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Culture

Delve into the unique Amish culture, a sub-culture in America rooted in the Anabaptist movement. Explore their beliefs, virtues, dress, rejection of modern technology, and traditional way of life, including farming and hand-weaving.

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Culture

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  1. Culture

  2. What is Culture • A Way of life of a group of people who share similar beliefs and customs. • It includes language, what they do, eat, make, believe and how they dress. • These groups are called “Cultural Groups”

  3. Culturevaries around the world Buddhist Monks in Myanmar English Punk Rocker

  4. SOCIAL GROUPS YOUNG RICH MIDDLE CLASS OLD POOR ETHNIC GROUPS MEN WOMEN

  5. LANGUAGEDialect Covite Communication GOB vs. WHOOPIE PIE Pennsyvania Dutch

  6. Religion in Cultures • Religion is an organized system of beliefs with specific rituals and practices that includes the super natural. • Religion can guide people in ethics – standards of accepted behavior. The Bible- the holy book of Christianity. The Koran – the holy book of Islam.

  7. Daily Life

  8. Daily Life (Sports) Football Vs. Soccer Cricket

  9. History New Zealand War (Afghanistan) British and Indian War

  10. ART

  11. GOVERNMENT • Monarchy: Kings and Queens rule. • Patriarchy • Matriarchy

  12. GOVERNMENT • Dictatorship: Individual rules the government any way who or she wants to. Adolf Hitler Stalin Idi Amin

  13. GOVERNMENT Mexico • Democracy: The power is held by the people to vote for their leaders. Uganda Puerto Rico Poland Germany United States

  14. GOVERNMENT Canada • Mixed democracy and monarchy United Kingdom Sweden

  15. ECONOMY Traditional Economy: Things are done how they always were usually due to customs and beliefs: Religious

  16. Free Enterprise ECONOMY Right to own property or businesses and choose what job to do. Market Economy: Individuals make decisions about what to produce: They make what people want to buy.

  17. COMMUNISM ECONOMY Command Economy: Communism or Socialism Government has the control of what you sell and produce

  18. Amish Culture • The Amish are a sub-culture in America. • A cultural group that lives within the existing larger national group. • The Amish Culture keeps to themselves as much as possible.

  19. Amish History • Religious Group. • Roots are in Anabaptist movement of the 1500’s. • Ethnically German-Swiss. • Amish in America dates from 1693.

  20. Amish Beliefs • Very strict – especially the Old Order group • About 198,000 Old Order Amish in United States. • The Ordnung is an oral tradition of rules which regulates how the Amish way of life should be conducted

  21. Amish Cultural Values • Family • Humility • Anti-individualism • Calmness & Composure • Education only to the 8th grade

  22. Amish Virtues • Modesty and purity are important virtues. • The Amish are pacifists - they reject all forms of violence. • They do not serve in the military. • They admire large families.

  23. Amish Dress • Amish wear traditional and plain clothing • It shows they are not conforming to the world. • It expresses an obedience to their church. • It shows their lack of vanity.

  24. EducationOne Room School House Formal education beyond Grade 8 is discouraged.

  25. Rejection of Conveniences • Most Amish reject modern technology such as automobiles. • They believe it promotes pride or vanity in one’s possessions.

  26. Amish farming is often without machines

  27. Amish Hand Weaving

  28. Hand-made Items

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