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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