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Curriculum Unit

Rites of Passage: A Case Study of the Amish Rumspringa

Barbara Prillaman

Title Author

KEY LEARNING, ENDURING UNDERSTANDING, ETC.

• Socialization is the life-long process of developing one’s personality and learning the norms (rules) of how to behave

• Socialization affects societies

• Culture is a total way of life of people.

• Rites of passage are ceremonies or events marking an important stage in someone's life, especially birth, puberty, marriage, and death.

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• Culture is a total way of life of a people

ESSENTIAL QUESTION(S) for the UNIT

1. What is the socialization process? How does it relate to my life? The Amish way of life?

2. What are some examples of meaningful interaction experiences from my life? From the life of the Amish? How do these relate to the socialization process?

3. How is an agent of socialization defined? Who/what is an agent of socialization that has deeply impacted you and how? Who/what is an agent of socialization that affects the Amish people? How?

4. What is culture and how is it reflective of the socialization process?

5. What is a rite of passage and how is this related to socialization? To culture?

CONCEPT A CONCEPT B CONCEPT C

Rites of Passage

Rumspringa

Culture

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS A ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS B ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS C

What is the socialization process? How does it relate to my life? The Amish way of life?

What are some examples of meaningful interaction experiences from my life? From the life of the Amish? How do these relate to the socialization process?

How is an agent of socialization defined? Who/what is an agent of socialization that has deeply impacted you and how? Who/what is an agent of socialization that affects the Amish people? How?

What is a rite of passage and how is this related to socialization? To culture?

What is culture and how is it reflective of the socialization process?

VOCABULARY A VOCABULARY B VOCABULARY C

• Sacred and profane

• Stages of a Rite of Passage: separation, liminality, and incorporation

• Culture

• Material culture

• Non-material culture

• Values, Beliefs, Norms, Folkways, Mores

• Symbols

• Rumspringa

• Socialization

• Agents of socialization

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/MATERIAL/TEXT/FILM/RESOURCES

PBS Documentaries – The American Experience/The Amish and The Amish – Shunned