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.
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| 1. 1. The First Estate consisted of priests, bishops and clergy members. | question 1 | 2. 2. Rich, Land-owning nobles were the members of the 2nd Estate. | question 2 | 3. 3. The Third Estate consisted of everyone else in France (merchants, city workers, farmers), which was about 98% of the population. | question 3 | 4. Did you know: Napoleon was once attacked by rabbits? | none | 5. 4. The obvious difference between the Third Estate and the First and Second Estate is the First and Second Estate were the wealthy and privileged. | question 4 | 6. 5. Rousseau and Voltaire contributed many ideas to both the French and American Revolution. Three of which were Equality, Liberty and Democracy. | question 5 | 7. 6. Many economic issues impacted the Third Estate. High taxes due to massive debt kept the poor people poor and severe weather led to poor harvests and starvation. | question 6 | 8. 7. Louis XVI was considered a weak ruler because he was indecisive and often ignored the advice of his advisors. Overall, Louis XVI was more interested in his leisure activities. | question 7 | 9. 8. Marie Antoinette, aka Madame Deficit, was known for her extravagant spending which made her very unpopular with the people of France. | question 8 | 10. Did you know: Lord Byron, a famous English poet, kept a pet bear in his college dorm room? | none | 11. 9. The Third Estate, tired of the medieval rules governing the Estates General, created the National Assembly in order to create laws in the name of the French people. | question 9 | 12. 10. Because the Third Estate created the National Assembly they were locked out of all future meetings of the Estates General. In response, members of the Third Estate signed the Tennis Court Oath which created a constitution for France. | question 10 | 13. Did you know: The very first bomb dropped on Germany during World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo? | none | 14. 11. In an attempt to lead an armed rebellion, members of the Third Estate participated in the "Storming of the Bastille", which occurred on July 14th, 1789. It is now a French holiday celebrated in a similar way to the 4th of July in America. | question 11 | 15. 12. The King and Queen of France dealt with mobs during the Great Fear. Most mobs were upset at the inflated price of bread, which resulted in the mobs demanding the monarchs to return to Paris. | question 12 | 16. Did you know: Ancient Egyptians used slabs of stone as pillows? | none |
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