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. Define a pressure group in one sentence THEN GO TO AQUILA | 2. Write down 2 functions of a pressure group THEN GO TO PEGASUS | 3. Write down 2 responsibilities of a pressure group THEN GO TO CPA | 4. What are the 4 main types of pressure group THEN GO TO PHOENIX | 5. What is functional representation THEN GO TO ORION | 6. | 7. What is a sectional pressure group | 8. What is a promotional pressure group | 9. What is an insider pressure group | 10. What is an outsider pressure group | 11. Why is it difficult to classify pressure groups | 12. | 13. Give 2 examples of a sectional pressure group | CBI, NUS, BBS, RCN, Age UK, National Union of Mineworkers, Taxpayer’s Alliance, Campaign for Real Ale | 14. Give 2 examples of a promotional pressure group | FoE, Unlock Democracy, ASH, Liberty, CPRE, Amnesty International, National Trust, Campaign for Real Ale | 15. Give 2 examples of an insider pressure group | NFU, RSPCA, AA (cars), NSPCC | 16. Give 2 examples of an outsider pressure group | Greenpeace, Pane Stupid, Animal Liberation Front, Countryside Alliance, Exit (voluntary euthanasia) | 17. Give 3 examples of pressure groups that fall into more than one category | 18. | 19. Write down 3 methods used by pressure groups | 20. Define direct action | 21. Write down which pressure groups used the examples you gave in the methods question | see revision guide p.106 | 22. Give one similarity between pressure groups and political parties | 23. Give one difference between pressure groups and political parties | 24. | 25. What is pluralism | 26. What is elitism | 27. Give 2 ways pressure groups enhance pluralism | 28. Give 2 ways pressure groups enhance pluralism | 29. What is a pluralist democracy | 30. | 31. Give 2 reasons why pressure groups are becoming more important | 32. Write down 3 factors which make pressure groups more successful than others | 33. Give an example of a successful pressure group – state why | 34. Give an example of an unsuccessful pressure group – state why | 35. OPINION QUESTION – are pressure groups good for democracy or not |
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