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. 1. This is the term used to describe the progressive reforms of President Theodore Roosevelt | Square Deal | 2. 2. This president was the former president of Princeton University, as well as the governor of New Jersey | Woodrow wilson | 3. 3. She was an advocate for improving the lives of women and children | Florence Kelley | 4. 4. He was a muckraking journalist who exposed the terrible conditions of the meatpacking industry | Upton Sinclair | 5. 5. The term used to describe the movement that sought to return control of the government to the people. | progressivism | 6. | 7. 6. This is the watchdog agency that had the power to stop businesses from engaging in unfair or unscrupulous business practices. | FTC | 8. | 9. 7. This system decentralized the private banking system under federal control and served as the “Banker’s Banks” that served other banks within the district. This system could issue paper currency in emergency situations. | Federal Reserve System | 10. 8. These women were significant leaders in the Women's Suffrage movement. | Susan B. Anthony; Carrie Chapman Catt; Elizabeth Cady Stanton | 11. 9. The protection of lands, natural resources, animals, plants, etc. President Roosevelt was an advocate of this | conservation | 12. | 13. 10. This President angered conservationists and progressives, and his actions resulted in the split of the Republican party. | William H. Taft | 14. | 15. 11. Journalists who exposed the shady side of business, governments, and individuals. Ida Tarbell and Upton Sinclair were known as this type of journalist. | muckraker | 16. 12. This term means a public office or position of authority that provides its occupant with an outstanding opportunity to speak out on any issue. It was first used by Teddy Roosevelt. | bully pulpit | 17. 13. This agency's primary goal was to create equality among the races. | NAACP. | 18. 14. This act halted the sale of contaminated foods and medicines and called for truthful labeling. | Pure Food and Drug Act | 19. 15. A process that enables citizens to bypass their state legislature by placing proposed statutes and, in some states, constitutional amendments on the ballot. | initiative | 20. 16. A procedure that allows citizens to remove and replace a public official before the end of a term of office. | recall | 21. 17. A procedure by which a proposed legislative measure can be submitted to a vote of the people. | referendum | 22. 18. This amendment abolished slavery. | 13th Amendment | 23. 19. This amendment gives civil rights to all U.S. citizens. | 14th | 24. 20. This amendment gives all men the right to vote regardless of race. | 15th | 25. 21. This amendment gives establishes the income tax. | 16th | 26. 22. This amendment allows for the direct election of senators. | 17th | 27. 23. This amendment prohibits the use/sell of alcohol. | 18th | 28. 24. This amendment gives women the right to vote. | 19th | 29. 25. Protecting social welfare, fostering efficiency in the workplace, and creating economic reform were all goals of the ____ Movement. | progressive | 30. 26. Being a domestic servant was the main job of _____________in the 1800s. | women | 31. 27. The reduction of the number of hours in a workday, fewer workers leaving the job, and higher wages for employees were a result of this. | assembly line. | 32. 28. Ordinary citizens gained the most from the passage of this amendment. | 17th | 33. 29. The Supreme court ruled bans on _______ _______ unconstitutional. | child labor | 34. 30. This president was known as the Trust Buster. | Roosevelt | 35. 31. The split of the Republican Party was the primary reason Taft was defeated in 1912. | republican | 36. 32. A constitutional amendment, the testing of the 14th amendment, and convincing state legislatures to grant women the right to vote were all strategies used by ____. | suffragists | 37. 33. Reducing the use of alcohol in society was a primary goal of what amendment? | 16th |
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