Title: An Analysis of the Amish Community Through the Lens of Structural Functionalism

Your assignment this semester is to perform an analysis of one of the groups we have studied
from the viewpoint of one or more of the theorists and theories I have introduced this session.
The material for your analysis is to be derived from the PowerPoints, films, lectures, and
independent research.
First, I want a brief, approximately half-page synopsis of the society, institution, culture, belief
system, behavior on which you are going to focus. Next, I want you to analyze one piece of the
political, social , economic, and cultural puzzle that is a society from one or two of the
theoretical viewpoints discussed in the course. Any of the groups that we have studied is
acceptable as a topic. Your analysis must contain data from the lectures, films, text, and from
your own independent research. In this assignment, simply agreeing with the interpretations
of the professor is insufficient. You will need to expand your argument beyond the scope of
the material presented in the course. Your analysis is expected to be unique. You will not
receive a low grade if I disagree with you.
The assignment should be a minimum of approximately three pages of double-spaced type and a
maximum of five pages. Intelligent analysis, careful, writing, and good grammar are the basis
for your grade.