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. 1607 | Founding of Jamestown | 2. 1620 | Signing of the Mayflower Compact | 3. 1776 | Signing of the Declaration of Independence | 4. 1787 | Writing of the Constitution | 5. 1803 | Louisiana Purchase | 6. 1861 | 1865-Civil War was fought | 7. Define free enterprise | Free choice by consumers and producers Minimal governmental intrusion | 8. Why did the American economy grow rapidly during the 1800s? | The development of factories and new transportation networks | 9. How did the invention of the steam engine impact the textile industry? | Larger quantities of thread and cloth could be produced more quickly and cheaply | 10. How did the improvements in transportation (roads, canals, transcontinental railroad) impact trade? | People could trade goods in markets across the country; shipping goods became faster and cheaper | 11. What reasons did immigrants have for coming to the colonies? | To escape harsh living conditions in their home country, religious freedom and economic benefits | 12. What did the House of Burgesses, the Mayflower Compact, and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut all establish for the colonies? | Self-government in the colonies | 13. Which document was a written Constitution describing a system of government for the colony? | Fundamental Orders of Connecticut | 14. During the colonial era, which region did the plantation system play a key role in the economy of the region? | Southern Colonies | 15. Why was the plantation system successful in that region? | Fertile, rich soil, Long growing season, Increased demand for farm labor, End of indentured servant contracts | 16. Where would you find Boston, Salem and Plymouth? (State and region) | New England Region; Massachusetts | 17. Catholics found a safe place to practice their religion in which colony? | Maryland | 18. What geographic feature was the boundary for the Proclamation Line of 1763? | Appalachian Mountains | 19. What law established a system for admitting new territories and states into the Union? | Northwest Ordinance | 20. Which victory convinced the French to support the colonists during the Revolution? | Saratoga | 21. What are your unalienable rights and which document lists them? | “Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness”; Declaration of Independence | 22. Taxed glass and lead, Taxed were imposed by Parliament without consulting the colonists, Protested with rallies, demonstrations, and pamphlets | The Townshend Acts | 23. Who said “…but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!”? What did he mean by this statement? | Patrick Henry; that independence is worth sacrificing one’s life | 24. Which principle of government is Charles de Montesquieu credited for? | Separation of powers | 25. What group was against ratification of the Constitution? | Anti-federalists | 26. Who believed that individual rights would suffer under a stronger federal government? | Anti-federalists | 27. How was the disagreement over how states should be represented in the national legislature resolved? | Great Compromise | 28. How is representation determined in the House of Representatives? How is it determined in the Senate? | House of Representatives-population, Senate-equality | 29. Define separation of powers. | Power of the government is divided between three branches, each with their own defined powers | 30. Why did the framers of the Constitution insist on having the principles of separation of powers and checks and balances in the Constitution? | Feared creating a central government that would be too strong | 31. Define federalism and give an example. | Power is shared between the national and state governments. Ex. Federal income tax and state sales tax | 32. What document contains the first ten amendments? | Bill of Rights | 33. 1st Amendment | Freedom of speech, press, religion, right to petition and assembly | 34. 4th Amendment | No search and seizure | 35. 13th Amendment | Ended slavery | 36. 15th Amendment | Voting rights extended to African-American males | 37. What challenges did Washington face as the first president of the US? | War debt following the American Revolution | 38. Who were the leaders of the early Democratic-Republican Party? | Alexander Hamilton and John Adams | 39. What Supreme Court case established judicial review? | Marbury v. Madison | 40. What song was written by Francis Scott Key during the War of 1812? | “Star Spangled Banner” | 41. What was the effect of the United States’ victory in the War of 1812? | America proved they could defend their independence | 42. What Supreme Court case was a victory for the Cherokee Indians? | Worcester v. Georgia | 43. Why were Native Americans forced on the long march called the Trail of Tears? | Congress forced the tribes to move westward to clear land for white settlers. | 44. Give two examples of how Jackson’s administration included more people in the political system. | Spoils system, suffrage extended to all white males | 45. What is “Manifest Destiny”? | Believe that the US borders should extend from the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean | 46. Which conflict did “Manifest Destiny” influence? | U.S.-Mexican War | 47. What were the goals for the Women’s Rights Movement at the Seneca Falls Convention? | Gender equality in America | 48. Abolitionist, women’s rights activists, and social reformer; leader at the Seneca Falls Convention | Lucretia Mott | 49. Wife of John Adams; wrote letters to him during the Continental Congress discussing my rights for women | Abigail Adams | 50. Fought for better treatment of those with mental illness | Dorothea Dix | 51. Depicted the evils of slavery, stirring the public conscience of the North | Harriet Beecher Stowe | 52. One of the women that fought for suffrage for women; Seneca Falls Convention | Elizabeth Cady Stanton | 53. The first state board of education, The first common schools (free, secular and public), The first state teacher’s college (or “normal school”), Common School Journal, a biweekly magazine | 4 achievements of the Educational Reform Movement | 54. Who believed that a state legislature can nullify a federal law within its borders? | John C. Calhoun | 55. Why was Uncle Tom’s Cabin so significant? | It affected the views of many Northerners towards slavery. | 56. Eli Whitney hoped his invention would help the slaves. What was the actual result of the cotton gin? | It provided a faster method for separating seeds from cotton fibers. | 57. What was the Abolitionists’ point of view on slavery? | Slavery is immoral and should be prohibited throughout the United States. | 58. Which Union victory gave them control of the Mississippi River and divided the Confederacy into two? | Vicksburg | 59. What was Lincoln’s message in his 2nd Inaugural Address? | The South should be welcomed back into the Union with justice and kindness | 60. What was the purpose of the KKK? | To terrorize freedmen so that they would not exercise their new rights |
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