STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to Student B.)
| (1) | What comes to mind when you hear the word ‘child soldiers’? |
| (2) | Where do you think child soldiers fight in the world? |
| (3) | What do you think of the people who force children to take up arms and fight? |
| (4) | What do you think the children feel about fighting in wars? |
| (5) | How do you think a child changes once he or she is given a gun and told to kill people? |
| (6) | Do you think the emotional scars child soldiers suffer ever heal? |
| (7) | What should the global community do to reduce the number of children fighting in conflicts across the world? |
| (8) | Can you imagine fighting in a war at the age of nine or ten? |
| (9) | Do you think child soldiers are happy? |
| (10) | In what ways do you think child soldiers can be more dangerous than adult soldiers? |
STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to Student A.)
| (1) | What is the youngest at which people can join your country’s army? |
| (2) | What do you think the average child soldier does every day? |
| (3) | Do you think your country has ever used child soldiers? |
| (4) | Do you think it’s OK to give children guns if they were the only and last chance to protect your country? |
| (5) | Do you think there are enough global campaigns to highlight the plight of child soldiers? |
| (6) | The United Nations says it is ok for fifteen-year-olds to fight. What do you think about this? |
| (7) | The UN says using children under 15 is a war crime. Do you agree? |
| (8) | Countries still celebrate the bravery of child soldiers during World War II. Do you think it’s OK for them to do this? |
| (9) | Do you know about the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers? |
| (10) | What is the worst case of the use of child soldiers you know about? |
