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QR Challenge: African American History Scavenger Hunt

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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

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. What was the Underground Railroad?A secret network of men, women, and abolitionists assisting in slaves' escape to FREEDOM!
2. What does the Maryland Slave Law state?A law stating that any person who was of African ancestry will have to serve as a slave for life.
3. Mae Jemison was known as the first person to?Start
4. Find Celia Cruz. How Old was she when she died?78
5. Name 5 different kinds of music that originated from blacks.Gospel, Rhythm and Blues, Rockabilly, Scat, and Jazz.
6. Name 3 1950's Musicians.123
7. Rosa Parks gave a very brave quote. What was it?Never sit in the back of the bus!
8. Name a woman who was an Athlete in the 80's.Jamie
9. Who drafted the Community Self-Determination Act of 1968.eddy???
10. Name 3 1970's Music Super stars.Jackson, Peabody??
11. There were many celebrities in the 1980's.Name 3
12. This woman showed much confidence. She was the 1st African American elected to Congress. Who is she?Rice
13. One Love, One Heart, Let's Get Together and Feel All Right was a popular Reggae song by?Bob Marley
14. What did Alfred Cralle invent?Ice cream scoop
15. What did Lonnie Jackson invent?The Super Soaker
16. When was the traffic light invented?1923
17. What country designed a stamp that depicts 2 children of different races playing together?Zambia
18. Find the stamp that tells you who the "Father of Black baseball" was.Rube Foster
19. Which stamp shows a man who was known as a famous painter?Henry O. tanner.

 


African American History Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_was_the_Underground_Railroad?

Question 1 (of 19)

 


African American History Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_does_the_Maryland_Slave_Law_state?

Question 2 (of 19)

 


African American History Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Mae_Jemison_was_known_as_the_first_person_to?

Question 3 (of 19)

 


African American History Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Find_Celia_Cruz.__How_Old_was_she_when_she_died?

Question 4 (of 19)

 


African American History Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Name_5_different_kinds_of_music_that_originated_from_blacks.

Question 5 (of 19)

 


African American History Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Name_3_1950's_Musicians.

Question 6 (of 19)

 


African American History Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Rosa_Parks_gave_a_very_brave_quote.__What_was_it?

Question 7 (of 19)

 


African American History Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Name_a_woman_who_was_an_Athlete_in_the_80's.

Question 8 (of 19)

 


African American History Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Who_drafted_the_Community_Self-Determination_Act_of_1968.

Question 9 (of 19)

 


African American History Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Name_3_1970's_Music_Super_stars.

Question 10 (of 19)

 


African American History Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=There_were_many_celebrities_in_the_1980's.

Question 11 (of 19)

 


African American History Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=This_woman_showed_much_confidence.__She_was_the_1st_African_American_elected_to_Congress._Who_is_she?

Question 12 (of 19)

 


African American History Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=One_Love,_One_Heart,_Let's_Get_Together_and_Feel_All_Right_was_a_popular_Reggae_song_by?

Question 13 (of 19)

 


African American History Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_did_Alfred_Cralle_invent?

Question 14 (of 19)

 


African American History Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_did_Lonnie_Jackson_invent?

Question 15 (of 19)

 


African American History Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=When_was_the_traffic_light_invented?

Question 16 (of 19)

 


African American History Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_country_designed_a_stamp_that_depicts_2_children_of_different_races_playing_together?

Question 17 (of 19)

 


African American History Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Find_the_stamp_that_tells_you_who_the_"Father_of_Black_baseball"_was.

Question 18 (of 19)

 


African American History Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Which_stamp_shows_a_man_who_was_known_as_a_famous_painter?

Question 19 (of 19)