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A hot air balloon carrying famous historical figures is losing altitude and will crash unless seven passengers are thrown overboard. The passengers include influential leaders, scientists, artists, and writers such as Mahatma Gandhi, Albert Einstein, William Shakespeare, Abraham Lincoln, and JK Rowling. The document prompts difficult decisions about which seven passengers should be sacrificed to save the others and ensure their future contributions.

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Balloon Debate Adv Teenagers

A hot air balloon carrying famous historical figures is losing altitude and will crash unless seven passengers are thrown overboard. The passengers include influential leaders, scientists, artists, and writers such as Mahatma Gandhi, Albert Einstein, William Shakespeare, Abraham Lincoln, and JK Rowling. The document prompts difficult decisions about which seven passengers should be sacrificed to save the others and ensure their future contributions.

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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:

Mahatma
Gandhi

William
Shakespeare

Albert Einstein

Leonardo da
Vinci

Abraham
Lincoln

Beethoven

Vincent Van
Gogh

JK Rowling

Alan Turner

Steve Jobs

Nelson Mandela
Charles Darwin

Dan Bilzerian

Mother Teresa

Feodor
Dostoyevsky
Lionel Messi
Thomas Edison

Language
Conditionals
If_____ hadnt invented_____,
wouldnt have happened.

_____

Making Decisions
Theres no way were throwing ______
overboard because______

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

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.

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