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QR Challenge: Maya Civilization

Created using the ClassTools QR Treasure Hunt Generator

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

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. Mayan culture flourished in the region known as . . . .Mesoamerica
2. The first Mesoamericans to use a solar calendar were the . . .Olmecs
3. The Maya developed their own system of hieroglyphic writing during the . . .Pre-Classic period
4. Around what year did the Classic period end?500 C.E.
5. Who was at the top of the social pyramid in each Maya city-state?The ruler
6. Which members of Maya society knew how to read and write?The ruler, nobles, and priests
7. Who were considered the backbone of Maya society because they grew most of the food?Peasants
8. When might slaves be sacrificed to the gods?Upon the deaths of their owners
9. When arranging a marriage of their children, the families had to agree on . . .How many years a young man would work for his new wife's family
10. The Maya built their cities around religious and ceremonial centers because . . .Religion was very important to the Maya
11. Why did the Maya honor their gods?They feared that the gods who created the world could also destroy it
12. The primary Maya food was . . .Corn
13. How did Maya farmers adapt to the environment of the mountainous highlands?They built terraces to make more land available for planting
14. What happened that marked the end of the Classic period of Mayan history?Maya had abandoned their large cities to the jungle
15. Where did Mayan cities continue to prosper during the Post-Classic period?In the highlands

 



Maya Civilization: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Mayan_culture_flourished_in_the_region_known_as_._._._.

Question 1 (of 15)

 



Maya Civilization: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_first_Mesoamericans_to_use_a_solar_calendar_were_the_._._.

Question 2 (of 15)

 



Maya Civilization: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_Maya_developed_their_own_system_of_hieroglyphic_writing_during_the_._._.

Question 3 (of 15)

 



Maya Civilization: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Around_what_year_did_the_Classic_period_end?

Question 4 (of 15)

 



Maya Civilization: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Who_was_at_the_top_of_the_social_pyramid_in_each_Maya_city-state?

Question 5 (of 15)

 



Maya Civilization: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Which_members_of_Maya_society_knew_how_to_read_and_write?

Question 6 (of 15)

 



Maya Civilization: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Who_were_considered_the_backbone_of_Maya_society_because_they_grew_most_of_the_food?

Question 7 (of 15)

 



Maya Civilization: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=When_might_slaves_be_sacrificed_to_the_gods?

Question 8 (of 15)

 



Maya Civilization: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=When_arranging_a_marriage_of_their_children,_the_families_had_to_agree_on_._._.

Question 9 (of 15)

 



Maya Civilization: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_Maya_built_their_cities_around_religious_and_ceremonial_centers_because_._._.

Question 10 (of 15)

 



Maya Civilization: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Why_did_the_Maya_honor_their_gods?

Question 11 (of 15)

 



Maya Civilization: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_primary_Maya_food_was_._._.

Question 12 (of 15)

 



Maya Civilization: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=How_did_Maya_farmers_adapt_to_the_environment_of_the_mountainous_highlands?

Question 13 (of 15)

 



Maya Civilization: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_happened_that_marked_the_end_of_the_Classic_period_of_Mayan_history?

Question 14 (of 15)

 



Maya Civilization: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Where_did_Mayan_cities_continue_to_prosper_during_the_Post-Classic_period?

Question 15 (of 15)