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. Texas was part of what country before the United States A) Spain B) Mexico C) England | answer | 2. What president of Mexico banned Americans from moving into Teas in 1830 out of fear of American influence? A) Anastasio Bustamante B) Pedro Velez C) Santa Anna | answer | 3. What was the first battle of the war that began when Texas refused to surrender their cannon to Mexican troops? A) Battle of Gonzales B) Battle of the Alamo C) Battle of Coleto | answer | 4. What was the first major battle of the Texas Revolution A) Battle of San Jacinto B) Battle of the Alamo C) Battle of Concepcion | answer | 5. KNown as the "Father of Texas" A) Sam Houston B) Stephen F. Austin C) George Dallas | answer | 6. Between what years did the Texas Revolution take place? A) 1831- 1833 B) 1833-1835 C) 1835-1836 | answer | 7. What series of battles that took place in 1836 ultimately led to a massacre? A) Battle of Gonzales B) Battle of the Alamo C) Battle of Goliad | answer | 8. Who was the Mexican President during the Texas Revolution? A) Pedro Velez B)Santa Anna C) Valentin Gomez Farias | answer | 9. What battle resulted in the massacre of about 200 Americans defending a fort? A) Battle of Gonzales B) Battle of the Alamo C) Battle of Coleto | answer | 10. What were land contractors who settled colonies in Texas called? A) Empresarios B) Empleados C) Emprendedores | answer | 11. What Lieutenant Colonel assumed command at the Battle of the Alamo? A) William B. Travis B) James Bowie C) Davy Crockett | answer | 12. What famous American frontiersman and congressmen was a hero who dies at the Battle of the Alamo? A) William B. Travis B) James Bowie C) Davy Crockett | answer | 13. What Texas general fought at the Battle of Goliad, but was surrounded and was executed with his men? A) William B. Travis B) Davy Crockett C) James Fannin | answer | 14. What American pioneer shared command of the Alamo, but was killed in battle? A) William B. Travis B) James Bowie C) Davy Crockett | answer | 15. What general of the Texas army became the first president of teh Republic of Texas? A) Sam Houston B) Stephen F. Austin C) George Dallas | answer | 16. What surprise attack by Texas defeated Santa Anna's men in 20 minutes and secured Texas Independence? A) Battle of San Jacinto B) Battle of Goliad C) Battle of Coleto | answer | 17. What document contained an agreement by Mexico to never attack Texas again? A) Treaty of Paris B) Public Treaty of Valesco C) Secret Treaty of Valesco | answer | 18. What document contained a promise by Santa Anna to work for Mexico's recognition of Texas Independence? A) Treaty of Paris B)Public Treaty of Valesco C) Secret Treaty of Valesco | answer | 19. What document declared the right of revolution and contained grievances against Mexico? A) Treaty of Valesco B) Texas Bill of Rights C) Texas Declaration of Independence | answer | 20. What hero of the revolution was chosen to carry the Alamo message that Texans "shall never surrender or retreat? A) Juan Seguin B) David G. Burnet C) Davy Crockett | answer |
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