Janie Kiester Mini Ethnography on Amish Dinner Instructor, Michelle Stone, PhD Amish/Mennonite Information: Today there are over 12 different Amish and Mennonite groups in the Shipshawana area. They do not permit electricity or telephones in their homes. By restricting access to television, radio, and telephones, the Amish feel they are better able to keep the modern world from intruding into their home life. The Amish have long preferred farming as a way of life. They feel their lifestyle and their families can best be maintained in a rural environment. While they do not permit the use of tractors in their fields, these traditional Amish groups do use modern farm equipment pulled by teams of horses or mules. These traditional Amish groups…
Children in school are well behavior and know that they should always do as they are told by the teacher. The Amish culture teaches children and adults that they should be kind, nonaggressive, and respectful to others. The Amish do not receive money from the government, they are not allowed to participate in war, they don’t believe in material things, and they don’t believe in living in the city. The Amish do not use or have any electronics. They believe that you should feel blessed for what God gives you in life. They speak in a version of Pennsylvania Dutch. The Amish do not drive cars; their means of transportation is horse and buggy. In many people’s eyes, the Amish are strange and very different. As English men and women, we do not understand this way of life. We are used to and embrace all the modern conveniences. In the Amish culture, this simple way of life is normal and what they believe in. I think that this source is one of the best one I found on Amish culture for a research paper. It goes into great detail about what how the Amish live and what their value system is.…
The Amish is a group of traditionalist Christians that rely on simple living, plain dress and refuse to adapt to modern technology. The history of the Amish started in Switzerland in 1693 led by Jakob Amman. Today majority of the traditional descendants of the Amish live in Pennsylvania and Ohio.…
Israel Zangwill main ideal for the text, Melting Pot, is that God uses America as his own crucible, or melting pot, and through assimilation will from a new Country. Zangwill goes to support his statements by stating that Ellis Island is the merging point of fifty different cultures. Lastly he insinuates that the fifty countries will have to melded together, assimilate, under the fire of…
The Amish culture is one of fascination and attracts tourist. “The Amish family is the foundation of the Amish way of life. The family structure and traditions that seem to be taken from a page out of history have remained an integral part of the Amish culture” (http://www.exploring-amish-country.com/amish-family.html) The Amish are mostly horticulturist, because they farm. They have been farmers for many years, but the growing number of Amish citizens has made them look elsewhere for finances. Amish people have a strong belief in god, which has set the path for some very strong values. Men are the main farmers, but women can and do help. Men handle the finances of the home, while women handle the cooking cleaning, and gardening. Children are educated through the eighth grade, and then learn the adult way in the Amish culture. Amish people vary a great deal from church to church or community to community. Some have cars, some use gas powered farming equipment, and some keep ties with family who leave the culture, while other do not. Even though Amish culture seems simple, it’s far more complicated than people know.…
1) Past two weeks I have become more aware of the different cultures that I was never been known that much before in my life. I learn a lot about Amish culture, values and practices, and the understanding Amish cultures is very important for history of Amish. The Amish is branch of Christianity and they originally come from Switzerland. The Amish emerged from Anabaptist movement in 1525, that are known nowadays as Mennonites and later on spread out all over surrounding cities and countries. This old and new Amish does not believe a government involving of religion and values. So that they were marginalized deported from the society, because of their refusal to following the authority the state church in matters of faith. The gender roles are very important in Amish cultures, men are the leader and provider of the family, even though the male and female share some of the family responsibilities. The Amish lifestyle is totally different from the tradition American lifestyles, Amish community have believed some guidelines that are called Ordnung which are adult baptism; separation of church and state. Couple areas of perinatal care that I want to discuss with Mary are the hospitalization of their and how it will…
In our history, the Bible is a contribution to history that roots in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. It focuses on Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The Old Testament is the original Bible written by many different people with composite text. The Bible is a Monotheistic faith and is also impossible to date in time. This religion changed many people’s beliefs and traditions.…
practices like Rumspringa. The Amish also participate in a lot of social roles or expectations in…
Technology is generally where you will see the greatest differences between Amish orders. The Swartzentruber and Andy Weaver Amish are ultraconservative in their use of technology - the Swartzentruber, for example, do not even allow the use of battery lights. Old Order Amish have little use for modern technology, but are allowed to ride in motorized vehicles including planes and automobiles, though they are not allowed to own them. The New Order Amish permit the use of electricity, ownership of automobiles, modern farming machines, and telephones in the home.…
Many Amish hire drivers or get transported to important meetings. After the 8th grade, the typical Amish boy or girl will have dropped out of school, receive an occupation, and learn the community’s traditional crafts. In most communities the Amish refused to use electricity in any aspect of their lives, but recently the Amish must use electricity to prolong their economic livelihood through agriculture. In the past, the Amish have been known as skilled agriculturalists without using modern farming technology. For example, they use horses to plow the field instead of…
Beyond the archetypal exposé of the Amish culture by all, it seems that the Oscar-winning ‘Witness’ by Peter Weir has expunged the typical intuition of the Amish culture. In a nutshell, 1985 film ‘Witness’ focuses on a detective protecting a young Amish boy [Samuel] who becomes the target of a ruthless killer after he witnesses a brutal murder in a Philadelphia train station. The Amish trace their religious heritage to the Swiss Anabaptist of sixteenth-century Europe, who emerged in the wake of the Protestant Reformation. The first ample group of Amish arrived in America around 1730 and settled near Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Amish are not the prevalent group of U.S. Amish as is generally thought, however. The Amish have settled in as many as twenty-four states, Canada, and Central America, though statistics suggest that about 80% are located in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana. The Amish traditionally speak German and, symbolic of their faith, Amish clothing styles encourage humility and separation from the world. They dress in a very simple style, avoiding all but the most basic ornamentation. Clothing is made at home of plain fabrics and is primarily dark –usually black- in color, as is depicted in the following picture.…
Having no electricity, no phones or even any modern day technology- to us it would be a major culture shock but to the Amish it is just another day in life. The Amish are considered a society that is outdated and old. I have learned from researching that they can be fully functional.…
Months ago rumors and conspiracies began of an upcoming war against the United States and China, alongside with North Korea and their allies. At first no one had believed this to have been true, after all, people refused to believe something as bad as that were to happen and of course, the media had tried to hide the war to prevent global panic.…
The Amish movement started in Europe by Jacob Amman, it was considered an attempt to revive Mennonite practices. The Amish left Europe and migrated to the United States in search of fulfillment within a new society. They Amish believe in the simple things that our country use to stand for before industrialization took over making the pace of out lives faster and less complicated. The Amish religion still exist today, partially because of Rum Springer, Amish teenagers get to experience the fast-paced American lifestyle for themselves. After that year of experimenting, most decide to join the church and get married. Americans are more accepting of them because they share a lot of the same beliefs that we do, as well as being our window to what are ancestors lives were like without modern technology. As American's we want an escaped from the fast paced, hair on fire lifestyle were use to in favor for the slower, appreciate the sunset lifestyle that they live. Amish are also very close knit and family oriented, the churches actually meet in their homes and the services last about four hours. They also home school their children and spend their leisurely time with family and friends from the…
Amish society is very different from American society. Both societies have different beliefs and value very different things. The Amish reject modern advances, while the rest of America is constantly striving for the latest technology. The Amish believe in humility and religion above most everything else in life. They have very simple lives and believe in surviving with just the necessities. They are very community and family oriented. Americans put more value on money, material possessions, becoming “successful,” and having fun. Most Americans are independent and fend for themselves, while the Amish work together as a community and are very close.…