QR Challenge: Causes of the American Revolution
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. What was the main disputed resource in the French and Indian War? | Land
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2. What three countries were involved in the French and Indian War? | England, France, Spain.
| 3. What was the name of the treaty that ended the French and Indian War? | Treaty of Paris
| 4. Which country won the French and Indian War? | England
| 5. What did the British government do to pay the cost of the French and Indian War? | Taxing the colonies.
| 6. How did the colonists protest the taxes placed on British goods? | Boycott
| 7. The King of England put a tax on all paper products bought by the colonists. What was this tax called? | Stamp Act
| 8. The Townshend Acts put a tax on paper, paint, glass, and _________________. | Tea
| 9. Were the Sons of Liberty classified as loyalists. patriots. or neutralists? | Patriots
| 10. Some colonists were loyal to the king. They did not want an independent America. They wanted the colonies to remain under England’s control. These people were called ___________________. | Loyalists
| 11. How many colonists were killed at the Boston Massacre? | 5
| 12. What were the set of laws put into place after the Boston Tea Party? | Intolerable Acts/Coercive Acts
| 13. How many British colonies were there? | 13
| 14. The Coercive Acts put 3 laws into place. What were these three laws? | 1. Boston Port shut down. 2. Quartering soldiers. 3. No town meetings.
| 15. Get a 13 colonies map off the corner of Mr. Quinn's desk and label the 13 colonies. | See map |
Causes of the American Revolution : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_was_the_main_disputed_resource_in_the_French_and_Indian_War?
Question 1 (of 15)
Causes of the American Revolution : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_three_countries_were_involved_in_the_French_and_Indian_War?
Question 2 (of 15)
Causes of the American Revolution : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_was_the_name_of_the_treaty_that_ended_the_French_and_Indian_War?
Question 3 (of 15)
Causes of the American Revolution : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Which_country_won_the_French_and_Indian_War?
Question 4 (of 15)
Causes of the American Revolution : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_did_the_British_government_do_to_pay_the_cost_of_the_French_and_Indian_War?
Question 5 (of 15)
Causes of the American Revolution : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=How_did_the_colonists_protest_the_taxes_placed_on_British_goods?
Question 6 (of 15)
Causes of the American Revolution : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_King_of_England_put_a_tax_on_all_paper_products_bought_by_the_colonists._What_was_this_tax_called?
Question 7 (of 15)
Causes of the American Revolution : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_Townshend_Acts_put_a_tax_on_paper,_paint,_glass,_and__________________.
Question 8 (of 15)
Causes of the American Revolution : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Were_the_Sons_of_Liberty_classified_as_loyalists._patriots._or_neutralists?
Question 9 (of 15)
Causes of the American Revolution : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Some_colonists_were_loyal_to_the_king._They_did_not_want_an_independent_America._They_wanted_the_colonies_to_remain_under_England’s_control._These_people_were_called____________________.
Question 10 (of 15)
Causes of the American Revolution : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=How_many_colonists_were_killed_at_the_Boston_Massacre?
Question 11 (of 15)
Causes of the American Revolution : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_were_the_set_of_laws_put_into_place_after_the_Boston_Tea_Party?
Question 12 (of 15)
Causes of the American Revolution : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=How_many_British_colonies_were_there?
Question 13 (of 15)
Causes of the American Revolution : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_Coercive_Acts_put_3_laws_into_place._What_were_these_three_laws?
Question 14 (of 15)
Causes of the American Revolution : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Get_a_13_colonies_map_off_the_corner_of_Mr._Quinn's_desk_and_label_the_13_colonies.
Question 15 (of 15)