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. How many German states were there before German unification? | 39 | 2. What German state is going to be successful in uniting all of Germany?2 | Prussia | 3. Who came after Frederick William as King of Prussia and later would become emperor of Germany?3 | Wilhelm I | 4. Who becomes the Prime Minister of Prussia and is known as the "Iron Chancellor?"4 | Otto Von Bismarck | 5. What party supported Wilhelm and was made up of the strongly conservative landowning class in Prussia?5 | Junkers | 6. Where was Wilhelm crowned after the Prussians defeated the French?6 | Versailles | 7. The Allied Powers consisted of?7 | France, Russia, Great Britain | 8. The Triple Alliance consisted of?8 | Germany, Ottoman Empire and Austria-Hungary | 9. When World War I started in 1914 most Americans wanted to?9 | remain neutral | 10. What is the policy of glorifying power and keeping an army prepared for war?10 | militarism | 11. What region was referred to as the "powder keg" of Europe?11 | the Balkan Peninsula | 12. The German plan quick (attack on the Western front and then attack the Russians) to defeat the allies in World War 12 | Schlieffen plan | 13. European nations competing for colonies around the world is called _____________.13 | Imperalism | 14. _______ Gas was one of the gases used in World War I as a weapon.14 | Mustard | 15. Which statement summarizes the Schlieffen Plan that Germany created to prepare for a two-front war?15 | Attack France first, then Russia. | 16. When people are proud of their country, culture and heritage, we can say they are ____________16 | Nationalistic | 17. Why did Britain sell opium to China?17 | to improve the balance of trade between Britain and China | 18. Which country did Japan sign the Treaty of Kanagawa which opened up ports for trade?18 | USA | 19. What was the name of the naval officer that Millard Fillmore sent to meet with the shogun of Japan?19 | Commodore Perry | 20. Who benefited from the gaining of extraterritorial rights in China?20 | foreigners | 21. Russia and Japan went to war over what issue?21 | Manchuria | 22. Around 1764, a textile worker named ____________ invented a spinning wheel he named after his daughter.22 | James Hargreaves | 23. Where did the Industrial Revolution begin?23 | England | 24. Boulton was an ______________, a person who organizes, manages, and takes on the risks of a business. He paid Watt a salary and encouraged him to build better engines.24 | entrepreneur | 25. ____________ which is the process of developing machine production of goods, required such resources.25 | Industrialization |
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