QR Challenge: HOLY WEEK IN SPAIN
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. The Spanish word for 'Easter' is Pascua | 1
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2. The seven days leading up to Easter Sunday are called Holy Week, or La Semana Santa in Spanish | 2
| 3. During La Semana Santa, people carry and follow floats, known as pasos | 3
| 4. The people that carry the floats are called Costaleros | 4
| 5. For weeks before Semana Santa, people make costumes and prepare for the processions and celebrations for Holy week | 5
| 6. The week starts with El Domingo de Ramos (Palm Sunday) which represents the day that Jesus rode into Jerusalem. On this day Spanish people attend mass at their local church. Children are given palm leaves to symbolise the palms that were throw on the floor when Jesus entered Jerusalem | 6
| 7. In recent years the tradition of giving Easter Eggs has really taken off. In Spain and especially in Cataluña they eat a special Easter cake called La Mona de Pascua | 7
| 8. The floats are a strong wooden frame and carry on the top statues of Jesús and La Virgen María | 8
| 9. A Sevillian can be a Nazaren since they are very small, many from the day of his birth- and by family tradition from father to son, from grandparents to grandchildren | 9
| 10. Some Nazarenos (penitens) carry crosses to represent Jesus’s suffering and death | 10
| 11. Easter Sunday (El Domingo de Resurrección) it is a day of happiness and celebration because on this day the Resurrection of Jesus is remembered | 11
| 12. LENT time (cuaresma in Spanish). It represents the length that Jesus was on penitence before his death | 12
| 13. The cone shaped hats (capirotes) are meant to make them closer to God. They are made out of strong cardboard | 13
| 14. Spain is a mainly Catholic country, so religious celebrations such as La Semana Santa (Holy Week) are very important to Catholic followers | 14
| 15. Ash Wednesday or “Miércoles de ceniza” is when Lent starts | 15
| 16. In a town called Verges, North or Barcelona every Maundy Thursday (Jueves Santo) dancers dance ‘La Danza de la Muerte’ (The dance of the dead). It represents the moment after death when it is decided whether a person’s soul goes to heaven or hell | 16 |
HOLY WEEK IN SPAIN: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_Spanish_word_for_'Easter'_is_Pascua
Question 1 (of 16)
HOLY WEEK IN SPAIN: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_seven_days_leading_up_to_Easter_Sunday_are_called_Holy_Week,_or_La_Semana_Santa_in_Spanish
Question 2 (of 16)
HOLY WEEK IN SPAIN: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=During_La_Semana_Santa,_people_carry_and_follow_floats,_known_as_pasos
Question 3 (of 16)
HOLY WEEK IN SPAIN: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_people that_carry_the_floats_are_called_Costaleros
Question 4 (of 16)
HOLY WEEK IN SPAIN: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=For_weeks_before_Semana_Santa,_people_make_costumes_and_prepare_for_the_processions_and_celebrations_for_Holy_week
Question 5 (of 16)
HOLY WEEK IN SPAIN: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_week_starts_with_El_Domingo_de_Ramos_(Palm_Sunday)_which_represents_the_day_that_Jesus_rode_into_Jerusalem._On_this_day_Spanish_people_attend_mass_at_their_local_church._Children_are_given_palm_leaves_to_symbolise_the_palms_that_were_throw_on_the_floor_when_Jesus_entered_Jerusalem
Question 6 (of 16)
HOLY WEEK IN SPAIN: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=In_recent_years_the_tradition_of_giving_Easter_Eggs_has_really_taken_off._In_Spain_and_especially_in_Cataluña_they_eat_a_special_Easter_cake_called_La_Mona_de_Pascua
Question 7 (of 16)
HOLY WEEK IN SPAIN: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_floats_are_a_strong_wooden_frame_and_carry_on_the_top_statues_of_Jesús_and_La_Virgen_María
Question 8 (of 16)
HOLY WEEK IN SPAIN: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A_Sevillian_can_be_a_Nazaren_since_they_are_very_small,_many_from_the_day_of_his_birth-_and_by family_tradition_from_father_to_son, from_grandparents_to_grandchildren
Question 9 (of 16)
HOLY WEEK IN SPAIN: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Some_Nazarenos_(penitens)_carry_crosses_to_represent_Jesus’s_suffering_and_death
Question 10 (of 16)
HOLY WEEK IN SPAIN: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Easter_Sunday_(El_Domingo_de_Resurrección)_it_is_a_day_of_happiness_and_celebration_because_on_this_day_the_Resurrection_of_Jesus_is_remembered
Question 11 (of 16)
HOLY WEEK IN SPAIN: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=LENT_time_(cuaresma_in_Spanish)._It_represents_the_length_that_Jesus_was_on_penitence_before_his_death
Question 12 (of 16)
HOLY WEEK IN SPAIN: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_cone_shaped_hats_(capirotes)_are_meant_to_make_them_closer_to_God._They_are_made_out_of_strong_cardboard
Question 13 (of 16)
HOLY WEEK IN SPAIN: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Spain_is_a_mainly_Catholic_country,_so_religious_celebrations_such_as_La_Semana_Santa (Holy_Week)_are_very_important_to_Catholic_followers
Question 14 (of 16)
HOLY WEEK IN SPAIN: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Ash_Wednesday_or_“Miércoles_de_ceniza”_is_when_Lent_starts
Question 15 (of 16)
HOLY WEEK IN SPAIN: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=In_a_town_called_Verges,_North_or_Barcelona_every__Maundy_Thursday_(Jueves_Santo)_dancers_dance_‘La_Danza_de_la_Muerte’_(The_dance_of_the_dead)._It_represents_the_moment_after_death_when_it_is_decided_whether_a_person’s_soul_goes_to_heaven_or_hell
Question 16 (of 16)
