QR Challenge: Government Middle East
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. most or all power is held by one central authority | unitary
|
2. local government hold most or all of the power and are dependent on regional governments (states) for their existence | confederation
| 3. a government in which power is divided between one central and several regional authorities | federal
| 4. one person possess unlimited power; (s)he makes and enforces any laws he wishes | autocratic
| 5. government which is headed by a king (queen) who comes from the family that has ruled the nation for several generations | absolute monarchy
| 6. legislative, lawmaking body of a nation | legislature
| 7. branch of government charged with executing, or carrying out the law passed by the legislature | executive branch
| 8. the name for the Israeli parliament – legislative branch or law making body | knesset
| 9. a government by the few – a small group exercises control often for corrupt and selfish purposes; citizens have a severely limited role | oligarchic
| 10. a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people through representation involving free elections (republic) | democratic
| 11. system in which the main source of power is in the members of the elected majority of the legislature. the leader of the majority party in the legislative elections becomes head of government, the prime minister | parlimentary democracy
| 12. leader of the executive branch in a republic (democracy), chosen by the legislative branch, not elected by the people | prime minister
| 13. system of government in which the leader of the executive branch is elected independently of the legislature; (s)he is elected by the people in a manner set out by the nation’s constitution | presidential democracy
| 14. leader of the executive branch in a republic (democracy), chosen independently of the legislature and has specific powers and authority | president
| 15. a system of government in which the religious leaders have the majority of power. Iran has a president, but the power is held by the mullahs and other religious leaders | theocracy
| 16. right of the people in a republic (democracy) to select leaders and influence the government, usually granted at a specific age | voting rights/suffrage |
Government Middle East: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=most_or_all_power_is_held_by_one_central_authority
Question 1 (of 16)
Government Middle East: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=local_government_hold_most_or_all_of_the_power_and_are_dependent_on_regional_governments_(states)_for_their_existence
Question 2 (of 16)
Government Middle East: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=a_government_in_which_power_is_divided_between_one_central_and_several_regional_authorities
Question 3 (of 16)
Government Middle East: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=one_person_possess_unlimited_power;_(s)he_makes_and_enforces_any_laws_he__wishes
Question 4 (of 16)
Government Middle East: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=government_which_is_headed_by_a_king_(queen)_who_comes_from_the_family_that_has_ruled_the_nation_for_several_generations
Question 5 (of 16)
Government Middle East: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=legislative,_lawmaking_body_of_a_nation
Question 6 (of 16)
Government Middle East: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=branch_of_government_charged_with_executing,_or_carrying_out_the_law_passed_by_the_legislature
Question 7 (of 16)
Government Middle East: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=the_name_for_the_Israeli_parliament_–_legislative_branch_or_law_making_body
Question 8 (of 16)
Government Middle East: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=a_government_by_the_few_–_a_small_group_exercises_control_often_for_corrupt_and_selfish_purposes;_citizens_have_a_severely_limited_role
Question 9 (of 16)
Government Middle East: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=a_government_in_which_the_supreme_power_is_vested_in_the_people_through_representation_involving_free_elections_(republic)
Question 10 (of 16)
Government Middle East: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=system_in_which_the_main_source_of_power_is_in_the_members_of_the_elected_majority_of_the_legislature.__the_leader_of_the_majority_party_in_the_legislative_elections_becomes_head_of_government,_the_prime_minister
Question 11 (of 16)
Government Middle East: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=leader_of_the_executive_branch_in_a_republic_(democracy),_chosen_by_the_legislative_branch,_not_elected_by_the_people
Question 12 (of 16)
Government Middle East: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=system_of_government_in_which_the_leader_of_the_executive_branch_is_elected_independently_of_the_legislature;__(s)he_is_elected_by_the_people_in_a_manner_set_out_by_the_nation’s_constitution
Question 13 (of 16)
Government Middle East: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=leader_of_the_executive_branch_in_a_republic_(democracy),_chosen_independently_of_the_legislature_and_has_specific_powers_and_authority
Question 14 (of 16)
Government Middle East: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=a_system_of_government_in_which_the_religious_leaders_have_the_majority_of_power.__Iran_has_a_president,_but_the_power_is_held_by_the_mullahs_and_other_religious_leaders
Question 15 (of 16)
Government Middle East: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=right_of_the_people_in_a_republic_(democracy)_to_select_leaders_and_influence_the_government,_usually_granted_at_a_specific_age
Question 16 (of 16)
