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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 Culture
varies around the world

Buddhist Monks in Myanmar

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 SOCIAL GROUPS
RICH YOUNG
MIDDLE CLASS OLD
POOR

ETHNIC GROUPS
MEN

WOMEN

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LANGUAGE
Dialect

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 Religion in Cultures

• Religion is an
organized system of
beliefs with specific
rituals and practices
that includes the super The Bible- the holy book of
natural. Christianity.
• Religion can guide
people in ethics –
standards of accepted
behavior.
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The Koran – the holy book of Islam.
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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 ECONOMY
Traditional Economy:
Things are done how
they always were
usually due to
customs and beliefs:
Religious

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

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 ECONOMY
Command 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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 Education
One 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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