Chivalry is not dead: Building Healthy Relationships
Purpose Students will learn how to develop and maintain healthy relationships with friends, family, and females. The session will also teach students how to be a gentleman, and how to treat others.
Agenda Ice Breaker (5 minutes) Communication Activity/Discussion (25 minutes) Chivalry Discussion (25 minutes) Announcements/Reminder (5 minutes)
Relationships What do you have to do in order to have a healthy relationship woth others?
Communication What does having effective communication look like?
Communication Activity Each of you will be given a slip of paper that has a different communication style on it. Your task is to act out this communication style, without telling others what it is. You all will get in groups of 4 and communicate with each other.
Chivalry What is chivalry?
Chivalry What do chivalrous acts look like?
Chivalry Activity On the index card provided, I need you write down one behavior that they would consider chivalrous.
Chivalry Discussion How many people are holding a card they consider to be chivalrous? How many people are holding a card they consider not to be chivalrous?
Chivalry Discussion Chivalry seems to run along gender (male/female) lines, with males doing things for females. What do you think about this aspect of chivalry? Should chivalry go both ways? If so, why? Do you think chivalry is dead? Why or why not?
Being a Gentleman How can I be chivalrous while at school?
Reminders/Announcements