Balloon Debate Advanced

Teenagers

You are in a hot air balloon which is losing height rapidly and will soon
crash because it is overweight. You are travelling with a group of school
children who will grow up to be very famous. You have to decide which 7
to throw over the side; if the balloon crashes you will all die. The
passengers are:

Mother Teresa

Mahatma
Gandhi

Diego
Maradona

Albert Einstein

Leonardo da
Vinci

Abraham
Lincoln

Beethoven

Nelson Mandela

Charles Darwin

William
Shakespeare

Miguel de
Cervantes

Vincent Van
Gogh

Lionel Messi

JK Rowling

Thomas Edison

Pep Guardiola

Steve Jobs

Language
Conditionals
If_____ hadnt

invented_____,

_____

Making Decisions
Theres no way were throwing ______

wouldnt have happened.

But
for
________
we
wouldnt
have________.
If it hadnt been for ______, we wouldnt
have _______ now
Had it not been for _______, we wouldnt
have________.
Examples:

overboard because______
Throwing _______ is out of the question
because________
I think ________ is expendable.
What did _______ really do for us?

If Charles Darwin hadnt discovered evolution, society wouldnt have developed

like it has.
If it hadnt been for Gandhi, India would still be a British colony.
But for Shakespeare, we wouldnt have such a rich language.
Had it now been for Abraham Lincoln, the slaves wouldnt have been freed.