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=In_476_A.D._the_last_Roman_Emperor_was_deposed,_or_removed.
Question 16 (of 16)