QR Challenge: Roaring 1920s
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. What amendment made alcohol illegal? | 18th
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2. What was a "rebirth" in African American art, literature, and music? | Harlem Renaissance
| 3. What "event" became popular? | African pageants
| 4. True or False. The Charleston was the dance of the 20s. | True
| 5. Female that wore makeup in public. | Flapper
| 6. Most famous writer of the era. | F.S. Fitzgerald
| 7. Served as an ambulance driver in Italy. | Earnest Hemingway
| 8. Radio, movies, newspapers, and magazines. | Mass Media
| 9. Movie capital of the country. | Hollywood
| 10. The first talking movie. | The Jazz Singer
| 11. Outlawed any teaching. | Butler Act
| 12. Taught evolution and was arrested. | Scopes Trial
| 13. Illegal production and distribution of liquor | Bootleggers
| 14. Only way to punish those who went to war was to go to war. | Kellogg Briand Pact
| 15. Self-made millionaire engineer. | Herbert Hoover
| 16. Did more than just entertain. | Mass media's purpose
| 17. Aimed at promoting black pride and unity. | UNIA
| 18. Female badge of freedom. | Cigarettes
| 19. Name a sport hero of the 20s. | Babe Ruth
| 20. New form of music centered in Harlem. | Jazz
| 21. Prohibition brought about... | Murders
| 22. What was life like away from the northern cities during the 20s? | New technology
| 23. Give one example of how the "other half" lived. | Maids
| 24. Name 1 appliance of the 20s. | Radios
| 25. Who was responsible for enforcement? | U.S Treasury Department |
Roaring 1920s: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_amendment_made_alcohol_illegal?
Question 1 (of 25)
Roaring 1920s: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_was_a_"rebirth"_in_African_American_art,_literature,_and_music?
Question 2 (of 25)
Roaring 1920s: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_"event"_became_popular?
Question 3 (of 25)
Roaring 1920s: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=True_or_False._The_Charleston_was_the_dance_of_the_20s.
Question 4 (of 25)
Roaring 1920s: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Female_that_wore_makeup_in_public.
Question 5 (of 25)
Roaring 1920s: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Most_famous_writer_of_the_era.
Question 6 (of 25)
Roaring 1920s: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Served_as_an_ambulance_driver_in_Italy.
Question 7 (of 25)
Roaring 1920s: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Radio,_movies,_newspapers,_and_magazines.
Question 8 (of 25)
Roaring 1920s: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Movie_capital_of_the_country.
Question 9 (of 25)
Roaring 1920s: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_first_talking_movie.
Question 10 (of 25)
Roaring 1920s: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Outlawed_any_teaching.
Question 11 (of 25)
Roaring 1920s: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Taught_evolution_and_was_arrested.
Question 12 (of 25)
Roaring 1920s: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Illegal_production_and_distribution_of_liquor
Question 13 (of 25)
Roaring 1920s: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Only_way_to_punish_those_who_went_to_war_was_to_go_to_war.
Question 14 (of 25)
Roaring 1920s: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Self-made_millionaire_engineer.
Question 15 (of 25)
Roaring 1920s: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Did_more_than_just_entertain.
Question 16 (of 25)
Roaring 1920s: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Aimed_at_promoting_black_pride_and_unity.
Question 17 (of 25)
Roaring 1920s: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Female_badge_of_freedom.
Question 18 (of 25)
Roaring 1920s: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Name_a_sport_hero_of_the_20s.
Question 19 (of 25)
Roaring 1920s: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=New_form_of_music_centered_in_Harlem.
Question 20 (of 25)
Roaring 1920s: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Prohibition_brought_about...
Question 21 (of 25)
Roaring 1920s: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_was_life_like_away_from_the_northern_cities_during_the_20s?
Question 22 (of 25)
Roaring 1920s: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Give_one_example_of_how_the_"other_half"_lived.
Question 23 (of 25)
Roaring 1920s: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Name_1_appliance_of_the_20s.
Question 24 (of 25)
Roaring 1920s: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Who_was_responsible_for_enforcement?
Question 25 (of 25)
