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. The middle ages land based class system was called _________________. | Feudalism | 2. The 100 Years war was fought between which two countries? | England and France | 3. Ring around the rosie was a nursery rhyme written about what? | The black death | 4. Where did the Renaissance start? | Italy | 5. A man who excels in all areas (classics, art, science) is considered to be a _________. | Renaissance Man | 6. Shakespeare lived under which Queen? | Elizabeth I | 7. They style of art focusing on human nature is called ______. | Humanism | 8. What is the name of Martin Luther’s biggest document? | 95 thesis | 9. The Hugenots were followers of John Calvin from which country? | France | 10. What are the three reasons people wanted to explore? | God, Glory, Gold | 11. Who was the prince who opened a navigation school in Portugal? | Prince Henry | 12. Explorer who sailed the Cape of Good Hope for the first time? | Dias | 13. What is the treaty that divided up exploration rights between Spain and Portugal? | Treaty of Tordesiallas | 14. What is another name for the 7 years war? | French and Indian War | 15. The journey of bringing slaves from Africa across the Atlantic is referred to as __________. | The middle passage | 16. Why did the Spanish Armada fight against the English navy? | England was Protestant | 17. Who built Versailles? | Louis XIV | 18. What was the last religious war in European history? | 30 years war | 19. Peter the Great ruled which country? | Russia | 20. What was the capital of Russia under Peter | St. Petersburg | 21. Who was beheaded during the English Civil War? | Charles I | 22. Who rules France at the end of the Glorious Revolution? | William and Mary of Orange | 23. When the 3rd estate got locked out of the estates general meeting, what document did they make? | Tennis court oath | 24. What is the symbolic start of the French Revolution? | Storming of the Bastille | 25. Who was king during the French Revolution? | Louis XVI | 26. Which two countries fought in the French Revolution on behalf of the king? | Austria and Prussia | 27. Where was Napoleon born? | Corsica | 28. What did he do to take over the France? | Coup d’etat | 29. What are Napoleon’s three biggest mistakes? | Continental System, Peninsular War, Invasion of Russia | 30. What was Napoloen's final battle? | Waterloo | 31. Which government type has everything publicly owned? | Communism | 32. Who created communism? | Marx | 33. Which government type has all essential things publicly owned? | Socialism | 34. Which government type allows for the free-market? | Capitalism |
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