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Culture
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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”
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Buddhist Monks in MyanmarEnglish Punk Rocker
Culturevaries around the world
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POOR
RICH
SOCIAL GROUPS
MIDDLE CLASS OLD
YOUNG
MEN
WOMEN
ETHNIC GROUPS
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LANGUAGEDialect
GOB vs. WHOOPIE PIE
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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 Koran – the holy book of Islam.
The Bible- the holy book of Christianity.
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Daily Life
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Daily Life (Sports)
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History
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ART
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GOVERNMENT
• Monarchy: Kings and Queens rule.
• Patriarchy• Matriarchy
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GOVERNMENT• Dictatorship:
Individual rules the government any way who or she wants to.
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GOVERNMENT• Democracy: The
power is held by the people to vote for their leaders.
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GOVERNMENT• Mixed democracy and
monarchy
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ECONOMYTraditional Economy: Things are done how they always were usually due to customs and beliefs: Religious
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ECONOMYMarket Economy:
Individuals make decisions about what to produce: They make what people want to buy.
Right to own property or businesses and choose what job to do.
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ECONOMYCommand Economy: Communism or Socialism
Government has the control of what you sell and produce
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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.
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Amish History
• Religious Group.• Roots are in
Anabaptist movement of the 1500’s.
• Ethnically German-Swiss.
• Amish in America dates from 1693.
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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
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Amish Cultural Values
• Family• Humility• Anti-individualism• Calmness &
Composure• Education only to the
8th grade
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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.
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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.
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EducationOne Room School House
Formal education beyond Grade 8 is discouraged.
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Rejection of Conveniences
• Most Amish reject modern technology such as automobiles.
• They believe it promotes pride or vanity in one’s possessions.
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Amish farming is often without machines
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Amish Hand Weaving
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Hand-made Items
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