QR Challenge: Industrialism vs Slavery Intro
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 invention of new machines in Great Britain led to the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. | ok
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2. One key element of Mass Production are interchangeable parts. | ok
| 3. The Rhode Island System hired families to work in mills. | ok
| 4. The Lowell System used young, unmarried women to work in water powered textile mills. | ok
| 5. Trade Unions were formed by skilled workers to fight for better pay. | ok
| 6. Development of steamboats and steam-powered trains led to the Transportation Revolution. | ok
| 7. Coal replaced wood/timber as the main fuel source for steam engines. | ok
| 8. Morse Code was sent over telegraph wires to communicate at long distances. | ok
| 9. John Deere (steel plow) and Cyrus McCormick (Mechanical Reaper) improve farming and crop yields. | ok
| 10. Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin led to a boom in the cotton industry and in the slave trade between states. | ok
| 11. The South also grew corn, wheat, sugarcane, and tobacco. | ok
| 12. About one-third of Southern families owned slaves. | ok
| 13. Slaves were viewed as property, not people, in the South. | ok
| 14. Field Work for slaves was hard work, while house slaves received better foods and clothing. | ok
| 15. Most slaves feared separation from their families more than physical punishment. | ok
| 16. Nat Turner's Rebellion in 1831 is the most violent slave revolt in U.S. History. | ok |
Industrialism vs Slavery Intro: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_invention_of_new_machines_in_Great_Britain_led_to_the_beginning_of_the_Industrial_Revolution.
Question 1 (of 16)
Industrialism vs Slavery Intro: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=One_key_element_of_Mass_Production_are_interchangeable_parts.
Question 2 (of 16)
Industrialism vs Slavery Intro: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_Rhode_Island_System_hired_families_to_work_in_mills.
Question 3 (of 16)
Industrialism vs Slavery Intro: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_Lowell_System_used_young,_unmarried_women_to_work_in_water_powered_textile_mills.
Question 4 (of 16)
Industrialism vs Slavery Intro: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Trade_Unions_were_formed_by_skilled_workers_to_fight_for_better_pay.
Question 5 (of 16)
Industrialism vs Slavery Intro: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Development_of_steamboats_and_steam-powered_trains_led_to_the_Transportation_Revolution.
Question 6 (of 16)
Industrialism vs Slavery Intro: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Coal_replaced_wood/timber_as_the_main_fuel_source_for_steam_engines.
Question 7 (of 16)
Industrialism vs Slavery Intro: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Morse_Code_was_sent_over_telegraph_wires_to_communicate_at_long_distances.
Question 8 (of 16)
Industrialism vs Slavery Intro: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=John_Deere_(steel_plow)_and_Cyrus_McCormick_(Mechanical_Reaper)_improve_farming_and_crop_yields.
Question 9 (of 16)
Industrialism vs Slavery Intro: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Eli_Whitney's_Cotton_Gin_led_to_a_boom_in_the_cotton_industry_and_in_the_slave_trade_between_states.
Question 10 (of 16)
Industrialism vs Slavery Intro: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_South_also_grew_corn,_wheat,_sugarcane,_and_tobacco.
Question 11 (of 16)
Industrialism vs Slavery Intro: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=About_one-third_of_Southern_families_owned_slaves.
Question 12 (of 16)
Industrialism vs Slavery Intro: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Slaves_were_viewed_as_property,_not_people,_in_the_South.
Question 13 (of 16)
Industrialism vs Slavery Intro: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Field_Work_for_slaves_was_hard_work,_while_house_slaves_received_better_foods_and_clothing.
Question 14 (of 16)
Industrialism vs Slavery Intro: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Most_slaves_feared_separation_from_their_families_more_than_physical_punishment.
Question 15 (of 16)
Industrialism vs Slavery Intro: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Nat_Turner's_Rebellion_in_1831_is_the_most_violent_slave_revolt_in_U.S._History.
Question 16 (of 16)