QR Challenge: Modern World History
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. In which year did the First World War begin? | 1914
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2. In which year did World War Two start? | 1939
| 3. Who was Prime Minister of Britain at the outbreak of World War Two? | Chamberlain
| 4. Who was the Fascist dictator of Italy between 1922-1943? | Mussolini
| 5. What was the name of Germany´s leader during WWI? | Kaiser Wilhelm II
| 6. In what city was Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated? | Sarajevo
| 7. How many points did US president Woodrow Wilson´s plan for world peace have? | 14
| 8. Where did the peace conference after WWI take place? | Versailles
| 9. Wilson's principle that nations should govern themselves? | Self-determination
| 10. Which British Prime Minister declared war on Germany in 1914? | Lloyd George
| 11. Which were the first two countries to declare war in 1914? | Austria and Serbia
| 12. What is the name of the area of Germany invaded by France in 1923? | Ruhr
| 13. In which year did Japan attack Manchuria? | 1931
| 14. In which year was the Dawes Plan signed? | 1924
| 15. Ministers of which two countries signed the Hoare-Laval Pact? | Britain and France
| 16. In which year did Germany enter the League of Nations? | 1926
| 17. Which country did Italy invade in 1935? | Abyssinia
| 18. The invasion of which country caused the start of WWII? | Poland
| 19. Which two countries declared war on Germany in 1939? | Britain and France
| 20. Who was the leader of the USSR during WWII? | Stalin |
Modern World History : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=In_which_year_did_the_First_World_War_begin?
Question 1 (of 20)
Modern World History : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=In_which_year_did_World_War_Two_start?
Question 2 (of 20)
Modern World History : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Who_was_Prime_Minister_of_Britain_at_the_outbreak_of_World_War_Two?
Question 3 (of 20)
Modern World History : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Who_was_the_Fascist_dictator_of_Italy_between_1922-1943?
Question 4 (of 20)
Modern World History : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_was_the_name_of_Germany´s_leader_during_WWI?
Question 5 (of 20)
Modern World History : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=In_what_city_was_Archduke_Franz_Ferdinand_assassinated?
Question 6 (of 20)
Modern World History : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=How_many_points_did_US_president_Woodrow_Wilson´s_plan_for_world_peace_have?
Question 7 (of 20)
Modern World History : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Where_did_the_peace_conference_after_WWI_take_place?
Question 8 (of 20)
Modern World History : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Wilson's__principle_that_nations_should_govern_themselves?
Question 9 (of 20)
Modern World History : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Which_British_Prime_Minister_declared_war_on_Germany_in_1914?
Question 10 (of 20)
Modern World History : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Which_were_the_first_two_countries_to_declare_war_in_1914?
Question 11 (of 20)
Modern World History : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_the_name_of_the_area_of_Germany_invaded_by_France_in_1923?
Question 12 (of 20)
Modern World History : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=In_which_year_did_Japan_attack_Manchuria?
Question 13 (of 20)
Modern World History : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=In_which_year_was_the_Dawes_Plan_signed?
Question 14 (of 20)
Modern World History : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Ministers_of_which_two_countries_signed_the_Hoare-Laval_Pact?
Question 15 (of 20)
Modern World History : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=In_which_year_did_Germany_enter_the_League_of_Nations?
Question 16 (of 20)
Modern World History : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Which_country_did_Italy_invade_in_1935?
Question 17 (of 20)
Modern World History : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_invasion_of_which_country_caused_the_start_of_WWII?
Question 18 (of 20)
Modern World History : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Which_two_countries_declared_war_on_Germany_in_1939?
Question 19 (of 20)
Modern World History : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Who_was_the_leader_of_the_USSR_during_WWII?
Question 20 (of 20)