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. These battles marked the start of the American Revolution. | Lexington and Concord | 2. General Washington spent the winter here regrouping. | Winter at Valley Forge | 3. This battle marked the turning point in the war; the British were defeated and France allied with the Colonies. | Battle of Saratoga | 4. This marked the of the American Revolution; British surrendered to General Washington in Virginia. | Battle of Yorktown | 5. This treaty ended the war. | Treaty of Paris | 6. This person was a statesman; writer; and scientist. | Benjamin Franklin | 7. A radical leader who organized resistance to British taxes. | Samuel Adams | 8. This King supported attempts to discipline colonists. | King George III | 9. He was an advocate for independence in his pamphlet, Common Sense. | Thomas Paine | 10. He successfully commanded the Continental Army against the British during the American Revolution. | George Washington | 11. She wrote letters that were a main source of life during the American Revolution. | Abigail Adams | 12. He led the debate for independence; became the Second President of U.S. | John Adams | 13. He fought at the Battle of Saratoga; became the first elected African American. | Wentworth Cheswell | 14. She stirred colonists against British policies with her writings; she is considered "First Lady" of the American Revolution. | Mercy Otis Warren | 15. List three causes of the American Revolution. | answers will vary | 16. What was written by Thomas Jefferson and stated the reasons why the colonies were declaring independence. | Declaration of Independence |
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