QR Challenge: Democracy and Political Participation
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. Write down three countries that follow a democracy – don’t pick too obvious choices |
|
2. Write down three countries that follow a dictatorship – don’t pick too obvious choices |
| 3. What is GOVERNMENT |
| 4. What is POLITICS |
| 5. Name the different types of democracy you need to learn about |
| 6.
| | 7. What does LEGITIMACY mean Give an example |
| 8. What does POWER mean Give an example |
| 9. What does AUTHORITY mean Give an example |
| 10. What is CONSENT |
| 11. Write down three ways consent can be achieved |
| 12.
| | 13. What is DEMOCRACY |
| 14. Write down three features of a modern democracy |
| 15. What is PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY |
| 16. EXAM QUESTION – What is meant by ‘PLURALIST DEMOCRACY’ Give an example |
| 17. EXAM QUESTION – Define ‘LIBERAL DEMOCRACY’ Give an example |
| 18.
| | 19. Write down three features of DIRECT DEMOCRACY |
| 20. What is a referendum |
| 21. EXAM QUESTION – Outline the circumstances of any two referendums held in the UK |
| 22. Write down one advantage of DIRECT DEMOCRACY |
| 23. Write down one disadvantage of DIRECT DEMOCRACY |
| 24.
| | 25. Write down three features of REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY |
| 26. Write down one advantage of REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY |
| 27. Write down one disadvantage of REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY |
| 28. Outline three ways in which people are represented in the UK |
| 29. Outline three ways in which people are NOT represented in the UK |
| 30.
| | 31. What is CITIZENSHIP |
| 32. Write down three ways people can participate in politics in the UK |
| 33. Write down three ways in which we know political participation is declining in the UK |
| 34. Write down three methods of increasing political participation |
| 35. What evidence is there to suggest political participation is increasing Give two examples | |
Democracy and Political Participation: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Write_down_three_countries_that_follow_a_democracy_–_don’t_pick_too_obvious_choices
Question 1 (of 35)
Democracy and Political Participation: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Write_down_three_countries_that_follow_a_dictatorship_–_don’t_pick_too_obvious_choices
Question 2 (of 35)
Democracy and Political Participation: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_GOVERNMENT
Question 3 (of 35)
Democracy and Political Participation: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_POLITICS
Question 4 (of 35)
Democracy and Political Participation: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Name_the_different_types_of_democracy_you_need_to_learn_about
Question 5 (of 35)
Democracy and Political Participation: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=
Question 6 (of 35)
Democracy and Political Participation: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_does_LEGITIMACY_mean_Give_an_example
Question 7 (of 35)
Democracy and Political Participation: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_does_POWER_mean_Give_an_example
Question 8 (of 35)
Democracy and Political Participation: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_does_AUTHORITY_mean_Give_an_example
Question 9 (of 35)
Democracy and Political Participation: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_CONSENT
Question 10 (of 35)
Democracy and Political Participation: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Write_down_three_ways_consent_can_be_achieved
Question 11 (of 35)
Democracy and Political Participation: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=
Question 12 (of 35)
Democracy and Political Participation: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_DEMOCRACY
Question 13 (of 35)
Democracy and Political Participation: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Write_down_three_features_of_a_modern_democracy
Question 14 (of 35)
Democracy and Political Participation: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_PARLIAMENTARY_DEMOCRACY
Question 15 (of 35)
Democracy and Political Participation: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=EXAM_QUESTION_–_What_is_meant_by_‘PLURALIST_DEMOCRACY’_Give_an_example
Question 16 (of 35)
Democracy and Political Participation: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=EXAM_QUESTION_–_Define_‘LIBERAL_DEMOCRACY’_Give_an_example
Question 17 (of 35)
Democracy and Political Participation: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=
Question 18 (of 35)
Democracy and Political Participation: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Write_down_three_features_of_DIRECT_DEMOCRACY
Question 19 (of 35)
Democracy and Political Participation: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_a_referendum
Question 20 (of 35)
Democracy and Political Participation: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=EXAM_QUESTION_–_Outline_the_circumstances_of_any_two_referendums_held_in_the_UK
Question 21 (of 35)
Democracy and Political Participation: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Write_down_one_advantage_of_DIRECT_DEMOCRACY
Question 22 (of 35)
Democracy and Political Participation: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Write_down_one_disadvantage_of_DIRECT_DEMOCRACY
Question 23 (of 35)
Democracy and Political Participation: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=
Question 24 (of 35)
Democracy and Political Participation: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Write_down_three_features_of_REPRESENTATIVE_DEMOCRACY
Question 25 (of 35)
Democracy and Political Participation: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Write_down_one_advantage_of_REPRESENTATIVE_DEMOCRACY
Question 26 (of 35)
Democracy and Political Participation: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Write_down_one_disadvantage_of_REPRESENTATIVE_DEMOCRACY
Question 27 (of 35)
Democracy and Political Participation: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Outline_three_ways_in_which_people_are_represented_in_the_UK
Question 28 (of 35)
Democracy and Political Participation: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Outline_three_ways_in_which_people_are_NOT_represented_in_the_UK
Question 29 (of 35)
Democracy and Political Participation: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=
Question 30 (of 35)
Democracy and Political Participation: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_CITIZENSHIP
Question 31 (of 35)
Democracy and Political Participation: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Write_down_three_ways_people_can_participate_in_politics_in_the_UK
Question 32 (of 35)
Democracy and Political Participation: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Write_down_three_ways_in_which_we_know_political_participation_is_declining_in_the_UK
Question 33 (of 35)
Democracy and Political Participation: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Write_down_three_methods_of_increasing_political_participation
Question 34 (of 35)
Democracy and Political Participation: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_evidence_is_there_to_suggest_political_participation_is_increasing_Give_two_examples
Question 35 (of 35)