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. 1. When did WWI begin? And what countries were involved? | 1914, Allies: Britain, France, Russia, Italy and US | 2. 2. What 3 things brought the US into World War 1? | zimmerman telegram, sinking of the lusitania, ties to britain. | 3. 3. Who was President during the war? What was his plan for peace? | Wilson, 14 points | 4. 4. What was the most important point of the 14 points plan? | league of nations | 5. 5. Which Treaty ended the war? Who was to be blamed for everything that happened? | Treaty of Versailles, Germany | 6. 6. Name the three things that helped to spread pop culture in the 20s. | radio, newspapers and magazines | 7. 7. Which trial challenged traditional religious values by discussing whether Darwinism could be taught in schools? | Scopes trial | 8. 8. What amendment gave women the right to vote? | 19th amendment | 9. 9. What group grew exponentially during the 1920s in response to immigration from Europeans? | KKK | 10. 10. Describe the Downward Spiral | description of the spiral | 11. 11. List the 5 causes of the Stock Market crash. | downward spiral, etc. | 12. 12. Name one consequence of the Stock Market Crash. | panic | 13. 13. What tariff, meant to protect American business, actually harmed it? | Hawley-smoot tariff | 14. 14. Give 3 consequences of the Great Depression. | stock, and bad stuff | 15. 15. What president was blamed for the Great Depression? What were the name of the shantytowns that had his name? | Hoover and Hoovervilles | 16. 16. What was FDR’s economic plan called? | New Deal | 17. 17. What is the political idea behind “priming the pump”? | give money to get money | 18. 18. What are the three principles of the New Deal? | Recovery, Reform, Relief | 19. 19. Explain the impact of the Social Security Act. | aides those who otherwise cannot work | 20. 20. What finally brought the US out of the Great Depression? | World War II | 21. 21. Give the governmental legacy of the New Deal. | deliver public services, intervene in economy, promote general welfare |
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