This or That?! 112 Would You Rather Questions | Brain Breaks & Bell Ringers

These This or That / Would You Rather questions are perfect for hooking students in as a bell ringer, warming them up for the lesson, giving them a quick brain break, getting them moving and chatting, building connection during a morning meeting, or meaningfully filling those tricky five minutes of unstructured time!

Now packed with 112 ready-to-use questions, this engaging resource has been designed with upper primary, middle and high school students in mind, including those tougher tween and teen crowds who aren't always impressed by traditional icebreakers. 😅

Simply display a question, have students choose THIS or THAT, and let the conversation begin!

Use them for a quick vote, have students move to opposite sides of the room, ask them to justify their choices, turn them into debate prompts, or use the printable template for a quiet written activity.

WHAT’S INCLUDED:

✓ 112 ready-to-use This or That / Would You Rather questions

✓ PowerPoint version

✓ Google Slides version

✓ Editable questions AND instructions

✓ 4 different blank slide designs so you can easily add your own questions

✓ A printable answer template for students to record and justify their choices

✓ Bright, engaging slides designed for upper primary, middle and high school students

HOW YOU CAN USE THESE QUESTIONS:

✏️ Back to School: Use as a fun, low-stakes icebreaker on the first day of school or when returning for a new term.

✏️ Brain Breaks: Pull up a quick question for an easy 5-minute reset during a lesson.

✏️ Movement Breaks: Assign each answer to a side of the room and have students physically move to show their choice.

✏️ Ongoing Community Building: Use one question a day during attendance, morning meetings or tutor time to spark easy conversations and help students get to know one another.

✏️ Bell Ringers & Starter Activities: Have a question ready on the board as students enter the room and give everyone an immediate way into the lesson.

✏️ Discussion & Debate Prompts: Ask students to justify their choice, defend their opinion or try to convince the other side.

✏️ Writing Prompts: Turn any question into a quick-write by asking students to choose an option and explain their reasoning.

✏️ Class Parties & End-of-Year Activities: An easy, age-appropriate game you can pull out without complicated preparation.

✏️ Five-Minute Time Fillers: Fill those little pockets of “dead-air” time in a structured way before they have the chance to turn into classroom chaos!

WHY YOU’LL LOVE THIS OR THAT!

♡ With 112 questions, you’ll have a huge bank you can draw from again and again throughout the year.

♡ The questions have been selected to actually engage upper primary, middle and high school students, rather than feeling too young or forced.

♡ They encourage small but powerfully positive interactions that help students connect, chat and build a sense of classroom community.

♡ One simple question can become a 30-second brain break, a movement activity, a five-minute discussion, a debate or an extended writing task.

♡ The resource is now editable, so you can customise the questions and instructions to suit your own students.

♡ It gives you a structured activity to reach for during those awkward transition periods and spare five minutes when unstructured time can quickly become disruptive.

♡ Students naturally practise expressing opinions, listening to others, explaining their thinking and respectfully disagreeing.

ONE RESOURCE. SO MANY WAYS TO USE IT.

👉Choose a side.

Students simply vote for This or That.

👉Get them moving.

Send students to different sides of the room depending on their answer.

👉Get them talking.

Ask them to explain WHY they chose it.

👉Get them debating.

Challenge each side to convince the other.

👉Get them writing.

Use the included printable response template to turn any question into a short written task.

However you use them, you have 112 ready-to-go prompts sitting there whenever you need something engaging FAST.

💛 Want even more ready-to-go brain breaks?

This resource is also included in my Brain Break Mega Bundle, packed with 1000+ slides, activities and prompts for brain breaks, bell ringers, morning work, settling activities and those random five-minute gaps throughout the year.