ORIGIN & situation
They are from Switzerland and Germany.
Where are they from?
The Amish pupils start at 3 am and finish at 3 pm.
What time do Amish pupils start and finish school?
They speak German dialect, High German and English.
What languages do they speak?
No, they can't become soldiers or police officers.
Can they become soldiers or police officers?
Men and boys wear dark trousers, braces, shirts, straw hats.
What ( type of) clothes do the Amish men wear?
They arrived in 1730ies.
When did they arrive in the USA?
What season do Amish pupils start or finish school ?
The Amish pupils start school in summer and finish in spring.
They travel by horse-drawn buggies.
How do they travel?
They refuse to fight in wars .
What do they refuse?
Amish Men grow their beards when they are married.
When do Amish men grow their beards?
The Amish live in the states of Pennsylvania, Indiana or Ohio (the USA) now.
(In) which States of The USA do they live now?
The Amish pupils learn 6 subjects at school.
How many subjects do the Amish pupils learn at school?
They use natural sources of energy such as wells or windmill.
What sources of energy do they use?
They believe in peace, mutual help and gentleness.
What do they believe in?
The Amish wear 18th century clothes because they are more pratical to work in the fields.
Why do the Amish wear 18th century clothes?
There are (about / around) 200 000 Amish in the USA.
How many Amish are there in the USA?
The children don't have homework because they help at the farm.
Why don't the children have homework?
The Amish women do the laundry, feed the chickens, look after the children...
What chores/housework do the Amish women do?
They follow the rules of the Bible.
What rules do they follow?
yes, the Amish all look alike.
Do the Amish all look alike?
They arrived in the USA because they escaped persecution in Europe.
Why did they arrive in The USA?
Grades 1 and grades 8 are in the same class because Grades 8 ( les 4ème) help grade 1.( les maternelles)
Why are grades 1 and grades 8 in the same class?
They pray 3 hours every other Sunday.
How many hours do they pray every other Sunday?
no, they are not allowed to marry outside the community.
Are they allowed to marry oustside the community?
The Amish look like Middle-Ages farmers.
What do the Amish look like?