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. The name of the country which ruled Vietnam for much of ancient history? | China | 2. The name of the king who helped Vietnam achieve independence in 939 AD? | Ngo Quyen | 3. The word referring to when a land or territory is conquered and ruled by a distant, often imperial, power? | Colonisation. | 4. The European power which took control of Vietnam in the 1800s? | France | 5. The name used to refer to Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam by a European country beginning in the 1800s? | Indochina | 6. The primary motivation for colonisation? | Economic exploitation | 7. The name of the Vietnamese resistance and liberation movement formed in 1941? | Viet Minh | 8. The name of the leader of the Viet Minh? | Ho Chi Minh | 9. The name of the Asian power which occupied Vietnam during WWII? | Japan | 10. In August, 1945, what government was established in Vietnam? | Democratic Republic of Vietnam | 11. France return to re-colonise Vietnam in what year? | 1946 | 12. Which of the two rival superpowers did the leader of the DRV initially try to seek help from? | USA | 13. Why did the USA support France in Vietnam? | Allies/support for Marshall Plan | 14. Which countries gave support to the DRV from the 1950s? | Soviet Union and the People’s Republic of China | 15. The name of the war fought by the Vietnamese against the French from 1946? | First Indochina War | 16. The name of the battle at which DRV forces defeated the French, leading to the withdrawal of French forces from Vietnam? | Dien Bien Phu | 17. The demilitarized zone established between North and South Vietnam after the defeat of the French? | 17th parallel | 18. What political system/ideology did the DRV operate under? | Communism | 19. SEATO stands for? | Southeast Asia Treaty Organisation | 20. SEATO was established to prevent the spread of? | Communism in SE Asia | 21. The Second Indochina War was caused by? | The inability to come to an agreement about elections in Vietnam/conflicting ideologies | 22. Who was predicted to win the presidential elections in 1956 which never took place? | Ho Chi Minh |
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