5.4 Etiquette
This is a Reaching New Heights leadership development lesson (RNH.5.4, “Etiquette”) that reinforces the importance of good manners and provides a commonsense approach to etiquette questions. Through a humorous skit, discussion, and student handouts, students learn proper etiquette for dining, visiting, traveling, and being a guest, including table manners, tipping, and place-setting utensils.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Discuss etiquette and why it is important.
- Discuss proper etiquette for visiting friends, dining, using the telephone, being a guest in someone's home, and traveling.
- Apply proper etiquette in their lives.
- Time required
- 50 minutes
- Materials
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- RNH.5.4.AS.A – one per student
- RNH.5.4.AS.B – one per student
- Purpose
- The purpose of this lesson is to reinforce the importance of good etiquette and "minding our manners."
- LifeKnowledge Connections – Precept(s) Addressed
- Social Growth — H2. Present self appropriately in various settings.
- Connection Questions
- 1. What kind of impact does table etiquette have on relationships and potential jobs? 2. Describe a time when you didn't know what to do in an etiquette situation (e.g., tipping a bell boy, tipping a driver, etc.)? 3. What three things have you learned that you didn't know before?