A1 Level – Elementary
1. Do you watch survival movies?
2. What is a big crash?
3. Do you like saving food?
4. What is a safe basement?
5. Do you think people will help each other?
6. What is a broken computer?
7. Do you know how to fish?
8. What is a strong weapon?
9. Do you like learning about danger?
10. What is a simple shelter?
11. Do you have warm blankets?
12. What is a safe city?
13. Do you trust the government?
14. What are three things you need to survive?
15. Do you think movies show real survival?
A2 Level – Pre-Intermediate
1. What is the difference between an emergency and a total collapse?
2. Why are stories about a collapsed world very popular now?
3. What are the good things and bad things about relying on modern technology?
4. How can people organize themselves after the government stops working?
5. Should people learn how to grow their own food?
6. Why do some people move far away from cities for safety?
7. Do you think a total breakdown of society is possible?
8. What is the purpose of emergency communication systems?
9. How does a movie show the struggle for food and water?
10. What is the difference between a disaster plan and a survival skill?
11. Do you think people should share resources equally in a crisis?
12. What are the problems when the money system stops working?
13. When is the best time to leave a city if there is a major collapse?
14. What are two things that would stop working in a doomsday scenario?
15. How does the thought of a disaster change what people buy?
B1 Level – Intermediate
1. What are the rules for politely joining a survival group?
2. How does the belief in a collapse affect people’s feeling about their job?
3. Should the government be forced to tell the public about all potential threats?
4. What is the difference between a self-sufficient community and an isolated group?
5. Do you believe that specialized skills (like medicine) would become the most valuable after a collapse?
6. What are the challenges of creating a new form of money or trade after a breakdown?
7. How does the availability of clean water become the biggest problem in a long crisis?
8. What is the idea of “bartering” (trading goods without money)?
9. Is it fair or unfair when some people are much better prepared than others?
10. How does a lack of law enforcement affect personal safety?
11. What are the steps for properly cleaning and reusing dirty water for drinking?
12. What is the value of keeping cultural artifacts and art after a collapse?
13. Should public media report truthfully on panic and fear during a crisis?
14. What are the reasons why some people believe a collapse would be a positive restart for humanity?
15. How does the government’s role change when it can no longer provide basic services?
B2 Level – Upper-Intermediate
1. What are the social pressures to keep working even when a major crisis is happening?
2. What are the moral problems when people have to steal to feed their children during a collapse?
3. How does the loss of communication (internet, phones) affect people’s ability to coordinate help?
4. Should people who are prepared for survival be legally required to share their resources?
5. Analyze the psychological effect of having to constantly monitor your environment for danger.
6. Who is responsible for maintaining order and justice in the absence of police?
7. What is your view on the practice of forming armed, private survival groups?
8. Evaluate the role of private militias in filling the gap left by a failed government.
9. How does the sudden drop in the human population affect the environment?
10. Discuss the concept of “disaster capitalism” (profiting from a crisis).
11. What are the problems with having very different moral standards for survival in a crisis?
12. What are the legal differences between forming a temporary survival government and committing a crime?
13. Do you agree that the purpose of human civilization is too fragile to survive a major breakdown?
14. What steps should be taken to ensure that valuable medical knowledge is preserved?
15. How does the concept of a total societal collapse challenge religious and philosophical beliefs?
C1 Level – Advanced
1. Is it fair that the least responsible people often suffer the most during a global breakdown?
2. What is the right way to think about a person’s moral duty to strangers after the collapse of law?
3. How do the platform’s algorithms influence the type of survival skills and information that are spread?
4. When should the military be allowed to use force to maintain order and protect essential resources?
5. What are the moral questions when we talk about deciding who lives and who dies in a desperate situation?
6. How does the focus on survival affect the human need for art, culture, and non-essential activities?
7. Discuss the impact of major global events on the public’s confidence in science and government.
8. How should leaders use the fear of collapse to motivate citizens to invest in long-term infrastructure?
9. What is the idea of “Hobbesian anarchy” and its relevance to a post-apocalyptic society?
10. What are the long-term effects on society when the only survivors are those with specific technical skills?
11. What are the difficulties when courts try to re-establish property rights after a total breakdown?
12. How does the search for total safety conflict with the need to take risks to find new resources?
13. Do you agree that the most important thing is to preserve democratic ideals, even during a crisis?
14. What are the simple moral rules a person should follow when they have power over others in a collapsed society?
15. Should the government set a legal minimum for the amount of food and water every citizen must store?
C2 Level – Proficiency
1. What is the real difference between a person’s individual rights and the need for communal survival in a crisis?
2. Debate the idea: Should we completely eliminate the concept of national borders after a global collapse?
3. How does the concept of “justice” change when the only rule is survival?
4. What laws or rules are needed to control how technology is used to monitor and manage survivors?
5. How do historical views of disease and war affect modern preparation for a doomsday event?
6. How can communities maintain shared moral values when resources are extremely scarce?
7. Argue the point that humans should stop all attempts to control the consequences of a disaster and rely on natural selection.
8. What protection should laws give to survivors who attempt to re-establish civilization?
9. How can we stop the problem of using the crisis as an excuse for tyranny and violence?
10. What did old thinkers say about the social contract and the origin of government that is still important today?
11. What will happen to the need for human leadership if a sophisticated AI survives and manages the rebuilding?
12. How do people use the idea of “necessity” to avoid discussing the immorality of their survival actions?
13. How does the experience of total collapse change a person’s understanding of wealth and power?
14. What is the power of international agreements to control the use of weapons in a post-collapse world?
15. If scientists could perfectly rebuild society instantly, how would that fundamentally change the value of human history?
