Learning and Practicing Good Manners

Introduction

Task

Hello Gentlemen!

Please follow along this webquest designed just for you, just for today. Read and participate through out the Lessons, Resources, and Activities on Practicing Good Manners.

Your goal: to become fine young men.

Your task: to complete this webquest. There are six tasks that must be completed.

Your life long task: to act on it.

Enjoy, Mrs. Kocher 

Process

Step One: Cyber Bullying

Think: Why is cyber bullying a 'thing'? Do you partake in this type of bullying? Have you been bullied online?

Watch the video from Carlos/ 17 years old:

https://www.commonsensemedia.org/video/modal/2102097

Respond by answering the questions on this assessment:

https://assessments.commonsensemedia.org/9-12/Unit1/loginpage.html

You must get a 20/20 to move on...

Step Two: How table manners became polite

Read the article about table manners by Sharon J. Huntington.

http://www.csmonitor.com/2000/1128/p22s1.html

Answer the questions on your paper.

Step Three: Tips for Making a Great Introduction

List the steps to making a proper introduction

http://emilypost.com/advice/making-introductions/

Pretend you are introducting me, Mrs. Kocher, to your grandmother or grandfather. Write down how you would do that by following these tips.

Step Four: Manners

George Washington Lists 110 in Rules of Civility & Decent Behaviour In Company and Conversation which he wrote when he was 16.

http://www.history.org/almanack/life/manners/rules2.cfm

Jot down three- four of them that we still encourage today OR write three -four of your own that should be added.

Step Five: Don't Gross Out the World

Take this fun quiz! And learn something new!

http://www.funbrain.com/brain/JustForFunBrain/Games/Game.html?GameName=DontGrossOutTheWorld