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. We sent our navy to blockade the English and troops and supplies to help the Patriots win the war after they convinced us they could win at the battle of Saratoga. | France | 2. I angered many colonists during my time as ruler of Britain and the colonies. The colonists listed their grievances (complaints about me!) when they declared their independence. | King George III | 3. I am the location where the surprise win by the Patriots marked a turning point in the war. | Saratoga | 4. I am a free African American and like Paul Revere I made an all night ride warning my New Hampshire community of a British invasion and served a messenger during the Revolution. | Wentworth Cheswell | 5. I am a Polish-born Jewish immigrant and considered a financial hero. I helped raise most of the money to finance the American Revolution. Fluent in German, I talked a lot of those Hessians into leaving the British army! | Haym Solomon | 6. I am a patriot from Virginia, and one of my famous quotes is, "Give me liberty, or give me death"! | Patrick Henry | 7. I was a member of the committee to write the Declaration of Independence. I served as an ambassador to France and persuaded France to join the side of the Patriots. I also helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris of 1783-- the peace treaty that ended the American Revolution. | Benjamin Franklin | 8. I am considered to be the founder of the U.S. Navy. When captured by the British, I uttered the immortal words- "I have not yet begun to fight!" | John Paul Jones | 9. I was a soldier in the French and Indian war. I was chosen to be the commander in chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution. | George Washington | 10. I was signed as a formal end to the Revolutionary War. My terms included setting the boundary of the United States at the Mississippi River- the territory previously claimed by Britain. | Treaty of Paris | 11. I who worked as a spy for during the revolution by posing as an escaped slave. I gave the Americans important information about the British military and their movements during the American Revolution. | James Armistead | 12. I was a leading propaganda writer of my time. One of my most famous pamphlets was Common Sense. | Thomas Paine | 13. Which side am I? We had very little training, few weapons, a small navy. Thank goodness we knew the geography of the battle areas and had good leaders! | Americans | 14. I anonymously wrote many pieces of propaganda supporting the Patriot cause during the American Revolution, including poems and plays about political drama that made fun of British officials. | Mercy Otis Warren | 15. I am a French nobleman who was inspired by the Declaration of Independence and came to join the patriot cause and fought on the colonists side during the American Revolution and helped my friend ,George Washington, train the troops. | Marquis de Lafayette | 16. Which side am I? We cannot believe we lost the war? With our well-trained troops, huge navy, and vast supplies, for us not to win was a big surprise. Our leaders were not great and the distance we had to travel was too great. What can we say? It was just not our day! | British | 17. I was a delegate from Virginia to the 2nd Continental Congress and was the chief writer of the Declaration of Independence. | Thomas Jefferson | 18. I mark the spot where Cornwallis surrendered to Washington which is known as the last battle of the Revolutionary War. | Yorktown | 19. I am a Spanish governor. I allowed the Patriots to use the Port of New Orleans during the American Revolution and provided the Continental Army with supplies during the war. | Bernardo de Galvez | 20. I am a lawyer and politician. I helped defend British soldiers after the Boston Massacre. I was a strong supporter of independence in the 2nd Continental Congress and also on the committee to write the Declaration of Independence and helped edit the document. | John Adams | 21. I requested that my husband and the government "remember the ladies" in their political discussions. I was one of the first advocates for women's rights. | Abigail Adams | 22. I made famous Midnight Ride to warn that the British were coming. I also was a member of the Sons of Liberty and made an engraving of the Boston Massacre to make people rise up against the British. | Paul Revere | 23. My death at the Boston Massacre is considered to be the first casualty of the American Revolution. | Crispus Attucks | 24. I was leader of the British troops at Yorktown | Charles Cornwallis | 25. I helped start the Sons of Liberty and committees of correspondence and organized many of the protests in Boston including the Boston Tea Party. | Sam Adams |
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