pptx, 21.35 MB
pptx, 21.35 MB

75 x BIG QUESTIONS! (more than enough for one per week for a whole school year!)

These are designed to get students thinking about bigger issues, with zero preparation.
These can be put on the board for a few minutes to get students to think and discuss the question. Then the prompts and questions can appear to prompt discussions around the issue. Lasts 10-15 minutes usually, we do this once a week during formtime as part of the form programme of activities:

  1. Which is more important - sleep or study?
  2. Do you want to live forever?
  3. Do we need laws?
  4. Is luck real?
  5. Does prison work?
  6. Footballers or nurses - who should earn more?
  7. Are videogames causing violence?
  8. Online friends or real friends?
  9. Where do we learn best?
  10. Does money mean happiness?
  11. Should healthcare be free?
  12. Should humans all speak the same language?
  13. Parents or celebrities - which influence you more?
  14. Are we ruining the earth?
  15. When are we ‘adults’?
  16. What age is best to get a mobile phone?
  17. Should we change the school day?
  18. Do we need a school uniform?
  19. Should we have exams?
  20. Is it important to be popular?
  21. Nature or nurture - which has the most effect?
  22. Is eating meat murder?
  23. Should we close the dark web?
  24. Should we study more vocational subjects?
  25. Should social media influencers be regulated?
  26. Do we need homework?
  27. Were previous generations happier?
  28. Do we need the royal family?
  29. Freedom or safety?
  30. Is war sometimes good?
  31. Are we more special than animals?
  32. Should we judge others?
  33. Is it important to be popular?
  34. Change the past or see the future?
  35. Are videogames harmful?
  36. Are humans the most intelligent animals?
  37. Should America ban guns?
  38. What would you uninvent?
  39. Is it ever right to lie?
  40. Should wild animals be in the zoo?
  41. Do aliens exist?
  42. What happens when we die?
  43. Do ghosts exist?
  44. Is it ever right to steal?
  45. Is God real?
  46. Should we test things on animals?
  47. What is consciousness?
  48. Should private schools be allowed?
  49. How did life begin?
  50. What are dreams?
  51. What is reality?
  52. What makes something right or wrong?
  53. Why are some people more creative?
  54. Should we forgive?
  55. Why do emotions sometimes control us?
  56. If you could only lie or only tell the truth, which would you choose?
  57. What is the meaning of life?
    … run out of characters! :)

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