GIRL SCOUT AMBASSADOR – YOUR VOICE, YOUR WORLD ...
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Session<br />
Activity<br />
Welcome and<br />
Introductions<br />
<strong>GIRL</strong> <strong>SCOUT</strong> <strong>AMBASSADOR</strong> <strong>–</strong> <strong>YOUR</strong> <strong>VOICE</strong>, <strong>YOUR</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong>: SESSION #1: Introduction, Find Your Cause<br />
Goal: Girls begin creating and leading their own advocacy experience as a team.<br />
Icon Description Girl Est. Materials Needed Outcomes/The Alternate<br />
Book Min<br />
Purpose Activities<br />
Pages Time<br />
Brief introductions of<br />
each girl<br />
Ceremony Girls discuss, plan,<br />
conduct a ceremony<br />
to use throughout<br />
the Journey<br />
Share a wish for the<br />
world<br />
Choose a woman<br />
who inspires<br />
Sing a song, recite a<br />
poem<br />
Overview of<br />
the Journey<br />
Start understanding<br />
the difference<br />
between community<br />
service and<br />
advocacy.<br />
Learn and discuss<br />
about the 8 steps to<br />
advocacy<br />
Make it Yours Girls think about<br />
personal goals they<br />
might accomplish on<br />
this journey & share<br />
results<br />
Girl Led<br />
Guidelines<br />
Ask girls to think<br />
about journey<br />
guidelines and a<br />
team agreement.<br />
Focus on basic<br />
guidelines<br />
Utilize the planner in<br />
girl book<br />
Pages<br />
28-32<br />
Pages<br />
8-11<br />
Page<br />
22<br />
Pages<br />
26-27<br />
15 Min D1, C1, Make<br />
each girl feel<br />
included,<br />
welcoming.<br />
20 Min Internet access for<br />
research<br />
60 Min Notebook,<br />
whiteboard<br />
D2, T1: Girls<br />
advocacy<br />
issues reflect<br />
their values<br />
and allow them<br />
to “live” their<br />
values.<br />
10 Min C1, Girls<br />
develop<br />
healthy<br />
relationships.<br />
30 Min Girl Book<br />
Notebook<br />
Whiteboard<br />
D5, D3, Girls<br />
develop critical<br />
thinking and<br />
practical life<br />
skills<br />
If the group<br />
knows each<br />
other, ask one<br />
other girl a<br />
question, a<br />
positive one!<br />
If the group is<br />
large, the girls<br />
can pair up or<br />
create small<br />
teams to<br />
share their<br />
goals.<br />
Possible<br />
Side Trips<br />
Make a swap<br />
during each<br />
sessions<br />
ceremony<br />
time.<br />
Badge:<br />
Women<br />
Through<br />
Time: Create<br />
a video about<br />
women who<br />
have<br />
championed<br />
lasting<br />
change.<br />
Sit under the<br />
stars and talk<br />
about how<br />
you are an<br />
ambassador<br />
for Girl Scout<br />
values.
Closing<br />
Ceremony<br />
Girls select and plan<br />
ceremony<br />
5 Min TBD C2-Planning<br />
ceremony and<br />
establishing<br />
tradition helps<br />
girls promote<br />
cooperation<br />
and<br />
teambuilding<br />
Girls can do<br />
an “is for”<br />
activity<br />
individually or<br />
in a group<br />
choose their<br />
own letter of<br />
the alphabet<br />
and come up<br />
with their own<br />
list of “is fors”<br />
to express<br />
their hopes<br />
Continue<br />
Juliette<br />
Gordon Low’s<br />
friendship<br />
circle <strong>–</strong> write<br />
to a pen pal in<br />
another<br />
country.
Session<br />
Activity<br />
Opening<br />
Ceremony<br />
(optional)<br />
Community<br />
Connections<br />
and the<br />
Community<br />
Pretzel<br />
Reflection<br />
and Decision<br />
Your Voice Your World: The Power of Advocacy<br />
It’s Your World <strong>–</strong> Change It! A Leadership Journey<br />
SESSION #2: Community Needs and Personal Causes<br />
Goal: Girls use their values and community connections to choose an advocacy issue for their journey.<br />
Icon Description Girl<br />
Book<br />
Pages<br />
Have girls share<br />
what mood they feel<br />
today. Go over their<br />
best or worst part of<br />
their day.<br />
Game: Human<br />
Pretzel<br />
While in the human<br />
pretzel ask<br />
questions like,<br />
“What does this tell<br />
you about<br />
communities?”<br />
Afterwards have<br />
girls write down<br />
what communities<br />
are they part of and<br />
use arrows if<br />
connected with<br />
more than one (use<br />
different colors).<br />
Discussion: Give<br />
reflective question<br />
about activity on girl<br />
book (Activity page<br />
number given on<br />
adult book does not<br />
match girl book)<br />
Advoca-Ts Girls will create their<br />
own logo on a t-shirt<br />
to express their<br />
cause they support<br />
(more details on girl<br />
book pg. 84)<br />
Est. Min<br />
Time<br />
26 10 <strong>–</strong> 15<br />
Min<br />
42;<br />
43-44<br />
15 -30 Min<br />
(depending<br />
on<br />
discussion)<br />
41 15 <strong>–</strong> 30<br />
Min<br />
(depending<br />
on<br />
discussion)<br />
84 1 hour or<br />
more<br />
(depending<br />
on<br />
creativity<br />
of girls<br />
Materials Needed<br />
Adult book for<br />
guidance on<br />
questions (pg. 44-<br />
45). Markers and<br />
newsprint<br />
Adult book<br />
contains questions<br />
to this part (pg 46)<br />
Take Action: Girls<br />
can identify<br />
community needs<br />
Outcomes/The<br />
Purpose<br />
Discover: Girls<br />
seek<br />
challenges in<br />
the world<br />
Connect: Girls<br />
promote<br />
cooperation<br />
and teambuilding<br />
Discover: Girls<br />
develop<br />
positive values<br />
A for action, as<br />
in improve:<br />
Girls will take<br />
turns on madeup<br />
topics acting<br />
like experts<br />
(pg. 47)<br />
Alternate<br />
Activities<br />
“Crazy-quilt<br />
Map”<br />
On paper<br />
create a map<br />
on how other<br />
communities<br />
intersect with<br />
each other.<br />
Take a trip to<br />
the mall or<br />
favorite<br />
clothes store<br />
to check out<br />
different<br />
logos on t-<br />
shirts<br />
Possible<br />
Side Trips
Public<br />
Speaking<br />
Take 5: The<br />
Many Moods<br />
of You<br />
Looking<br />
Ahead to<br />
Session 3<br />
Closing<br />
Ceremony<br />
(optional)<br />
In pairs or solitary<br />
girls will chose a line<br />
from the GS Law<br />
and create a<br />
persuasive speech<br />
that also connects<br />
with advocacy.<br />
Each girl will chose<br />
a way to create<br />
mood charms. They<br />
will pick a mood and<br />
carry out with the<br />
chosen mood.<br />
(Activity page<br />
number given on<br />
adult book does not<br />
match girl book)<br />
Future: Need to<br />
think of a location<br />
where girls may<br />
research on their<br />
cause (this place<br />
will need to have a<br />
phone and internet<br />
access).<br />
Friendship squeeze:<br />
Golden Moment<br />
(talk about what part<br />
they like the most of<br />
today’s meeting);<br />
etc.<br />
45 20 -45 Min Construction<br />
paper, markers,<br />
computer<br />
(optional): adult<br />
book (pg. 46)<br />
47 15 <strong>–</strong> 30<br />
Min<br />
49 <strong>–</strong><br />
52<br />
15 <strong>–</strong> 30<br />
Min<br />
15 <strong>–</strong> 20<br />
Min<br />
Supplies will<br />
depend on girls’<br />
creativity<br />
Discover: Girls<br />
develop<br />
positive values<br />
Discover: Girls<br />
seek<br />
challenges in<br />
the world<br />
Take action:<br />
Girls can<br />
identify<br />
community<br />
needs<br />
Discover: Girls<br />
develop<br />
positive values<br />
Discuss how<br />
the GS Law<br />
connects with<br />
this journey<br />
Girls may<br />
decide to<br />
work<br />
individually to<br />
do their<br />
research<br />
Take a trip to<br />
a local<br />
college<br />
library for<br />
research
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