Topic: School Life

Value of schooling - Is school free? How many years do you go to school? Do both boys and girls go to school? Importance of technical/vocational training vs. academic training. What percentage of students go to university? Will you go to university? The teacher's role - what are they like in your school? Is being a teacher a job that you or your friends would like? If so, why? If not, why not? What is your school building like? Who built your school?

Topic: The Environment

What is the primary environmental issue facing your country/city/town? Do you, as a class or an individual, do anything to help with this issue? Do you have access to clean water? How and where do you get your clean water? Are there people in your community working towards providing you with clean water? Who and How? What is your environment - is it tropical, hot, is there rainforest, are there lakes and rivers, are you near the ocean? What is your geography like? Do you have air pollution? Is it hotter/colder/wetter/drier than it used to be? Why?

Topic: Friends, Family and Community

What are your family ties? Siblings, aunts, uncles, extended family, generations? Do you share duties within your family? What are your duties and what duties do other members of your family have? What is your responsibility towards your community (school or town)? Do you do anything to make this community a better place to be? What do you do? Do you experience conflict within your family, friends or community? What is this conflict usually about? How do you resolve this conflict? Is there help available to you through your school or community to develop skills that would help you learn how to resolve conflict? Who provides this help? Is your town or city involved in a conflict with another group or nation? What is this about? Is there any other country or organization helping you to figure out how to resolve this conflict? Is it working? Why or why not?

Topic: Discrimination

Definition based on personal experience Learning to respect differences Have you ever experienced discrimination? What was the situation? What happened? How did you handle it? Did anyone help you? Who? Is there discrimination within your school? Describe this. Why does this happen? Do you believe it is true? Do you want to change this situation? How do you think you could do that? Is there any person or group within your school or community that helps to raise awareness about discrimination? Who and where are they from? Do they help? If not, why? Are there different language groups within your school or community? What are they? Is there any conflict between these language groups? What is that conflict? Do they live harmoniously side by side? Do you speak more than one language? What is your mother tongue? Is this the language you speak with your friends and at school? If not, why not? Is bilingualism expected where you live? Are there different roles for girls and boys where you live? If so, what are the expectations of these roles? Is everyone equal? Could a woman become the leader of your country? If not, why not?

Topic: Human Rights and Children's Rights

Do you live in a democracy? If so, what does this mean to you? If not, what is your style of government and how does this impact you? Can you vote? If you are too young, how old do you have to be to vote? Have you ever voted? Describe that experience. Did you think it was fair? If not, why not? As a child, what are your rights?

Topic: Health Issues

What is your favorite food? What do you eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner? Do you take your lunch to school or is there food supplied at school? Do you get enough food every day to grow? How do you get your food? If you rely on people other than your parents to provide you with food, are there any organizations that help you get enough food? Who are they and what do they do? Are there any diseases or health issues that affect your community? What are they? Has it affected you? How? Are there any organizations that help your community deal with this issue? Who are they and what do they do? Is there anything that you do to help with this health issue? If so, what do you do? If not, why not?

Topic: Economics

Do you have an after-school job? Do you get paid for this work? How much? Do you trade services for this work instead of being paid? What do you trade? Do your parents have an income? Do they do work for this income? What do they do? How much money do they earn in a month? Is this enough for your family to live on? Do you consider your community to be wealthy or poor? Why do you believe this? What about your school? Is it a wealthy school or a poor school? Why do you think this? Is there any group or organization that is trying to help your community or school by providing money or other things that will help? If so, who are they and what do they do? Does your country have any natural resources that help your country grow and prosper? What are they? Do these natural resources stay within your country or do you export them to other countries? Do these natural resources cause conflict within your country? If so, describe.

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