4.
Create a historical timeline poster for any period (covering a minimum
of 15 years) citing the contributions of famous Black Americans. You may
include drawings, photographs, etc. and display your poster in a public library,
school library or community building.
5.
In keeping with GSUSA’s sports initiative, find out about the contributions
of African-American women in a variety of sports, records held or special
interests items. Make a poster showing several of these women, but be sure
to have a variety of sports represented. (Zina Garrison, Lori McNeil, Althea
Gibson, Florence Griffith Joiner, etc.)
6.
Tie-Dyeing is an old art that was first perfected by the Nigerians.
Tie-dye a shirt or other Garment. Find out about the origins of tie-dyeing
from books on Nigeria.
7.
Write or read a poem about slavery, discrimination or prejudice. Discuss
with others in your troop or group how it must have felt to be a slave or
to be discriminated against. (Cadette and Senior girls might read or watch
"The Color Purple”, written by Alice Walker and starring
Oprah Winfrey. (Ms. Winfrey is from Kosciusko, MS.
8.
Find out about “Juneteenth”. What is it? When is it held? What type
of activities are parts of a Juneteenth Celebration?
9.
Learn the words to “We Shall Overcome”, and discuss with
your troop or group why you think the song became so significant during the
Civil Rights Movement.
10. With your troop,
group, family or school, visit the Civil Rights Museum in Memphis. Discuss
with your troop or group what you learned and how you felt during your visit.
11. You have been
selected as special advisor to the governor. Your job is to make recommendations
for ways in which discrimination can be reduced in this state. Select employment,
schooling, housing or another area you feel needs immediate attention. Make
a plan for reducing discrimination and share your plan with your troop/group.
12. Interview an
older person (senior citizen) who is a member of an ethnic minority group.
Discuss the changes they have seen over the years in discrimination against
their group. Are they hopeful about the future? Why or why not? Share your
findings with your troop. (If you have someone visit your troop, each girl
should prepare one or two interview questions prior to the visit.)
13. Select a famous
Black American and put together a skit about her/his life. Or each girl in
the troop may select a famous Black American and present a one person skit.
Determine what advise you think that person would give your troop, and build
your skit around that advice.
SOME NOTABLE PERSONS IN BLACK HISTORY AND CULTURE
Marian Anderson: World known opera singer. She was the first
Black person to sing with the Metropolitan Opera.
Mary McLeod Bethune: Educator, Civil Rights Leader. Founded Bethune-Cookman
College and the National Council of Negro Women. Member of F.D. Roosevelt’s
unofficial “Black Cabinet” fighting for integration in the U.S. Government.
De Selma Burke: Artist, sculptor and art educator, sculpted
the bust of President Roosevelt, the relief of which appears in every dime
minted.
Elizabeth Catlett: Artist/painter.
Shirley Chisholm: First Black woman elected to the U.S. Congress.
Katherine Dunham: Anthropologist, famous dancer and choreographer
for her touring company, “Negro Dance Troupe”.
Ella Fitzgerald: Jazz singer.
Althea Gibson: Tennis player.
Lorraine Hansberry:Playwright, most famous play, Raisin in the
Sun.
Mahalia Jackson: World famous gospel singer.
Barbara Jordan: First Black woman elected to Congress from
the South (Texas, 1972).
Doris Miller: Was a heroic sailor (US Navy) in World
War II
Rosa Parks: Civil Rights Activist – started the Montgomery,
AL bus boycott, which caused the world to take notice of Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr.
Wilma Rudolph: Athlete. First woman to win three Gold Medals
(1960 Olympics).
Mary Church Terrell: Author and Civil Rights Activist instrumental
in causing the U.S. Supreme Court to declare segregation unconstitutional.
Sojourner Truth: Abolitionist.
Harriet Tubman: Abolitionist. Brought over 300 slaves out
of the South by what was known as the Underground Railroad.
Alice Walker: Writer and winner of Pulitzer Prize for
her book, The Color Purple.
Madame C.J. Walker:Philanthropist, businesswoman and first Black millionaire.
She developed hair products for Black men and women.
Oprah Winfrey: Movie star/TV personality from Kosciusko,
MS.
Lynette Woodard: First female “Globetrotter”.
DEFINITIONS:
The following terms and definitions are primarily associated with Civil Rights
Issues. They are presented here to assist troop leaders in helping girls
complete activities related to the Civil Rights Movement. (Taken from The
Prejudice Book – Activities for the Classroom, by David A. Shiman.)
Ø Discrimination
Show favor or disfavor unjustly.
Ø Prejudice Unreasonable
attitude for or against something. “Involves a feeling, favorable or unfavorable,
toward a person, thing or group without sufficient warrant.”
Ø Racism Discrimination
based on the belief that some races are superior to others. Those who believe
their particular race is superior are called “racist”.
Ø Bigot
One who is intolerant of others.
Ø Stereotyping
Represented as lacking originality or individuality. “Stereotypes are
often used by people to rationalize treating certain groups unequally or as
inferiors.” Holding stereotypes of certain groups prevent us from thinking
and feeling about its members in new and different ways, and blocks us from
seeing them as unique, special human beings.
Ø
Integrate End segregation. Unite.
CELEBRATE
MISSISSIPPI 
Complete the following: Daisy-8, Brownie-15, Junior-20, Cadet-25,
Senior-30
- What is the state of Mississippi’s nickname?
- What is the state bird?
- Name the tree and flower of Mississippi
- Who selected the state flower in November of 1900?
- What are the State’s land mammal, water mammal, fish, shell, waterfowl,
insect, and fossil?
- Who were the first governor and lieutenant governor, August 1817?
- Who is the present governor of Mississippi?
- Learn the song of Mississippi that was selected May 17, 1962.
- Find a picture of the flag and official seal of Mississippi.
- How many counties are in Mississippi?
- Name the four states that border Mississippi.
- Where is the capitol of Mississippi located?
- Who was the Major General the capitol city was named after?
- What town was once named LeFleur’s Bluff?
- What year did Jackson become the capital of Mississippi?
- Who were the first Mississippians? What happened to them?
- Read the history of “The Old South 1800-1900”.
- What is the translation of the Indian words that are the base for the
name “Mississippi”?
- From what river does the state take its name?
- Who was the first man to enter the State of Mississippi?
- What year was Mississippi admitted to the Union?
- Which county has the highest point in the state (806 feet)?
23. What holiday did the women
of Columbus, Mississippi help establish in April 1866? What cemetery was
the event held in?
- What was the name of the first steamboat on the Mississippi? What year
did it sail?
- Trace the route of the mighty Mississippi River.
- What are the eight largest cities in Mississippi as of 1990?
- Name and locate the six reservoirs in Mississippi.
- Name four major rivers in the state of Mississippi.
- Name the newest waterway, where it starts and ends.
- What are the states primary agriculture and aquaculture crops?
- What industry does Mississippi lead the nation in producing?
- What was the name of the 1st road opened in the state in 1801?
- Name the first newspaper and the city where it was established?
- What was the name of the first school and where was it located?
- Earn the Natchez Trace Patch.
- Where do most of the Mississippi Choctaw Indians live?
- Which Confederate President owned the two homes, Rosemont Plantation and
Beauvoir?
- Where is the birthplace of Elvis Presley?
- What city was the home of William Faulkner?
- In what town was William Faulkner born?
- A Mississippi Senator had a Space Center museum named after him. Where
is it located and who was it named after?
- Where is the Corps of Engineers, Jamie Whitten Center?
- What battlefield is located near the town of Baldwyn?
- What are the five kinds of wood used in building the capitol?
45.What insect invaded in 1909 and damaged the cotton crops?
- What crop and what type of music is the Delta area known for?
- Which university holds the world’s largest collection of music?
ANSWER SHEET
CELEBRATE MISSISSIPPI
- Magnolia State
- Mockingbird
- Magnolia
- School children of the state selected the flower
- White tail deer – bottlenosed Dolphin – Larger mouth bass – Wood Duck
– Honeybee – Whale
- David Holmes and Duncan Stewart
- Haley Barbour
- “Go Mississippi”
- Activity
- Eighty-two (82)
- Tennessee – Alabama – Arkansas – Louisiana
- Jackson
- Andrew Jackson
- Jackson
- 1822
- Choctaw – Chickasaw – Natchez. Treaties signed in 1800’s moved most of
the remaining Mississippi Indians to Oklahoma. Choctaw refused to move.
- Activity
- “Great River” or “Father of Waters”
- Mississippi River
- The Spanish explorer DeSoto
- December 10, 1817
- Tishomingo County
- Memorial Day – Friendship Cemetery
- The New Orleans – 1812
- Activity
- Biloxi – Greenville – Gulfport – Hattiesburg – Jackson – Meridian – Pascagoula
– Tupelo
- Enid Lake, Batesville; Arkabutha Lake, Coldwater; Grenada Lake, Grenada;
Sardis Lake, Sardis; Ross Barnett, Jackson; Okatibee Lake, Meridian
- Big Black – Mississippi – Pearl – Yazoo
- Tenn-Tom Waterway – Pickwick reservoir on the Tennessee River to the Mobile
Bay on the Gulf of Mexico
- Cotton, soybeans, sugar cane, rice and wheat catfish farms
- Upholstered furniture (manufacturing industry) and catfish farms (largest
producer of catfish in the world)
- Natchez Trace
- Mississippi Gazette – Natchez, Mississippi
- Columbus – Franklin Academy
- Activity
- Philadelphia, Mississippi
- Jefferson Davis
- Tupelo
- Oxford
- New Albany
- John C. Stennis – Bay St. Louis
- Fulton
- Brice’s Crossroads
- Maple – Oak – Walnut – Ebony – Mahogany
- Boll Weevil
- Cotton; The Blues
- University of Mississippi
CHALLENGED
AWARENESS PURPOSE: To lead girls into understanding the challenges
faced by those with disabilities. To help them become more aware of those
who are unable to do things just like they do and to discover the alternative
methods used to lead a normal life.
Complete the following: Daisy-2, Brownie-4, Juniors-6
(including the one *), Cadette/Seniors-8
(including the one * and either 12, 13, or 14)
1.
*
Discuss what a disability is and how it is a challenge and how it affects
a person’s lifestyle.
2.
Find out about three or more
different kinds of disabilities (i.e., physical, visual, communications, etc.)
3.
Do one simulation awareness
activity from Focus on Ability, pp. 17-27, or create your own disability.
4.
Learn how accessible the physical environment of the building where
your troop meets would be to a physically or visually impaired girl. (Focus
on Ability, pp.10-11).
5.
List some names or labels you
have heard people call other people. What does it feel like to be labeled
as different?
6.
Learn to recognize the handicapped
symbol and name five different places you have seen it.
7.
Finger spell your name, sign
a phrase or the Girl Scout Promise.
8.
Invite someone to speak about
disabilities and demonstrate special programs or aids for the person with
the disability. Be sure and send a thank you
note.
9.
Many disabilities can be prevented.
Find out what people can do to prevent disabilities. What research is being
done to learn more about preventing accidents
and diseases?
10.
Learn about a challenged person
who has succeeded in life.
11.
Learn about agencies in your
community, which serve the handicapped. What services does each provide?
Contact on or these agencies to find out
something you can make, donate or a service you can provide as a service project.
12.
Find out about events or opportunities
that are available in your community for disabled people. Volunteer to assist.
13.
What are the vocational implications
for having a disability? Learn about the American Disabilities Act (ADA)
and its impact. Interview two people who
work with a challenged person.
DISCOVER A NEW WORLD
Daisy
Girl Scouts
Daisy Girl Scouts complete any three items below in order
to purchase the “Discover a New World” patch.
1.
Take a field trip to your local
city or county library.
2.
Have a story time “slumber
party”. Bring your favorite storybook and your favorite stuffed animal.
Leaders read books to the girls or ask a Cadette or
Senior Girl Scout to come over and read to the girls.
3.
Learn and recite three nursery
rhymes.
4.
Have a “Mother Goose” party
– come dressed as your favorite character.
5.
Make a troop “picture story
file”. Collect different pictures from old magazines and keep them in a folder
or box at your troop-meeting place. Close your
eyes and draw out a picture. Make up a short story about the picture you
choose. After you tell your story, put the picture back and let someone
else choose one.
6.
Cut pictures out of old magazines
that show people reading. Cut out letters that spell “read” too. Glue the
pictures and letters on a poster board to make
a collage. Display your poster in your community to promote reading.
7.
Label common items in your
meeting space. Write on heavy paper, in large letters, and tape paper to
the item (such as chair, sink, table, book, etc.). In a large box, place
duplicate labels of each word. Have girls choose a word label and find the
item with its matching label.
8.
Join a Service Unit or community
event at a public place to promote literacy. You may want to dress as your
favorite storybook or nursery rhyme character.
9.
Collect used books from your
family and friends. Donate the books to your camp library, local day care
center, nursing home, etc. (Be sure to get permission first)
DISCOVER A NEW WORLD
Brownie Girl Scouts
Brownie Girl Scouts complete any six items below in order
to purchase a “Discover A New World” patch.
1.
Take a field trip to your local
city or county library. Apply for your library card, if you do not already
have one.
2.
Read a book – Choose your favorite
character to portray at a troop party or meeting. At the party or meeting,
each member will briefly share about the book they read.
3.
Collect used magazines and
give these to a nursing home, day care, kindergarten, school, church nursery,
or other group. (Be sure to contact the organization you plan to give the
magazines to, and make sure they want them.)
4.
Read to a pre-schooler. Make
a schedule to do this on at least three occasions for 10-15 minutes each time.
5.
From a recommended reading
list choose five books to read for your personal pleasure.
6.
Make your own greeting cards,
send them to hospitals, nursing homes, shut-ins in your church or neighborhood,
and of course, make them for your family and friends.
7.
Have a TROOP READING PICNIC
– each girl bring a lunch, quilt and books to read – find a nice, quiet spot
under a shade tree in warm weather or a sunny area for cooler weather – enjoy
each other’s company as you read and share books – break for lunch and afternoon
snack.
8.
Read a portion of the newspaper
each day for a month.
9.
Join in a Service Unit or community
event to promote literacy. You may want to attend dressed as your favorite
storybook character.
10.
Collect used books from family
and friends. Donate the books to your camp library, day care center, nursing
home, etc.
11.
Make your own book. It can
be a scrapbook, ABC book, storybook, any kind of book you want. Write the
story, illustrate it and make a cover. Share your book with your family and
friends.
12.
Make posters that encourage
people to read and display them in your community.
13.
Make a REBUS story using simple
words and cut out pictures. Put your story on a poster board and share it
with another group.
14.
Experiment with writing. Use
a variety of papers and different writing implements. Use different colors
and textures of paper; cut your paper into interesting shapes. Try writing
on your paper with different sizes of markers, colored pencils, crayons or
ink pens.
15.
Play three different games
with words – try word BINGO, a word search or crossword puzzle, sentence scrabble,
or any other word game.
DISCOVER A NEW WORLD
Junior Girl Scouts
Junior Girl Scouts will complete any eight of
the items below in order to purchase a “Discover A New World” patch.
1.
Take a field trip to your local
city or county library. Apply for your library card, if you do not already
have one.
2.
Make a trip to a local bookstore.
Find out how books are arranged for sale.
3.
Read a book of your choice
and give a brief review in a troop meeting.
4.
Listen to a younger child read
at least three times for a minimum of fifteen minutes each time.
5.
Read to a pre-schooler. Make
a schedule to do this on at least three occasions for 10-15 minutes each time.
6.
With your troop, select an
appropriate short story and record it on cassette tape, using sound effects.
Donate your recording to a hospital pediatric unit, nursery department at
your church, nursery school or school library.
7.
Make flash cards for a pre-schooler
or kindergarten student you know.
8.
Add 15 new words to your vocabulary
in the next week. Write a short story using them.
9.
Begin journaling – write something
each day for one month. It can be a simple diary of your daily thoughts and
activities. By the end of the month, hopefully, you will want to continue.
10.
One day (from the time you
get out of bed until you go to bed that evening) make a list of everything
you read to obtain needed information for functioning.
11.
Set up with your family a designated
reading time – one hour each week – perhaps a Sunday afternoon or an evening
during the week – at a time when every family member will stop to read. You
may choose to read individually or perhaps take turns reading aloud to each
other. (Turn off TV’s and Radios)
12.
Find out about the Literacy
Reading Program in your area. Then ask if you (or your troop) could make
a poster on the importance of reading. Display your posters at local supermarkets,
the library, the mall, etc.
13.
Collect used magazines and distribute
them to places where people spend a lot of time “waiting” (adult centers, Senior
Citizens gathering places, commodity distribution centers, health department
clinics, “Meals on Wheels” area office). Be sure to ask permission before leaving
magazines anywhere.
14.
Read a book about a person
who changed the world for the better.
15.
Write a story about someone
you admire.
16.
Join a “Pen Pal” program
17.
Write a troop magazine or newsletter
about all the things your troop has done this year. Each troop member could
write an article about what she liked the best this year. Give out copies
at your “Court of Awards” ceremony (and be sure to send the Council Office
a copy).
18.
Read the front page of the
newspaper and at least one other article each day for a month.
19.
Have a troop cookie exchange.
Read the recipe, bake enough cookies for each girl to have one or two then
copy the recipe and relate where you got it (old family recipe, magazine,
friend).
20.
From a recommended reading
list, read ten books.
21.
Join a Service Unit or community
event to promote literacy. You may want to come dressed as your favorite
character from a book.
22.
Collect used books from family
and friends. Donate them to your camp library, day care center, nursing home,
etc.
23.
Find out about different types
of codes. Create your own simple code and practice writing notes to other
troop members. Swap notes and codes, and then practice deciphering their
messages.
24.
Check an encyclopedia or other
reference book to see what you can find out about the history of books and
writing. Then, do two of the following: 1) Write your name in hieroglyphics
2) make a clay tablet. Carve your message before the clay hardens 3) make
your own story scroll 4) make paper and write a message on it with a quill
pen (just dip a turkey or goose feather in ink).
25.
Play with words. Play at least
four different word games. Try word search, word scrabble, crossword puzzles,
or any other word game. You can make up one of your own. How many words
can you make from “Girl Scouts of Northeast Mississippi”?
26.
With your troop, examine illustrations
from several different books. Discuss which ones you like best and why.
DISCOVER A NEW WORLD
Cadette/Senior Girl Scouts
Cadette and Senior
Girl Scouts will complete any eight of the items listed below in order to
purchase a “Discover a New World” patch.
1.
Take a field trip to the city
or county library. Apply for your own library card, if you don’t already
have one. Learn to find a book through the card catalog or computer system.
Use reference books to find answers to questions. Find magazine articles
about special subjects. Find the publisher and price of a certain book.
If your library stores information on electronic media, learn how to operate
the info-track, microfilm and microfiche equipment and how to make copies
of the information you need.
2.
Read a fiction and a non-fiction
book. Give a brief verbal report to your troop – make your report in a commercialized
manner, trying to “sell” the other girls on the idea of reading this book.
3.
Listen to a younger child read
at least three different times to improve his/her reading skills (a total
of at least 2 hours).
4.
Add 30 new words to your vocabulary
– write a story using the new words.
5.
Join a Service Unit or community
event to promote literacy. You may want to come dressed as a storybook character,
read stories to younger children, put on a puppet show, etc.
6.
Make a list in a 48-hour period
of everything you had to read to obtain information and instruction you needed.
Write how you think you would have felt had you not been able to read and
had to have someone else read or explain to you what you needed to know in
each instance.
7.
Tape a children’s book as written,
perhaps make illustrations, and donate it to a pediatric ward of a local hospital
or to a day care center, church nursery, etc.
8.
With your troop, plan and video
tape a program on the importance of reading and learning (use posters, dress
up like storybook characters, use ABC’s, etc. Dream up something fun – colorful
and educational.). Remember to put the credits and cast on a poster to film
at the beginning or end.
9.
Set up a designated reading
time with your family – at least one hour per week. Read individually or
choose a book to read together.
10.
Find out about the Literacy
program in your community. Ask if there is anyway you can help.
11.
Set up a book exchange day.
12.
Check with a nursing home and
see if you can read to a patient. Commit to at least five sessions, 30 minutes
to one hour each. Other possibilities would
be to record books, the Bible, poems, Reader’s Digest, jokes, etc., and make
available in nursing homes for patients to “check out” and enjoy,
if the nursing home has tape players available. This could also be done for
a senior citizens center, the outreach program for your church, or
for some “shut-in” that you know.
13.
Start a Girl Scout newsletter
for your Service Unit. Ask each troop to send information and articles to
be included. Use it as a calendar of events, for reporting who is doing what,
listing new ideas and suggestions, and reporting on service projects. You
may have to set a price for each copy and then take orders from the troops
– or offer four additions a year and cost for a one year subscription. Deliver
to troop leaders at the Leaders Meetings for distribution.
14.
Start a 100 Club in your Girl
Scout Service Unit – Girl’s names will be listed when they have read 100 books.
Figure out some way to recognize them locally. Their names can be listed
in “S’More News” when the goal of 100 books is reached. Keep a list of the
book titles and names of the authors.
15.
Start a “Summer Story House”
for neighborhood kids – one hour per week. Find a place to gather – read
stories to the children, maybe include teaching a song or a simple craft.
This would be a good “team” project.
16.
Become a tutor for a younger
child by contacting an elementary or middle school near you and offering your
services. You may even offer to be a tutor for one of your peers by making
the administrators in your school aware of your desire to tutor.
17.
Read the newspaper – the front
page and at least three other articles each day for two months.
18.
Bring your favorite magazine
to a troop meeting. Review one article for the group.
19.
Invent a game that requires
reading skills. Play it in a troop meeting – let the other troop members
help fine tune the game to get the “kinks” out – then offer to play the game
with a younger troop or group of kids.
20.
Create your own personalized
reference guides for make-up fashion, diet, skin care and hair care by clipping
articles, recipes, and other tips form magazines. Collect them in a folder
or binder and decorate the binder.
21.
Collect used books from your
family and friends. Donate them to your camp library, day care center, nursing
home, etc.
22.
With your troop or a friend,
write your own “soap opera” Create a setting and a cast of characters; take
turns writing the next episode.
23.
Begin journaling–daily for
2 months. Let it become a habit you want to continue.
NATCHEZ TRACE PARKWAY 
PURPOSE: To discover the Natchez Trace Parkway as a link
between cultures of the past and present. The history and adventure-loving
traveler will find many things on this journey down the Natchez Trace.
Travel the Natchez Trace and complete the six starred
and two not.
1. * Visit the TUPELO VISITORS CENTER, view the free video
on the Natchez Trace and pick up a map for your journey of The Trace. (Mile
Marker 266.0)
2.
At the “OLD TRACE”, take the
walk down into the original Trace and describe how this type of historical
landmark makes you feel. (Mile Marker 221.4)
3.
*
Explore Cave Springs. Find out what occurrence caused the breath taking sight
you see. Find out what happened. (Mile Marker 308.4)
4.
Cole Creek will reveal the
types of trees and how they live on this old creek bottom. Take the 5-miute
walk and discover why this creek will someday disappear. (Mile Marker 175.6)
5.
*
At Pharr Mounds, tell how many of the Mounds you can see from the viewing
pavilion and find out the ranges of height they cover. What is the name of
the Indians who built these astonishing Mounds? (Mile Marker 286.7)
6.
Learn about Hernando DeSoto’s
journey with the Indians. (Mile Marker 243.3)
7.
*
At the Confederate Grave Sites, take the 5-minute walk to the gravesite and
find out why the original markers were replaced with concrete. (Mile Marker
269.4)
8.
Visit French Camp and take
the 10-15 minute tour of the home. Visit the Visitor Center and Gift shop.
(Mile Marker 180.7)
9.
*
At the Chickasaw Village, take the walk with the Indian Boy and make notes
of the things he explains. He will tell of the healing medicines of his time
along with how to cleanse a tribe member’s spirit. (Mile Marker 261.8) OR List 5 different trees or plants that were used in
the Indian culture that are used in today’s medical world.
10.
*
What is the legend at Witch Dance? Find out why the grass won’t grow and
look around to see how many of these places you can find. (Mile Marker 233.2)
Stars & Stripes Patch 
This patch is adapted from one designed by Samantha Winders for her Gold
Award Project.
Daisy Girl Scouts complete 2 requirements; Brownie Girl Scouts complete 4
requirements; Junior Girl Scouts complete 6 requirements; Cadettes & Seniors
complete 8 including the starred activities.
(Note the appropriate age level activities)
- Learn about Betsy Ross. Who was she? Where did she live? What role
did she play in making the American Flag? Who actually designed the flag?
(JR, Cad/SR)
- Learn the correct way to care for a flag. How should a flag be stored?
How should it be displayed? Can the flag be displayed at night? Can it
be wash or dry- cleaned? Can you display the flag upside down? What should
you do with a flag that has touched the ground? (BR, JR, C/S)
- What is the Flag Code? When was the Flag Code instated? (C/S)
- Perform a flag ceremony for a group of people. Learn different ways to
have a flag ceremony. Who is the color guard? What is the proper way for
the color guard to salute the flag? (BR, JR, C/S)
- What does the American Flag mean to you? Write a poem, song or skit about
the flag. (ALL)
- The American Flag is Red, White and Blue. Find out what the colors represent.
Design a flag that represents your troop. (ALL)
- Have some fun with the Flag. Having a flag ceremony is serious business
but you can also have some fun with the flag. Find pages of the flag that
you can color, do a word search on the flag, make safety pin flags, or ask
your troop leader to find another cool craft idea. (ALL)
- **Help a younger troop learn about the flag. You could even help them
earn this patch! (C/S)
- ** What is the proper way to retire a flag? Plan and participate in a
flag retiring ceremony. (C/S)
- There are several songs about the flag. Learn one or two songs and sing
them at your flag ceremony. (ALL)
- Make an American flag to display at your troop meetings. It can be made
with paint, with construction paper, or even with food! You could also
sew a flag. (ALL)
- Learn the Pledge of Allegiance. Who wrote the Pledge of Allegiance?
How was it changed over the years? How is the Pledge of Allegiance similar
to the Girl Scout Promise and Law? How are they different? Do you start
your troop meetings with the pledge and the promise and law? (ALL)
Journey to (choose a country)
Patch
Country patches available: Australia, Egypt, Guyana, Ireland, Italy,
Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Scotland and Wales. These patches are ones developed
in previous years but are still available. A new patch – “Journey Around
the World” with rockers for the following countries: England, Switzerland
and India.
Requirements: Daisies complete 2 activities; Brownies complete 5 activities;
Juniors complete 8 activities; and Cadette/ Seniors complete 10 activities.
Select activities from the list below.
- Geography:
Find your chosen country on a map or globe. Figure the mileage from your
community to a city in that country. If you were going to travel to
this city, what would be your mode(s) of transportation? How much would it
cost and how long would you be traveling?
- Environment:
Compare the climate and terrain of your chosen country to Mississippi. Look
at pictures from that country in books, photos or on the Internet. How are
the seasons the same or different? How does the average annual rainfall and
seasonal average temperatures compare to ours? Find out what causes these
differences or similarities. How will these things affect the clothing
and/or equipment you will pack for your trip? Make a packing list of the
items you will need.
- Language:
Explore the written and spoken language of your chosen country. Learn
a few key phrases. If English is the official language, explore differences
between American English and the English spoken in your chosen country. Can
you find differences in the meanings of popular or “slang” words and phrases?
Create a traveler’s phrase booklet or a flash card game to help learn
key words.
- Culture:
Explore the different holidays, celebrations and festivals of your chosen
country. Create an activity related to one of these events.
You could choose to: (1) Design a poster advertising the event OR (2) recreate
a “mini” festival of your own and share it with another group OR (3) perform
a skit or dance from one of these events for another group OR (4) create a
holiday greeting card OR (5) another craft or activity of your own design
relating to a celebration in your chosen country.
- Clothing:
What type of clothing is worn in your chosen country today? Are there social
or religious customs and beliefs that affect clothing styles? How does your
country’s climate and/or terrain affect clothing styles? What do the traditional
folk costumes for men and women look like? Do one of the following
activities: (1) Create a clothing advertisement for the local newspaper
or department store window, (2) Create a set of paper dolls with both traditional
folk costumes and present day clothing, (3) Create a costume for yourself
and model for your troop or other group, (4) With a buddy trace around each
other to create full size paper models and create folk costumes for life size
dolls – display these for others to enjoy.
- Arts and Crafts:
Explore a variety of art and craft techniques popular in your chosen country.
Create at least one project using one of these techniques.
- Music & Dance:
Listen to a sampling of music from your country of choice. Learn a
simple children’s song in the language of that country or a song in English
that reflects the culture of your chosen country. What types of dance
are popular? Learn a popular or traditional dance from your country
and perform for another group.
- WAGGGS:
Find out if there are Girl Guides or Girl Scouts in your chosen country.
Compare the similarities and differences in their program, promise, law, motto,
age levels, pins and uniforms. Create a project of your own design
involving something you learned.
- World Centers:
Is one of the WAGGGS World Centers located in your chosen country? Hint:
London, England; Cuernavaca, Mexico; Adelboden, Switzerland; and Pune, India.
Find out the programs and services offered there. What must you do
if you would like to visit? If possible, ask someone who has visited
a world center to talk to your group about their experiences. Hint: Your
council office can help you contact someone.
10
. Homes & Families
What are the different types of housing found in your chosen country? What
type of building materials are used and why? Do multiple or extended families
often share a home? How is this similar to or different from your own family
experience?
Do families often have pets? Create an imaginary average family for
your country. You may draw a picture, create dolls or use magazine cutouts,
but be sure to name each person and pet appropriately. Then Draw a picture
or make a model of their home. Make up a story about the imaginary
family and write it down or tell it to someone else.
- Literature
Read or listen to a story or folk tale from or about your chosen country.
Then prepare a skit or puppet show to share with another group.
12.
Games
/ Pastimes
Experience 2 games or activities in which children your age might participate
in your chosen country. Identify how these are similar or different
from activities that you engage in from time to time.
- Food:
Learn
about the types of foods that families eat in your chosen country. How do
the country’s climate and terrain affect the eating habits of the people?
What cooking techniques are used? Prepare
a few sample recipes and taste your creations. What do you think?
- Government
Explore the structure of your chosen country’s government system. Are officials
elected? Do people have the right to vote and if so, who may vote? What are
the major political issues facing the country today. Check for current news
stories on televised national news, in the newspapers and / or on the Internet.
With your group discuss what you have learned and the differences and
similarities with the U.S. democratic government system and the current “hot
topics” facing our government.
- Economy:
Learn what major agricultural products and / or industries drive your chosen
country’s economy. What are the country’s major imports and exports? What
products, if any, are traded between this country and the U.S.? Group
Discussion Activity: If trade was interrupted by war, labor strikes
or natural disaster, what would be the effects on this country and those with
whom they trade? How might some of the difficulties be overcome on both sides?
What emergency measures might need to be taken? Hold a debate within
your group. Have individuals or teams represent the interests of
different parties involved in the crisis. How will you resolve the crisis?
What issues arise from each group as they look at the problem from different
view points?
- Social Concerns:
What are the major social concerns currently affecting women and children
in your chosen country? Group Discussion Activity: If you had
the power to develop a law or a plan to address some of the issues, how would
you handle the situation? What might be some of the implications of your
decision on other factors such as the economy, education, religion and international
relations. Host a debate in your troop to discuss the pros and cons
of suggested solutions, then hold a vote to decide.
- Religion:
Learn about the different religions represented in your chosen country.
Discussion: How do the religious beliefs of a country’s population influence
daily life in that country?
- History:
Create and illustrate a timeline depicting major events in
the history of your chosen country. OR (2) Create and perform a skit
to enact an important event in the history of your country OR (3) Research
and develop a character from your country’s history. Role play an interview
with a news reporter to discuss your role in your country’s history.
19. Currency:
Find out the current rate of exchange between American dollars and the currency
in your chosen country. To help you put things in perspective, research
the cost of food products, cars or other consumer goods in this country and
figure the conversion to American dollars. Create a menu or advertisement
for some of these products, which show prices listed in both currencies.
ROBIN’S NEST PATCH
PURPOSE: To introduce girls to hiking
by taking a short hike and enjoying a simple meal at Camp Tik-A-Witha.
In
taking the journey to Robin’s nest, make sure and fill out the registration
form for troop/group for camp. This is to ensure that another group is not
planning the same outing that could cause overcrowding.
Complete all requirements
1.
On an overnight or day trip
to Camp, plan a hike to Robin’s Nest.
2.
Have girls pack a “Hobo Lunch”.
(Lunch tied in a bandana and tied to a stick)
3.
On the way to the nest, stop
and have the girls look around quietly. How many different colors can they
see?
4.
At the nest, have the girls
sit very quietly for three to five minutes. How many different sounds can
they hear? Can they identify any of the bird songs? While eating their lunch,
how many different colors can the group see in the nature around them?
5.
While at the nest, have the
girls lie on their backs and look up through the trees. Using their imagination,
can they see any animal shapes through the trees, branches and leaves?
6.
On the hike back, gather different
objects from the ground and wrap them in the bandanas. Stop at the chapel
or craft hut and make a collage or nature mobile.
7.
Find out who Robin is and why
we call this place “Robin’s Nest”.
This patch may be purchased from Mr. Willie at camp.
Troop/Groups may do this patch more than once. There are rockers available.
THINKING DAY PATCH
Complete
at least five of the following activities to qualify for a 2004 Thinking Day/World
Friendship Patch (including the starred one).
Taste
a food dish from another country
Have
an international experience by learning to say “hello” and “how are you?”
in another language you don’t usually speak.
Interpret
the meaning of the JLWFF (Juliette Low World Friendship Fund) to another person.
Note
February 22nd on your calendar; send Thinking Day greetings to
a sister Girl Scout/Girl Guide.
Know
why February 22nd is Thinking Day and know how Girl Scouts and
Girl Guides celebrate the day.
Invite
someone who has lived/visited in another country to visit your troop/group
and tell you about that country.
Name
the parts of the World Trefoil pin and tell what they stand for.
Give
or attend a party with an international theme.
*Donate
money to the Juliette Low World Friendship Fund. *
Attend
a Juliette Low troop or service unit celebration.
You’ve
completed this part of the patch. Check the next page to complete.
GIRL SCOUTS OF NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI THINKING DAY PATCH
PROGRAM, 2004
Thinking
Day is celebrated around the world by Girl Guides and Girl Scouts as a time
to “think about” what being a member of this great Movement means, to foster
respect for and gain a greater understanding of our sister Girl Guides/Girl
Scouts and to promote world peace by contributing to the Juliette Low World
Friendship Fund. Girl and adult members find creative ways to donate the
smallest denomination coin of their country. Here is one idea, but you may
also devise your own method. (As Juliette Low always said, “ASK the girls
how THEY would like to do it!”)
My contribution for the 2004 Juliette Low World Friendship
Fund
(Choose
at least four ways to make a contribution. You may choose more!)
Amount Due
1. My Name is
_____________________________ (one penny for each letter) ___________
2. My Troop Number
is ______(1 cent per numeral) ___________
3. I’ve been
a Girl Scout for ___years (1 cent for each year) ___________
4. I’ve watched
___ TV shows this past week (1 cent each) ___________
5. I’ve rented/watched
___ videos this past month (1 cent each) ___________
6. I’ve visited/lived
in ___ other countries (1 cent each) ___________
7. I earned ___
Brownie GS Try-Its; ___ Junior GS Badges and ___Cadette/Senior GS Interest Projects (1 cent each) ___________
8. I have ___
pets (1 cent each) ___________
9. I have ___
brothers and ___sisters (1 cent each) ___________
10. I LOVE being
a Girl Scout and I wish every girl in the
World could find out how exciting Girl Scouting can be. I want to make an extra contribution because of this. ___________
TOTAL DUE $__________
Girl Scouts of Northeast
Mississippi
Prairie Patches Order
Form
|
Patch Name
|
Quantity |
Cost
|
Total
|
|
Adopt a Grandparent
|
|
1.25
|
|
|
African-American Women’s Heritage
|
|
1.50
|
|
|
Building World Citizenship
|
|
2.35
|
|
|
Celebrate Mississippi
|
|
2.00
|
|
|
Challenged Awareness
|
|
1.50
|
|
|
Drink Milk
|
|
1.00
|
|
|
Discover a New World
|
|
2.00
|
|
|
Rockers
|
|
1.00
|
|
|
Natchez Trace Parkway
|
|
2.25
|
|
|
Rocker – Hiking
|
|
1.30
|
|
|
Rocker – Indian Crafts
|
|
1.30
|
|
|
Rocker – Indian Culture
|
|
1.30
|
|
|
Rocker – Scenic
|
|
1.30
|
|
|
Rocker – Vegetation
|
|
1.30
|
|
|
Rocker – Wildlife
|
|
1.30
|
|
|
Partners in Girl Scouting
|
|
1.50
|
|
|
Rocker – Partner People
|
|
1.00
|
|
|
Prairie Sings Base Patch
|
|
1.50
|
|
|
Perfect Attendance
|
|
1.55
|
|
|
Rocker
|
|
.75
|
|
|
Prairie Sings II – V (indicate color)
|
|
1.00
|
|
|
Rededication
|
|
1.60
|
|
|
Rocker
|
|
.75
|
|
|
Stars & Stripes
|
|
2.00
|
|
|
Super Troop (Require Council Approval)
|
|
1.00
|
|
|
Rocker
|
|
.85
|
|
|
Thinking Day
|
|
1.00
|
|
|
Totals
|
|
|
|
Leader ___________________________________ Troop # __________
Address _________________________________________________________
Phone (Day) ______________________ (Night)
_________________________
Mail Order form and check
(made payable to Girl Scouts of Northeast Mississippi) to:
P.O. Box 1087
Tupelo, MS 38802-1087
Troop 320
Webmanager Modified
1-25-2005
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