STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to Student B.)
| (1) | Is history important to you? |
| (2) | Did you like studying history at school? |
| (3) | What period of history interests you most? |
| (4) | What do you think of the recent history of your country – the past fifty years? |
| (5) | What do you know about the early history of your country |
| (6) | What do you think of the overall history of your country? |
| (7) | Do you think history repeats itself? |
| (8) | What period of history would you like to go back and live in? |
| (9) | Napoleon Bonaparte said “History is a set of lies agreed upon”. Do you agree with this? |
| (10) | “Half of writing history is hiding the truth.” What do you think of this quote in relation to what was in your school history books? |
STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to Student A.)
| (1) | Why do people like history? |
| (2) | What do you know about your family history? |
| (3) | Is there a history of illness in your family? |
| (4) | Would you like to be a historian? |
| (5) | In his book 1984, George Orwell says: “He who controls the past, controls the future; and he who controls the present, controls the past.” Do you agree? Does this apply to countries today? |
| (6) | Which people in the world have a troubled history? |
| (7) | Do you think history comes back to haunt us? |
| (8) | Does your country have a proud or violent history? |
| (9) | How would the world change if schools stopped teaching history to children and all history books were destroyed? |
| (10) | Sir Winston Churchill said: “Those that fail to learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.” Do you agree with him? |
