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. Washington chose a small group of men to help him with various important parts of government. What was this group called? | the cabinet | 2. Name at least two people who contributed to the planning and building of Washington D.C. | George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Major Andrew Ellicott, Benjamin Banneker, Pierre Charles L'Enfant, James Hoban or William Thornton. | 3. What is it called when the government counts the number of citizens in its country? | census | 4. What is judicial review? | The Supreme Court uses this power to decide if a law passed by Congress is constitutional. | 5. What year did Thomas Jefferson negotiate the Louisiana Purchase? | 1803 | 6. During Washington's term, who believed the new American government should be a strong central government, run by aristrocrats? For him, this was the best form of government because he thought the common people will mindlessly follow a leader. | Alexander Hamilton | 7. During Washington's term, Who thought that educated people can govern themselves? As such, he thought the nation needed public schools and colleges to provide free education. | Thomas Jefferson | 8. Tekamthi (or Tecumseh) united the Indian tribes against the whites for a short period of time. What happened to cause the tribes to disband and leave Tekamthi? | William Henry Harrison destoyed a Shawnee village, and this broke the will of the Indians to band against the whites. | 9. From which country did the United States acquire Florida? | Spain | 10. From which country did the United States acquire the land that doubled the size of the country? | France | 11. Name one benefit brought by the Industrial Revolution. | Goods were made more quickly; goods were made more cheaply; more people could afford to buy these cheaper goods; interchangeable parts become possible. | 12. Name one negative aspect of the Industrial Revolution. | Cotton became valuable and revived the institution of slavery; factory work was dangerous for the workers; skilled craftsmen became rare; child labor became a problem; laborers often worked long hours for poor wages. | 13. What were the four modes of transportation developed or improved in America during the 19th century? | canals, steamboats, railroads, improved roads | 14. Who invented the Cherokee alphabet? | Sequoyah | 15. Which president ignored the Supreme Court and forced the Native Americans to move west? | Andrew Jackson | 16. What was an abolitionist? | A person who wanted to end slavery. | 17. List the first 15 presidents in order. | George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, James Polk, Zachary Tyalor, Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan | 18. What had the nickname, "Old Ironsides"? | USS Constitution | 19. Which President had the nickname Old Hickory? | Andrew Jackson | 20. Who invented the steam locomotive? | Tom Thumb | 21. Who was the first President to die in office? | William Henry Harrison | 22. Who participated in The Great Debate? | Daniel Webster and John Calhoun | 23. What was the Alien Act? | This act made it hard for foreigners to become U.S. citizens. It also made it legal for the Presdient to deport anyone from the U.S. whom he thought dangerous. | 24. What was the Sedition Act? | It made it a crime to criticize the government. |
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