Life in a Hutterite Colony Assignment
Read Donald Huffman’s ethnography of Spring Prairie Hutterite Colony (found under Content) to answer Questions 1-
9. Read Spring Prairie Dairy Heart of the Hutterite Colony to answer questions 10-12. Watch the Bon Homme Colony video to answer questions 13-15. Watch the Hutterite Lifestyle video to answer questions 16-19. Download this assignment and answer the following questions. Your answers should be word-processed in bold green
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font. Save your completed assignment as a Word document or pdf and place it in the Assignment folder. Worth up to 20 points. 1.
The Hutterites “are the longest surviving experiment in ______________________ recorded in modern Western history.”
2.
In reviewing the history of the Hutterites, their severest persecutors were: 3.
The Hutterite prescription for communal living is taken from what passage in the Bible? 4.
Hutterite children typically receive public schooling through 8
th
or 9
th
grade. The State of Minnesota mandated Hutterite children be educated to what level? Why is this of concern to Hutterite leadership? 5.
New colony development, or “branching,” occurs about every ____________ years for most colonies in the United States and Canada. 6.
Huffman contended that the family structure exhibited at the colony was very critical to the colony’s stability. Describe what is typical of the family at Spring Prairie. 7.
It is written that the Hutterites are one of the few subcultures in the Western world that maintain a culture of austerity
. What does that mean? 8.
It is 2024. How long have the Hutterites been in existence? 9.
What does it mean when one says that the Hutterite are patriarchal
? Provide an example. 10.
How many acres is the Spring Prairie Colony? 11.
There are about ___________ Hutterite colonies scattered across Canada and the United States.
12.
The Hutterites have much in common with the Amish and the Mennonites. According to Waldner, how do the Hutterites differ from the Amish? 13.
What was going on in the U.S. that made the Bon Homme Hutterites consider a move to Canada?
14.
The video includes a lot of footage of Bon Homme Colony’s agricultural operations. How would you describe the farming operation of the Bon Homme Colony? 15.
In their free time, what do Bon Homme colony members like to do? 16.
Once baptized, what can a Hutterite do?
17.
How do Hutterites view doing labor / working?
