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Friday, March 30, 2018

Etiquette Unit Study and Lesson Plan

We felt that all of the children could benefit from a little brush-up on their Etiquette skills! This was a fun little unit, ending with lunch at a (somewhat) fancy restaurant for practice, at which there was only one incident where a gentlemen shoved a lady off her chair, hissing "I was there first!" at her…so…pretty good? :)

You can look at the lesson plan for more specifics, but we really enjoy The Art of Manliness blog for gentleman's etiquette and just all-around interesting information. We watched MANY of their videos, but ones we particularly liked were:

• this one about the proper way to iron a dress shirt (which we practiced, but the little ones practiced on napkins. I remember my mom having me practice ironing on tablecloths and napkins when I was little, too!)

• this video about table manners, and
• this one on how to end a conversation (such a useful skill!)

But by all means do go and check out their other offerings on such subjects as how to chop wood and how to unclog a toilet! :)
Here is a nice formal place setting from our fancy dinner at home

And some more links:

Article about opening doors for women

A funny old (but still good) instructional video about manners

This page links to several etiquette guides from earlier eras. These were fun to read.


This old WWII-era film on handkerchief etiquette was quirky
Daisy, at the aforementioned fancy restuarant