ctivity for Dies, Brownies, Juniors
World Thinking Dy I n Girl Scouts, you re prt specil group girls tht stretches cross world. On Februry 22 ech yer, Girl Scouts Girl s from 150 countries celebrte World Thinking Dy. (Tht s one big celebrtion!) World Thinking Dy wy celebrte with girls ll over world by ing sme ctivities. The 2019 World Thinking Dy me Ledership. ern your World Thinking Dy wrd, lern different wys leder, dcover how bring chnge you wnt see in world, celebrte ing prt globl sterhood tht Girl Scouts Girl s. World Thinking Dy wrd ctivities Choose one ctivity from ech ctegory on following pges (three tl) ern your World Thinking Dy wrd. You only need one ctivity in ech ctegory ern wrd, but n t let tht sp you you cn s mny s you like! 2
CTEGORY 1 Dcover Your Ledership Style Consider ll roles. With your Girl Scout s, brinsrm ll different roles you ply roles women girls ply in world. Write ech role wn on sticky note dd it big pile. Some exmples get you strted re right. Once you hve finhed writing your notes, hve one person sy go. When she sys go, everyone hs one minute grb some roles stick m on mselves one nor. When you think role good fit for you, put sticky note on yourself. When you think role good fit for someone else, put it on her. When leder clls time, everyone freeze! Then gr ger shre wht you think roles tht re stuck on you. Some questions think or tlk bout: Wht roles did you choose for yourself? Why did you choose m? How cn you leder in one roles tht you chose? Wht roles did ors choose for you? Wht you think bout those roles? Wht roles you hve right now? Wht roles you wnt hve somedy? Which roles feel right you? Which ren t good fit t ll? Why? How did it feel hve or people ssign roles you? Wht es it feel like when someone else ssumes something bout who you re? re re ny stereotypes roles shown on notes? Cn you think or roles tht weren t lted? Now tht you ve lerned bout roles you hve (or wnt hve), dcover some worldwide roles or girls. round world most common chores for girls re cooking or clening house, shopping for household, fetching wter or firewood, wshing clos, cring for or children. Tlk with your Girl Scout sters bout chores tht you hve compre m most common chores for girls lted bove. Do ny you sme kind chores? re ny m different? If you hd spend more time on chores, wht you think you might hve give up? n cr n ccountnt n niml triner n rtt n stronut n thlete n cretker n CEO n coch n cook n crer n dncer n dughter n cr n fshion stylt n n invenr n mid n mor n politicin n scientt n ster n skydiver n student n techer n veterinrin n world trveler 3
Wve your flg. Flgs re used represent countries, communities, liefs, ides, idels. Every country hs ntionl flg. The flg United Sttes hs 50 strs represent 50 sttes 13 stripes represent originl 13 colonies. Even World ssocition Girl s Girl Scouts (WGGGS for short) hs flg represent 10 million Girl s Girl Scouts round world. The WGGGS world flg blue, white, gold. The white blze in right-h corner represents WGGGS commitment pece. The three gold blocks symbolize three prts Girl Scout/ Prome: serve * country, help ors, live by Girl Scout/ Lw. The gold trefoil on blue bckground represents sun shining over ll children world. United Sttes flg Look for pictures flgs from some or countries choose your fvorite. Find out wht colors symbols represent. WGGGS flg Now think bout how you could represent your ledership in flg. Wht colors would you use? Wht shpes, nimls, or plnts would you include? Why? Design flg tht incorportes one element from WGGGS world flg, one element from flg you lerned bout, one element tht represents you s leder. When you re finhed, shre your flg with your Girl Scout sters tell m wht it represents. Drw your flg here *Memrs my substitute for word in ccordnce with ir own spiritul liefs 4
Exmine words ledership. Girl Scouts cross country shre our Girl Scout Prome Lw. But did you know tht Girl Scouts Girl s in ech country hve ir own prome lw? Tke look t promes lws from Girl s Girl Scouts in or prts world on th pge next, compre m Girl Scout Prome Lw. How re y sme? How re y different? How y relte ledership or your ledership style? You cn lern more bout Girl s Girl Scouts round world t www.wgggs.org/en/our-world/. Ug Prome Prome I prome, on honour, st: I prome, on honour, st: country, help country, help or people t ll times, oy or people t ll times, oy Lw. Lw. Lw Lw relible speks truth relible speks truth loyl loyl s useful s useful help ors help ors ll ster ll ster every or every or polite considerte polite considerte respects s cretion respects s cretion protects plnts nimls protects plnts nimls oys orders oys orders smiles sings smiles sings under ll difficulties under ll difficulties mkes good use time, mkes good use time, tlents possessions tlents possessions pure in thought, word deed pure in thought, word deed Pnm Prome Prome With grce I prome on With grce I prome on honour st: fulfill duties honour st: fulfill duties country, help or country, help or people in ll circumstnces, oy people in ll circumstnces, oy Lw. Lw. Lw Lw person honour person honour loyl loyl useful helps or people useful helps or people ll ll ster ll or s ster ll or s courteous courteous loves plnts nimls sees loves plnts nimls sees in nture work in nture work odient dciplined odient dciplined smiles under ll difficulties smiles under ll difficulties thrifty thrifty pure in her thoughts, pure in her thoughts, words deeds words deeds 5
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Pinpoint your strengths struggles. Being leder esn t men getting everything right or perfect every time! Everyone hs things tht y very well things tht re hrd for m. Think bout your strengths something you re relly good t might ble help someone else with. Mke lt five your strengths tlk with your Girl Scout s bout one strengths you wrote wn how you might use tht strength help ors. Now think bout your struggles things you sometimes hve hrd time with. Mke lt five struggles you hve tlk with bout how someone could help you. My Strengths 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Now tht you hve your lts strengths struggles, drw picture how you might use your strengths leder. Drw nor picture showing how your struggles cn lso mke you stronger leder. When you re finhed, shre your drwings with your Girl Scout s. s group, tlk bout se questions: Why it importnt know our own strengths? Why it importnt tlk bout our struggles in ddition our strengths? How you think knowing ech or s strengths struggles cn help us tter, stronger community? How cn you use your strengths enct chnge? My Struggles 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 7
CTEGORY 2 Celebrte Sterhood Leders Connect with globl leder. The Pece Corps progrm tht sends mericn volunteers work in or countries. The orgniztion tckles mny globl sues. Vit www.pececorps.gov/ educrs/spekers-mtch invite returned Pece Corps volunteer spek your troop or group bout her experience in country where she served. How life different for girls your ge in tht country? If you ren t ble find returned Pece Corps volunteer in your community, tlk n dult bout or orgniztions you might connect with. Connect with your sterhood. Girl Scouts Girl s re present in every region world, re re five specil plces round world where Girl Scouts Girl s cn go lern from ech or clled WGGGS World Centers. With your Girl Scout s, cut out crds t end th ctivity pck ply trivi gme bout WGGGS World Centers world regions. Invite leders tble. Invite your Girl Scout s fncy dress-up prty. The me? Femle leders throughout hry round world! Before prty, choose femle leder tht you dmire. With help trusted dult, tke trip librry reserch her life. It could womn who lived long go or one who mking difference right now. If you n t red yet, tht s no problem hve n dult red you. Dress up s femle leder you chose. Then come prty in her chrcter tlk bout wht mde her gret. t prty, imgine you re femle leder you re dressed s, nswer following questions s you think she would: How did you chnge world? Wht s most importnt thing for leder? Hve fun intercting with or leders. Rememr sty in chrcter! t end prty, tlk bout ledership qulities your femle leder or or leders in room. Which qulities you wnt pt in your own style? Need some ides bout who choose? Here re few suggestions: Delores Huert, Mll Yousfzi, Wngri Mthi, Benzir Bhut, Jne Goodll, Mrie Curie. Need more ides? With help n dult, look up lt women who hve won Nol Prize. Or choose femle leder who specil you. 8
Pck your bgs! The Girl Scout mot Be prepred, which gret dvice for ny leder! Imgine you re going on long journey wht re three things tht you would need bring with you? Choose three items. Ech item you choose should symbolize skill or chrctertic you think leder needs. For exmple, if you think leder needs cretive, my you could pck colored pen. Or if leder needs communicte, you could bring dul-lnguge dictionry. Bring se three items your next Girl Scout meeting for show--tell. Shre with your troop items you chose wht y symbolize. ger, look t ll your items ll ledership skills you brought. Think one thing you could or crete with ll items combined. Finlly, think wht you could or crete s tem with ll ledership skills your group possesses. Crete group picture wht you could! CTEGORY 3 Led by Exmple Wht kind world we wnt live in? In 2015, world leders greed 17 gols y wnted rech by 2030. The purpose ws crete tter world by ending poverty, fighting inequlity, spping climte chnge. d by se gols, it now up ll us work ger build tter future for everyone. Girl s Girl Scouts re lredy working on se gols how cn you join m? Try th ctivity from WGGGS with prtner or in tem, brinsrm wht Globl Gols re most importnt for children young people in your community. Circle five gols from tble on right. Then shre se five gols with rest your troop. Hve ech person vote on gol y cre most bout. Once you ve chosen gol, ll pirs tems hve one minute think wy y could help chieve th gol in ir dily lives. Go round pirs or tems hve everyone shout out ir ide. Then in next week, commit crrying out your ction! The 17 Sustinble Development Gols estblhed by United Ntions in 2015 9
Give pece chnce Px Lodge one five WGGGS World Centers where Girl Scouts Girl s gr ger lern from ech or. Locted in Lonn, its nme mens Pece its mscot universl symbol for pece, ve (which nmed Olve). s Girl s Girl Scouts, we like mke time reflect cre for ourselves so we re prepred mke world tter for ourselves ors. Follow instructions here from WGGGS mke your own ve for pece: 1 Fold your piece pper in hlf mke crese fold bck. 2 Fold in hlf gin. 3 Fold on tted line. 4 Fold on tted line. 5 Fold in hlf. 6 Fold on tted line repet on opposite side. 7 Fold mke crese fold bck. 8 Crete pocket fold cross tted line. 9 Finh by drwing eyes on your ve. Think one wy tht you cn more peceful. Write or drw your ide on one wing your ve. Then think one wy you cn crete more pece throughout world. Write or drw your ide on or wing your ve. 10
Step up, tke st. You probbly see things every dy tht you d like mke tter. Use resources in G.I.R.L. gend Powered by Girl Scouts spek out, tke ction, led positive chnge on n sue you cre bout in your community or round world! Once you hve reviewed resource, tke ction on one thing you cre bout. Snp picture show us your ledership on Instgrm, Fcebook, or Twitter. Tg it with #ledlikegirlscout #wtd2019 #timeled Give bck Girl Scouts. Juliette Gorn Low lieved tht when girls trvel world y hve n unprlleled opportunity foster culturl understing. Tht s why Juliette Low World Friendship Fund ws formed in 1927 support girls s y trvel interntionlly, connect with ster Girl Scouts Girl s, tke ction globlly. Give gift globl sterhood th World Thinking Dy by mking ntion Juliette Low World Friendship Fund, n imgine plce tht you would like vit one dy. Do you think y hve Girl Scouts re? Find out! Tke St guide for kids who re redy chnge world Tke minute think bout something in your community tht you love wnt protect. Wher it s your locl librry, prk wn street, or stry cts tht hng out in neighborhood, se re exmples cuse or sue tht you cre bout. Now, think bout how you feel bout tht cuse. Wht good bout it? Is re wy it could even tter? Is re something not so good bout it tht you d like chnge? Your nswers those questions re clled your opinions or liefs. People like you who tke time think bout how mke ir communities st y cn, n shre those ides with ors, re known s dvoctes. s n dvocte, you re helping improve our world! Here s how you cn tke st: Good Neighbor bdge Celebrting Community bdge Inside Government bdge 1 Mke sttement! Pick one cuses or sues you cre bout mke poster or sign let or people know how you feel. If your focus on your locl prk, you could write sttement like, Clen Up Our Prk! or drw picture trees plyground you love so much. 2 Get noticed! Crry your sign in locl mrch, wer T-shirt with messge bout your cuse, or give presenttion in clss show sign you mde get people thinking tlking. 3 Use your words! Write letter your locl newspper bout how th sue mkes you feel wht you think should hppen. If you cn t write yet, hve n older sibling, prent, or nor trusted dult help you out. If tem t newspper chooses print your letter, it will red by ll kinds people cross your community! Step Up, St Up, Get Involved! One st things bout ing Girl Scout helping or people. ll Girl Scouts work mke world tter plce. Wht kinds things hve you ne? My you re Dy who lerned how people work ger when you erned your Good Neighbor bdge. Or Brownie who did some gret things mke chnges in your neighborhood when you erned your Celebrting Community bdge. Or Junior who lerned how mke chnges in government by erning your Inside Government bdge. s Girl Scout, you cn use your helping power now forever solve problems mke difference in th world t ny ge. You cn find something tht mtters most you. It cn big or smll problem. The importnt thing something bout it! Look t Wht Would You Like Chnge? lt on next pge for some ides. Wnt lern more bout chnging world? Vit girlscouts.org/join come memr lrgest ledership orgniztion for girls in world. Is re something in your community tht you wnt chnge? Get your neighbors sign petition let people know bout problem. Then give petition your locl city council. LET YOUR VOICE BE HERD Your voice your ides re powerful. Mny people cre bout wht you hve sy! Here s how let people know wht s on your mind: Spred word bout your cuse by going your locl news medi or chmr commerce let m know wht you think. Write letter your locl government ficil (myor, city council memr, or stte leglr) let her know bout your work. Set up presenttion t mll or community center show or people wht you re ing. Mke sure get permsion first! WOMEN MKE DIFFERENCE! CHECK OUT THESE WEBSITES Tem up with n dult vit some websites help you come up with world-chnging ides! Red sries bout wht or Girl Scouts hve ne mke world tter plce t www.girlscouts.org/en/for-girls/girlschnging--world.html. How es United Sttes government work? Find out t www. kids.us.gov/government/index.shtml. Lern more bout presidents United Sttes t www.pbskids.org/youchoose/trding-crds/presidents. SUSN B. NTHONY spent most her life trying get women right vote. Born in 1820, Susn s fmily worked end slvery which inspired her find her own cuse. She knew tht women did not hve voice if y could not vote. So she strted publiction wrote bout women s rights, mde speeches round country, ws even rrested fined fter voting illeglly in 1872 presidentil election. It wsn t until 14 yers fter she died tht her drem cme true, but she ws powerful force in mking it hppen. Is re locl relief group tht helps when re s fire or nturl dster? Find out wht you cn with m in times need. 11
QUESTION 1 QUESTION 2 Cn you nme ll five WGGGS world regions? Bonus point: Which region Girl Scouts US prt? Which World Center s nme mens journey? Bonus point: In wht lnguge? QUESTION 3 QUESTION 4 Which ws first country within WGGGS rb Region strt Girl Guiding progrm? Which World Center s nme mens coming ger? Bonus point: In wht lnguge? QUESTION 5 QUESTION 6 Which WGGGS region hs grown most in lst ten yers? How mny memr orgniztions re prt WGGGS Europe Region? QUESTION 7 Wht nme World Center locted in Lonn? Bonus points: How mny World Centers hve en in Lonn wht were ir nmes? QUESTION 8 Which ws first WGGGS World Center creted? Bonus point: Where it locted? QUESTION 9 Which World Center locted t highest elevtion? Bonus points: Wht country it locted in? Wht elevtion? QUESTION 10 Which country in si Pcific Region hs most memrs?
NSWER 1 NSWER 2 Five regions: Western Hemphere, fric, rb, Europe, si Pcific GSUS prt Western Hemphere Region. Kusfiri Lnguge: Swhili NSWER 3 NSWER 4 Sudn, which strted in 1928 Sngm Lnguge: Snskrit NSWER 5 NSWER 6 The fric Region. It represents 33 memr orgniztions over 1 million girls young women. The Europe Region supports 64 ntionl Girl Girl Scout orgniztions in 41 countries reches more thn 1.2 million young people. NSWER 7 NSWER 8 Px Lodge nme current center. The two previous centers were clled Our rk Olve House. Our Chlet Switzerl NSWER 9 NSWER 10 Our Cbñ Locted in Mexico 5,059 feet(1,542 meters) bove se level Indi with over 2 million Girl s