QR Challenge: Witchcraft
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. Who offered herbal cures and remedies | wise women
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2. What was sold to the Devil in return for supernatural powers | soul
| 3. Who made witchcraft a serious crime | Henry VIII
| 4. Who began to persecute witches after 1563 | Elizabeth I
| 5. What English monarch considered himself an expert on witchcraft | James I
| 6. Name King James' book on witchcraft | Demonologie
| 7. What religious divide happened in the 16th century | Reformation
| 8. Christianity split into 2 opposing sects. Name them | Protestants and Catholics
| 9. What name was given to the 'wrong' religion | heresy
| 10. What percentage of accused were men | 10%
| 11. What is a fear or hatred of women known as | misogyny
| 12. What Biblical story depicts women as morally weak | Adam and Eve
| 13. Who saw women as temptresses | puritans
| 14. Witch's animal | familiar
| 15. absolute proof of witchcraft | confession
| 16. Matthew Hopkin's title | Witchfinder General
| 17. Hopkin's home town | Manningtree
| 18. Area of great witch-hunt | East Anglia
| 19. Year of great witch-hunt | 1645
| 20. Created climate for 17th century witch-hunt | civil war
| 21. English punishment for witchcraft | hanged
| 22. what attitude began to replace superstition | scientific
| 23. What scientific body was set up by King Charles II | Royal Society
| 24. Last person executed for witchcraft in England | Alice Molland |
Witchcraft: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Who_offered_herbal_cures_and_remedies
Question 1 (of 24)
Witchcraft: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_was_sold_to_the_Devil_in_return_for_supernatural_powers
Question 2 (of 24)
Witchcraft: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Who_made_witchcraft_a_serious_crime
Question 3 (of 24)
Witchcraft: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Who_began_to_persecute_witches_after_1563
Question 4 (of 24)
Witchcraft: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_English_monarch_considered_himself_an_expert_on_witchcraft
Question 5 (of 24)
Witchcraft: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Name_King_James'_book_on_witchcraft
Question 6 (of 24)
Witchcraft: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_religious_divide_happened_in_the_16th_century
Question 7 (of 24)
Witchcraft: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Christianity_split_into_2_opposing_sects._Name_them
Question 8 (of 24)
Witchcraft: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_name_was_given_to_the_'wrong'_religion
Question 9 (of 24)
Witchcraft: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_percentage_of_accused_were_men
Question 10 (of 24)
Witchcraft: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_a_fear_or_hatred_of_women_known_as
Question 11 (of 24)
Witchcraft: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_Biblical_story_depicts_women_as_morally_weak
Question 12 (of 24)
Witchcraft: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Who_saw_women_as_temptresses
Question 13 (of 24)
Witchcraft: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Witch's_animal
Question 14 (of 24)
Witchcraft: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=absolute_proof_of_witchcraft
Question 15 (of 24)
Witchcraft: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Matthew_Hopkin's_title
Question 16 (of 24)
Witchcraft: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Hopkin's_home_town
Question 17 (of 24)
Witchcraft: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Area_of_great_witch-hunt
Question 18 (of 24)
Witchcraft: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Year_of_great_witch-hunt
Question 19 (of 24)
Witchcraft: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Created_climate_for_17th_century_witch-hunt
Question 20 (of 24)
Witchcraft: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=English_punishment_for_witchcraft
Question 21 (of 24)
Witchcraft: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=what_attitude_began_to_replace_superstition
Question 22 (of 24)
Witchcraft: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_scientific_body_was_set_up_by_King_Charles_II
Question 23 (of 24)
Witchcraft: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Last_person_executed_for_witchcraft_in_England
Question 24 (of 24)