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Little Books of Wisdom are timeless, reprinted classic literature for you and your kids! You can teach history, language arts, and manners to grade 4-adult students from George Washington's Rules of Civility and Decent Behaviour. Learn how to apply the treasure of information in this affordable 4.3 x 6.8-inch living book to today. This hardcover gift edition looks great on a shelf to use as a resource too.
George Washington wrote these principles of behavior out by hand by the age of 16 while aspiring to the status of Gentleman. Washington's Rules of Civility and Decent Behaviour 110 rules were based on a set of rules composed by French Jesuits in 1595. The first English edition of these rules was available in 1640 by Francis Hawkins, a 12-year old son of a doctor. It is from that work that Washington seems to have created this simplified version.
The full title of this book is George Washington's Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation.