AMISH

A few characteristics are

The Amish do not drive cars or motor-driven tractors.
The Amish do not use telephones except for business.
They share almost identical "dress" and are recognizable as a group.
They are practical.
They work very hard.
They do what is necessary to do, with little to no complaining.
They do not call attention to themselves.
Family means everything.
They do not use electricity in their homes.
They live a simple, Christian life.

shunning

deliberately avoiding; keeping away from
ere is some typical Amish vocabulary – explain all the words by looking them up in a dictionary (if you don’t know them)

baptize

kerosene

harvest

crops

laundry line

nonviolent

quaint

simple

elder

broad-rimmed

buggy

rumspringa

courting

Pennsylvania Dutch

pacifist

plain

Ordnung

righteous

suspenders

worship

unselfish

humble