QR Challenge: Byzantine 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. Kievian leader who battled the Polovtsy | Vladimir Monomakh
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2. Mongols short term occupation of which two countries | Hungary and Poland
| 3. Founder of the Mongols | Genghis Khan
| 4. Became the ruler of Russia at age 3 | Ivan IV
| 5. Also known as the Grand Prince | Ivan I
| 6. Known as the "Autocrat by the grace of God" | Ivan III
| 7. Leader of the Russian Orthodox Church | Metropolitan
| 8. Known as the "Third Rome" | Moscow
| 9. Constantinople was the perfect location for what | trade
| 10. The Four Books of the Justinian Code | Code Digest Institutes Novellae
| 11. What is a dowry | amount of money wife brings to a marriage
| 12. Did the Justinian Empire have a civil service system? | yes
| 13. To ban someone from a religion | excommunicate
| 14. language spoken in Roman catholic church | Latin
| 15. Those that believe Icons are a heresy | iconoclasts
| 16. An icon can be a picture of what three things | Jesus Mary saints
| 17. Who won the Battle of Manzikert? | Turks
| 18. Who won the war with Khwarizmi | Mongols
| 19. Which group attacked Constantinople in 1204 | Crusaders
| 20. Chariot racing track in Constantinople | Hippodrome
| 21. The Byzantine Empire provided a what between Europe and Asia | protective barrier |
Byzantine Empire: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Kievian_leader_who_battled_the_Polovtsy
Question 1 (of 21)
Byzantine Empire: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Mongols_short_term_occupation_of_which_two_countries
Question 2 (of 21)
Byzantine Empire: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Founder_of_the_Mongols
Question 3 (of 21)
Byzantine Empire: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Became_the_ruler_of_Russia_at_age_3
Question 4 (of 21)
Byzantine Empire: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Also_known_as_the_Grand_Prince
Question 5 (of 21)
Byzantine Empire: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Known_as_the_"Autocrat_by_the_grace_of_God"
Question 6 (of 21)
Byzantine Empire: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Leader_of_the_Russian_Orthodox_Church
Question 7 (of 21)
Byzantine Empire: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Known_as_the_"Third_Rome"
Question 8 (of 21)
Byzantine Empire: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Constantinople_was_the_perfect_location_for_what
Question 9 (of 21)
Byzantine Empire: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_Four_Books_of_the_Justinian_Code
Question 10 (of 21)
Byzantine Empire: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_a_dowry
Question 11 (of 21)
Byzantine Empire: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Did_the_Justinian_Empire_have_a_civil_service_system?
Question 12 (of 21)
Byzantine Empire: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=To_ban_someone_from_a_religion
Question 13 (of 21)
Byzantine Empire: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=language_spoken_in_Roman_catholic_church
Question 14 (of 21)
Byzantine Empire: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Those_that_believe_Icons_are_a_heresy
Question 15 (of 21)
Byzantine Empire: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=An_icon_can_be_a_picture_of_what_three_things
Question 16 (of 21)
Byzantine Empire: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Who_won_the_Battle_of_Manzikert?
Question 17 (of 21)
Byzantine Empire: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Who_won_the_war_with_Khwarizmi
Question 18 (of 21)
Byzantine Empire: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Which_group_attacked_Constantinople_in_1204
Question 19 (of 21)
Byzantine Empire: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Chariot_racing_track_in_Constantinople
Question 20 (of 21)
Byzantine Empire: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_Byzantine_Empire_provided_a_what_between_Europe_and_Asia
Question 21 (of 21)