QR Challenge: American Revolution weapons
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. What was the most common weapon- specific name | smoothbore or flintlock musket
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2. 3 types of muskets | brown bess, Charlevilk, Kentucky
| 3. How many soldiers did it take to operate a cannon | 14
| 4. What weapon was a secondary weapon | flintlock pistol
| 5. Name of the fist American Submarine | Turtle
| 6. Three types of artillery used at Yorktown | cannon mortars howitzers
| 7. Name two types of guns that cannons included | field Heavy, Siege
| 8. This type of cannonball could set a ship on fire | Hot Shot
| 9. This was mounted on a flat bed and had a elevated wedge raising the barrels | mortar
| 10. This fired bombs and cannon ball | howitzer
| 11. Explain volley |
| 12. What was attached to guns | bayonets
| 13. The main weapons of American Revolution (3) | muzzle loading Flintlock musket, bayonet, cannon
| 14. Secondary weapons (3) | Rifle, pistol, swords
| 15. Weapons carried by officers | swords or sabres |
American Revolution weapons: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_was_the_most_common_weapon-_specific_name
Question 1 (of 15)
American Revolution weapons: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=3_types_of_muskets
Question 2 (of 15)
American Revolution weapons: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=How_many_soldiers_did_it_take_to_operate_a_cannon
Question 3 (of 15)
American Revolution weapons: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_weapon_was_a_secondary_weapon
Question 4 (of 15)
American Revolution weapons: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Name_of_the_fist_American_Submarine
Question 5 (of 15)
American Revolution weapons: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Three_types_of_artillery_used_at_Yorktown
Question 6 (of 15)
American Revolution weapons: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Name_two_types_of_guns_that_cannons_included
Question 7 (of 15)
American Revolution weapons: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=This_type_of_cannonball_could_set_a_ship_on_fire
Question 8 (of 15)
American Revolution weapons: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=This_was_mounted_on_a_flat_bed_and_had_a_elevated_wedge_raising_the_barrels
Question 9 (of 15)
American Revolution weapons: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=This_fired_bombs_and_cannon_ball
Question 10 (of 15)
American Revolution weapons: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Explain_volley
Question 11 (of 15)
American Revolution weapons: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_was_attached_to_guns
Question 12 (of 15)
American Revolution weapons: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_main_weapons_of_American_Revolution_(3)
Question 13 (of 15)
American Revolution weapons: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Secondary_weapons_(3)
Question 14 (of 15)
American Revolution weapons: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Weapons_carried_by_officers
Question 15 (of 15)
