@article{Peretz_Messner_2013, place={Washington DC: American Sociological Association.}, title={Stand up/Sit down stucture and agency activity}, url={https://trails.asanet.org/article/view/stand-upsit-down-stucture-and-agency-activity}, abstractNote={This classroom activity quickly illustrates the complex relationship between structure, personal choice, and collective agency by having students stand up or sit down depending on whether they chose to take the class, and would’ve made the same choice under other circumstances. It takes between 10-30 minutes, works well with 25-300 students, and can easily be referred back to when students need to be reminded of how structure constrains and enables individual choice. It can be expanded to include discussions of social change through collective action (i.e. social movements).}, journal={TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology}, author={Peretz, Tal and Messner, Michael}, year={2013}, month={Oct.} }