Propellers: Quick Ques-tions to Launch Good Con-versations is a collection of 160 questions intended to spark discussions with a young person or a group of young people. These questions can be used in many different settings, including

• classrooms;• youth groups;• one-on-one mentoring or counseling sessions;• family meetings; or• any scenario in which

you’d like to get kids talking and thinking.

The cards have been sorted into eight sepa-rate categories with 20 questions each. These categories are shown on the outside edge of the cards and color-coded for easy identification:

• Icebreakers• School• Friendships• Family• Money• Community• Values• Thinking about the Future

Some of the questions are simply intended to strike up an interesting conversation, while others can be utilized for in-depth discussions about what matters to youth and how they can grow up to be healthy, caring, and responsible

citizens several years from now. The cards can be used in any way you like. You can use them in any order, flip to questions at random, or even unclasp the ring and mix them up. Propel your conversations to new heights!

Propellers: Quick Questions to Launch Good Conversations

Copyright © 2010 by Search Institute

ISBN-13: 978-1-57482-492-6

Design: Jeenee LeeProduction Supervisor: Mary Ellen Buscher

All rights reserved. No parts of this publication may be repro-duced in any manner, mechani-cal or electronic, without prior permission from the publisher except in brief quotations or summaries in articles or reviews.

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icebreakers

If you could describe your ideal day, what would it be like?

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Where is your favorite place for studying? What do you like about it?

friendships

Who gives you the most support? How does this person do this?

family

What is your favorite family tradition? Does it involve an

activity you like to do?

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yDo you admire people who give money to charities

or others who are in need? If so, how do they inspire you?

community

Can you think of an adult outside your family who is a positive role

model in your life? What makes that person a role model?

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Is it important to make the world a better place? Why or why not?

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thinking about the future

Name something you have always wished you could do. How

could you make it happen?

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