nlt 02:18 video:
The Amish: People of Preservation
(54 min., Revised 1996 edition, VC 3244)

• If you want to control the effect of social change on your culture, or at least control the rate of change, what do you need to do?
  
  
• For this film make a list of items that the Amish people try to control in order to control the rate of change in their society
  
  

  • Reference: Systematic Data Collection. Susan C. Weller and A. Kimball Romney (Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications, 1988)
    
    
  • "Qualitative Quantitative Mix"
    
    
  • Pertti Pelto Projective Pictures (PPPP), TATs, FIAT . . .
    
    
• Question: Is it true that, "Horses have their own personality anyway?"
  
  
• Hostetler, John A.

Biography John A. Hostetler -- Federation of East European Family History Societies

• Amish Notes -- Tim Roufs
• on-line list of items

 

• Good supplimentary film:
  
  The America of the Amish (54 min., 2006, DVD 1019)

  "Filmed on location in Pennsylvania and Ohio Amish country. Interviews with Amish men and women, some born into the religion and some converts, reveal a range of opinions about the group's tradtional stance on technology, education and worship. Highlights the rapid growth of the Amish population and their changing attitudes toward electricity, cell phones, cars and other modern conveniences. Shows ways that an American subculture adapt to mainstream society."