Handwriting by George, volume 4

Rules of Civility & Decent Behaviour in Company & Conversation

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$9.95

ISBN: 1882514394
Format: Paperback

Pub Date: 09/01/2009
Publisher: Greenleaf Press

Shipping Weight: 0.5lbs

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When George Washington was sixteen years old, he began copying 110 maxims for polite behavior into his schoolbooks. These rules describe the behavior of a gentleman, and many claim that they greatly influenced Washington’s attitudes and standards for his own behavior.

One day, when we were all tired of the standard handwriting practice book copy material, we began using Washington’s Rules as copy work. While many of them have obvious application to the eighteenth century, they also have a lot to say to modern gentlemen and ladies.

We hadn’t expected to enjoy these sayings as much as we did. They rarely stayed merely copywork exercise but became the basis of other discussions. “Show nothing to your friend that might affright him,” had immediate application. Other rules addressed putting others first and self last - and other ways to show respect to those around us.

Something special happens when children write these rules out for themselves.

Each volume contains 27 or 28 rules, with space to copy and illustrate each one. Practice for children learning to write, and spark discussion about “civil and decent behavior.”

64 pages, PB. Grades 1-3

Volume 4 contains such intriguing rules as:
Rule 89: "Speak not Evil of the absent for it is unjust."

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