The teacher creates a situation while the students are absent from the classroom. The students discover the situation, react, and then are challenged to solve the problem. A natural disaster or a social dilemma is obvious choices.
Students arrive in classroom one morning to find all of the village people in and around one house.
The father is ill. He realizes he has to slow down and turnover responsibility for family lands to his offspring now or risk letting others decide after he is gone. Discuss the situation. List possible responses. One Sherpa having been approached late the night before for permission to pitch the tents for 3 days, provide fresh food, water and possibly guide them to the nearby peak at the end of their stay.