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. 476 AD what major event started our school year | Fall of the Western Part of the Roman Emp | 2. The most intellectual people of the Roman Empire did what | moved to the Eastern Empire | 3. The Eastern Empire became what strong empire | Byzantine Empire | 4. The Western part of the Empire was | in the dark ages | 5. In 490 AD, he was the first Frankish king | Clovis | 6. What clever strategy did he use to gain more popularity | converted to Christianity | 7. He wanted to reach the Mediterranean Sea to | tap into rich trade routes | 8. He ruled the Byzantine Empire from 527-565 | Justinian | 9. He built a church called the | Hagia Sophia | 10. He built that church because | the Nika Revolt | 11. In 570AD, this prophet was born to an influential Arabian tribe | Muhammad | 12. In 610AD, while on retreat in Mt. Hira, what happened to this person | He was told he is the prophet of God | 13. What message did he receive | That there is only one God | 14. In 622, what historic event does this Islamic prophet do | hijrah | 15. In 630, what does he do that changes the religion of Islam | destroys all the idols in the Kaaba | 16. In 711, What does Emperor Leo do that causes a disruption to Christianity | Iconoclast controversy | 17. Also, in the year, an Islamic leader invades Spain, what is his name | Tariq | 18. In 732, this Frankish king stops the Moors from entering France | Charles Martel | 19. What battle was this | Battle of Tours | 20. In 800, this Frankish king was crowned and considered to be the greatest of the Frankish Kings | Charlemagne | 21. This great Frankish king, conquered many lands like | Italy, Northern Germany, Central Europe | 22. He also did something that would create order in the empire | divided it into 3 regions | 23. He thought education was important so he established what | schools in the palace | 24. When he died, who became king | Louis the Pious | 25. He was weak and shortsited so when he died, who took over | Lothair, Charles the German, Louis the Bald | 26. 2 groups of Invaders started threatening the French and English coastlines in the 900's, who were they | Magyars and Vikings | 27. In the year 1000 Ad, Seljuk Turks move into the Byzantine Empire, seizing what specific lands | Syria and Palestine | 28. In the Byzantine Empire, in 1053, what happened to the church | It split into two groups | 29. In 1066, William, Duke of Normandy, wins what battle | Battle of Hastings | 30. In 1077, Pope Gregory and Henry argued over what | Lay investiture | 31. In 1096, the First Crusade happens and what is the outcome | The Christians win and kill all the Muslims and Jews | 32. In 1122, the Concordat of Worms was signed, which stated that | only Popes could appoint bishops | 33. In 1192, The Third Crusade ended, what was the result | A Truce was made between Richard and Saladin | 34. In 1215, what great document was signed in England that ultimately will take away some power of the king | Magna Carta | 35. In 1260, another important accomplishment happened for English government, what was it | Parliament was formed | 36. This established a bi-cameral legislation, the two houses were | House of Lords and the House of Commons | 37. In 1307, Edward established Common Law in England, which established 3 parts | Court of Exchequer, Court of Common Pleas, Court of King's Bench | 38. In 1328, Edward the III started what war | The Hundred Years War | 39. In 1347, this disease reaches Messina, Italy and quickly spreads | The Black Death | 40. 1415, was one of the greatest battles of the 100 Years' War, what was it | Agincourt | 41. In 1429, in the siege of Orlean, this person helped the French defeat the English | Joan of Arc | 42. In 1444, the last battle of this prolonged effort to seized the Holy Land was over, what was it called | The Crusades |
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