QR Challenge: Fall of the Roman Empire

Created using the ClassTools QR Treasure Hunt Generator

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.

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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!

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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.

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Questions / Answers (teacher reference)

Question	Answer
1. 1. Which three regions (areas) did the Roman Empire control at its height of power?	T
2. 2. What is an empire?	T
3. 3. What country and continent is the city of Rome located in?	T
4. 4. According to the reading, what were 3 reasons for the fall of the Roman Empire?	T
5. 5. How many people did the Roman Empire control at its height of power?	T
6. 6. What did political instability in the Roman Empire mean?	T
7. 7. How did the Romans choose their new emperors?	T
8. 8. Why were so many different emperors bad for the Empire?
9. 9. Rome had a huge army. Why was this bad for the people who were not in the army?	T
10. 10. Why did people turn to crime in the Roman Empire?	T
11. 11. Why were people in the Roman Empire ashamed to be citizens?	T
12. 12. Why were the borders of the empire difficult to defend?	T
13. 13. Who invaded and stole from the Roman Empire?	T
14. 14. What did the emperor Constantine do that change the future of the Roman Empire?	T
15. 15. What is the city of Byzantium known as today?	T
16. 16. When did the western half of the empire end?	T
17. 17. How long did the Eastern empire last after the fall of the Western empire?	T
18. 18. What 6 things in modern society were influenced by Roman culture?	T

 

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