@article{Andrews_2013, place={Washington DC: American Sociological Association.}, title={Challenging the Gospel of Individualism: An Exercise in Social Stratification}, url={https://trails.asanet.org/article/view/challenging-the-gospel-of-individualism-an-exercise}, abstractNote={Social stratification is a difficult topic to teach to undergraduate students, especially given the popular American ethic of individualism. This paper describes an activity designed to simulate key aspects of social stratification, including the nature and impact of social structure. Discussion following the game often highlights not only the material and economic aspects of stratification, but also a variety of other related issues and can be used to sensitize students to the overall significance of social structure in understanding economic processes and outcomes}, journal={TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology}, author={Andrews, Christopher}, year={2013}, month={Mar.} }