A1 Level – Elementary
1. Do you watch movies about the end?
2. What is a big fire?
3. Do you like a safe home?
4. What is a scary thing?
5. Do you think the world will end?
6. What is a major flood?
7. Do you want to live a long time?
8. What is a good preparation?
9. Do you like science stories?
10. What is a dark night?
11. Do you worry easily?
12. What is a big wall?
13. Do you save food and water?
14. What are three ways the world could change?
15. Do you think people are ready?
A2 Level – Pre-Intermediate
1. What is the difference between the end of the world and a natural disaster?
2. Why are people interested in stories about the apocalypse?
3. What are the good things and bad things about knowing the end is coming?
4. How can a family prepare for a long time without electricity?
5. Should governments spend money preparing for rare disasters?
6. Why do many predictions about the end of the world not come true?
7. Do you think climate change is the biggest threat to the world?
8. What is the purpose of a survival kit?
9. How does science try to prevent global threats (like asteroids)?
10. What is the difference between a natural cause and a man-made cause?
11. Do you think fiction movies give people good ideas for survival?
12. What are the problems when too many people panic at once?
13. When is the best time to start learning survival skills?
14. What are two things that humans could do to save the planet?
15. How does the thought of the end of the world change daily life?
B1 Level – Intermediate
1. What are the rules for politely asking neighbors to share resources during a crisis?
2. How does living with the idea of a potential global threat affect people’s mental health?
3. Should the government build large underground bunkers for all citizens?
4. What is the difference between preparing for a natural disaster and preparing for a war?
5. Do you believe that human nature would be good or bad after a collapse?
6. What are the challenges of preserving important books and knowledge after a major event?
7. How does the concept of a shared threat bring people together?
8. What is the idea of “prepping” (survival preparation)?
9. Is it fair or unfair when some rich people have better places to hide from a disaster?
10. How does a focus on future threats affect people’s ability to solve current problems?
11. What are the steps for properly creating a long-term food storage plan?
12. What is the value of teaching people basic medical and building skills?
13. Should public media report only on verified threats, not just possibilities?
14. What are the reasons why some people feel calm about the idea of the end?
15. How does the belief in a specific end-of-the-world date affect religious communities?
B2 Level – Upper-Intermediate
1. What are the social pressures to dismiss people who worry about the end of the world?
2. What are the moral problems when survivalists keep all resources for themselves?
3. How does the constant media coverage of global risks affect public anxiety levels?
4. Should governments be allowed to use fear of a disaster to control citizen behavior?
5. Analyze the psychological effect of confronting the possible end of human civilization.
6. Who is responsible for deciding which knowledge or skills are most important to save after a collapse?
7. What is your view on the practice of building highly expensive private bunkers?
8. Evaluate the role of insurance companies in calculating risk based on global threats.
9. How does the concept of “existential risk” apply to technology like advanced AI?
10. Discuss the concept of a “post-apocalyptic society” often shown in fiction.
11. What are the problems with having very different government responses to the same global threat?
12. What are the legal differences between self-defense during normal times and self-defense during a collapse?
13. Do you agree that the purpose of worrying about the end is mainly to motivate change now?
14. What steps should be taken to ensure that global institutions (like banks) have backup plans?
15. How does the potential end of the world affect the human desire to have children?
C1 Level – Advanced
1. Is it fair that the greatest threats to the planet are often caused by the wealthiest, most powerful nations?
2. What is the right way to think about a person’s moral duty to future generations?
3. How do the platform’s algorithms influence the type of doomsday theories that become viral?
4. When should the government be allowed to take control of all private assets to ensure national survival?
5. What are the moral questions when we talk about scientists diverting an asteroid that might hit another country?
6. How does the focus on a single catastrophic event distract from the slower, ongoing global problems?
7. Discuss the impact of mass hysteria and fear on democratic political systems.
8. How should leaders use scientific certainty about a future threat to enact unpopular preventative laws?
9. What is the idea of “The Great Filter” in the context of advanced civilizations?
10. What are the long-term effects on society when the highest positions of power are held by survival experts?
11. What are the difficulties when international law tries to decide which country is responsible for causing a global threat?
12. How does the search for total safety conflict with the human spirit of adventure and risk?
13. Do you agree that the most important thing is to ensure that a diverse group of people survives to rebuild society?
14. What are the simple moral rules a person should follow when they find a place of shelter during a mass crisis?
15. Should the government set a legal minimum for the amount of time children must spend learning wilderness survival skills?
C2 Level – Proficiency
1. What is the real difference between a person’s individual survival instinct and the collective responsibility to rebuild?
2. Debate the idea: Should we completely eliminate all fiction about the end of the world because it causes unnecessary fear?
3. How does the concept of “hope” change when the scientific consensus is overwhelmingly negative?
4. What laws or rules are needed to control how governments use fear-based messaging to motivate compliance?
5. How do historical views of cosmic events (comets, dark skies) affect modern public reaction to scientific warnings?
6. How can communities maintain their moral and ethical values when the rule of law completely disappears?
7. Argue the point that humans should stop all large-scale projects and focus entirely on personal, local sustainability.
8. What protection should laws give to people who are unfairly targeted or accused of causing a disaster?
9. How can we stop the problem of using the fear of the end to create new, authoritarian political systems?
10. What did old thinkers say about fate, destiny, and the value of a meaningful life that is still important today?
11. What will happen to the need for human leaders if AI can perfectly predict and prevent all global threats?
12. How do people use the idea of “it’s too late” to avoid discussing necessary environmental changes?
13. How does the experience of a shared, massive threat improve a person’s understanding of human solidarity?
14. What is the power of international scientific bodies to force governments to act on global threats?
15. If scientists could perfectly measure the exact time the world would end, how would that fundamentally change human behavior?
