For social workers who want to serve the Amish population and anyone who wants to acquire Amish cultural awareness

What you'll learn:

  • Name 5 definitions of Amish

  • Identify where the Amish live

  • Discuss the origins of the Amish

  • Assess whether someone is Amish, Mennonite, Hutterite, or from another group

  • Distinguish between Amish and 3 offshoots

Prerequisites:

  • None

Description:

This course is aimed at social workers, educators, and creatives who are interested in Amish culture and/or who want to serve the Amish population, and similar educationally deprived insular religious groups.

This course is for you if:

  • You’re passionate about learning and believe that every child should have the right to a quality education that prepares them for citizenship and encourages them to contribute to the global community

  • You'd like to see an increase in civic engagement in rural disadvantaged populations

  • You’re interested in the tension between religious liberty and individual rights and how that plays out behind closed doors in the Amish (and similar insular groups)

  • You want to effectively advocate for underserved, underrepresented, educationally deprived or disadvantaged populations that typically are inaccessible to social workers and policymakers

  • You want to accurately portray the Amish population in your creative projects


This course is not for you if:

  • You believe that a child’s human and constitutional right to an adequate education is less important than a parent/guardian or religion’s right to prohibit the fulfillment of the child's right

  • Education and children's rights are not important to you

  • You’re not interested in learning about the hidden crises within the Amish population (e.g., sexual abuse, violation of women’s, children’s, and LGBTQ+ rights, poverty, mental health, PTSD, etc.)

At the end of this course, you’ll be able to:

  • Summarize five (5) major topics in Amish culture, and determine your next step on your cultural literacy journey.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome to WHO ARE THE AMISH?

    • How to navigate this course

    • Pre-Course Self-Assessment Survey

    • Join the PRIVATE Facebook Group
  • 2

    Your WHO ARE THE AMISH? Roadmap/Syllabus

  • 3

    The Definition of Amish: Module 1

    • Module 1: Quiz
  • 4

    Where the Amish Live: Module 2

    • Where Do the Amish Live? (short video)
  • 5

    Who Founded the Amish: Module 3

    • The Secret Origins of the Amish that Will Make You Think (short video)
  • 6

    Amish vs. Mennonites, Hutterites, Quakers, and More Religious Groups Often Conflated with the Amish: Module 4

    • This Is How to Know the Difference Between Amish, Mennonites, Hutterites, and Quakers (short video)

Who this course is for:

  • Social workers, educators, and creatives who are interested in Amish culture and/or who want to serve the Amish population, and similar educationally deprived or disadvantaged insular religious groups.