Rocket Game

There are a few variations of this game.

In this example, the world is about to end, and a rocket is taking off to begin civilisation again on a new planet.  Places are limited, so only the best and brightest can get a ticket to a new life.  Students (6-8 is a good number for this exercise) get cards giving their occupations.  Don't make it too obvious, as something like 'doctor' is always going to get through.  Try occupations like: 'police officer', 'carpenter', 'lawyer', 'scientist'.  Students have to argue their case, followed by a secret vote to decide who gets onto the ship.  Each student gets to vote for 2 people, excluding themselves.

If you want to add an extra dimension, you could give students a separate paper with some negative character trait 'jealousy', 'rage', 'fear of outdoors' for students to guess, which may influence the final vote.