QR Challenge: History of the Middle East Review
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. Why did the U.S. go to war against Iraq in 2003 |
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2. Why did the United Nations try to stop Iraq from taking over Kuwait in 1990 |
| 3. Why did the U.S. bomb and invade Afghanistan in 2001 |
| 4. Who are the Taliban |
| 5. What is the U.S.’s main economic interest in SW Asia |
| 6. What has happened to many of the Palestinians who became refugees in 1948 |
| 7. What is a refugee |
| 8. Ancient Palestine was once the homeland to whom |
| 9. ____ was the killing of millions of Jews |
| 10. Arabs living in Palestine in 1948 did not support the creation of what country |
| 11. What country was created as the homeland of the Jews |
| 12. Who conquered Palestine in 73 CE |
| 13. Who created the new boundaries from the Ottoman Empire’s land |
| 14. Why was the end of WWI also an end to the Ottoman Empire |
| 15. What two continents were linked by Ottoman Trade routes |
| 16. Who controlled the land of the Ottoman Empire after WWI |
| 17. What was the Ottoman Empire’s nickname as they became weak |
| 18. Why did the Islamic culture spread throughout the Ottoman Empire |
| 19. Who ruled the Ottoman Empire when it was at its height |
| 20. When was the Ottoman Empire at its height | |
History of the Middle East Review: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Why_did_the_U.S._go_to_war_against_Iraq_in_2003
Question 1 (of 20)
History of the Middle East Review: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Why_did_the_United_Nations_try_to_stop_Iraq_from_taking_over_Kuwait_in_1990
Question 2 (of 20)
History of the Middle East Review: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Why_did_the_U.S._bomb_and_invade_Afghanistan_in_2001
Question 3 (of 20)
History of the Middle East Review: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Who_are_the_Taliban
Question 4 (of 20)
History of the Middle East Review: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_the_U.S.’s_main_economic_interest_in_SW_Asia
Question 5 (of 20)
History of the Middle East Review: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_has_happened_to_many_of_the_Palestinians_who_became_refugees_in_1948
Question 6 (of 20)
History of the Middle East Review: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_a_refugee
Question 7 (of 20)
History of the Middle East Review: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Ancient_Palestine_was_once_the_homeland_to_whom
Question 8 (of 20)
History of the Middle East Review: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=_____was_the_killing_of_millions_of_Jews
Question 9 (of 20)
History of the Middle East Review: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Arabs_living_in_Palestine_in_1948_did_not_support_the_creation_of_what_country
Question 10 (of 20)
History of the Middle East Review: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_country_was_created_as_the_homeland_of_the_Jews
Question 11 (of 20)
History of the Middle East Review: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Who_conquered_Palestine_in_73_CE
Question 12 (of 20)
History of the Middle East Review: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Who_created_the_new_boundaries_from_the_Ottoman_Empire’s_land
Question 13 (of 20)
History of the Middle East Review: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Why_was_the_end_of_WWI_also_an_end_to_the_Ottoman_Empire
Question 14 (of 20)
History of the Middle East Review: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_two_continents_were_linked_by_Ottoman_Trade_routes
Question 15 (of 20)
History of the Middle East Review: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Who_controlled_the_land_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_after_WWI
Question 16 (of 20)
History of the Middle East Review: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_was_the_Ottoman_Empire’s_nickname_as_they_became_weak
Question 17 (of 20)
History of the Middle East Review: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Why_did_the_Islamic_culture_spread_throughout_the_Ottoman_Empire
Question 18 (of 20)
History of the Middle East Review: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Who_ruled_the_Ottoman_Empire_when_it_was_at_its_height
Question 19 (of 20)
History of the Middle East Review: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=When_was_the_Ottoman_Empire_at_its_height
Question 20 (of 20)