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. In which year did the Russian Revolution(s) take place? | 1917 | 2. Which amendment of the US constitution states: “"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime… shall exist within the United States”? | 13th amendment | 3. When did the Soviet Union invade Afghanistan? | 1979 | 4. Who was the Fascist dictator of Italy between 1922-1943? | Mussolini | 5. After World War Two, Europe was divided into dictatorships and democracies by what Churchill called an "Iron...?" | Curtain | 6. What was the period of change in Japanese history after 1868 called? | Meiji Restoration | 7. What was the last name of one of the main leaders of the Haitian Revolution (which means opening in French)? | Louverture | 8. Around 500 BCE the Roman king was overthrown and the Roman ____ was established. | Republic | 9. What was the period of cultural and scientific development and rediscovery of ancient literature and art in Europe called? | Renaissance | 10. What do historians call the Middle Ages in the Islamic World? | Islamic Golden Age |
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