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. Imperial China has been divided into different periods by historians. How are these periods divided up? | by dynasty | 2. During the Han dynasty, government officials were chosen based on their... | ability to pass strict tests. | 3. Who became the first Chinese ruler to claim the title of emperor? | Prince Zheng | 4. A dynasty is a | line of rulers from the same family. | 5. What Chinese belief permitted people to overthrow a bad ruler? | Mandate of Heaven | 6. China's golden age of expansion and prosperity occurred during which dynasty? | Han dynasty | 7. What event brought about the end of the Han government? | corruption in the government | 8. Before the Han dynasty, emperors generally chose their government officials from one of the groups below. This group was the | aristocracy. | 9. Which dynasty created the civil service examination? | Han dynasty | 10. What was true about civil service exams during the Tang dynasty? | The civil service exams often favored aristocrats. | 11. What ended the Tang dynasty in 907? | peasant rebellions and battles between generals | 12. During the Song dynasty, what became the basis of study for all civil service exams? | Zhu Xi's writings called Four Books | 13. During the Song dynasty, the civil service exams were open to far more candidates, including people from lower classes. This created a... | meritocracy | 14. Which of the following statements about relationships would Confucius agree with? | An older sibling should be kind to his younger sibling. | 15. Which emperor ended the system of civil service exams? | Kublai Khan | 16. Which characteristic did Kublai Khan think was most important in his government officials? | loyalty | 17. here weren't enough qualified Mongols to fill all the government jobs during the Yuan dynasty. Who often filled these positions? | trusted foreigners | 18. Why did the exam system benefit China? | all of the above | 19. How did the civil service exam prevent progress? | all of the above | 20. Civil service exams in imperial China were based largely on the teachings of | Confucius |
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