Here's some of the things they learned about (even Owen thought it was cool and wanted to learn all about it)
I opened the first meeting with this quiz. I made it multiple choice, but here I just put the answers. I made it a quiz show. The teams tied and all had a blast.
1. WAGGGS stand for? World Association of Girl Scouts and Girl Guides
2. How many countries are in WAGGGS? 140
3. What is Thinking Day? Day when all GS think about each other around the world.
4. Who started Thinking Day? Juliet Gordon Lowe, founder of GS in US
5. What is the theme of this year’s Thinking Day? Water
6. What country are we teaching about for Thinking Day? Brazil
16. What is Official Language of Brazil? Portuguese
7. What continent is Brazil on? South America
8. Which is bigger, US or Brazil? US
9. What is the longest river in the world? Amazon
10. Where is the Amazon located? South America
11. What is the largest Rainforest in the world? Amazonia
12. What imaginary line runs through almost every rainforest? Equator
13. What is hydorelectric power? Electricity made by water
14. What is built to harness water power? dam
15. How much of Brazil’s Electricity is made by Hydroelectric power plants? 83%
More facts about Girl Guides in Brazil:
Age Levels of Girl Guides in Brazil
Federação das Bandeirantes do Brasil (Federation of Girl Guides of Brazil)
Ciranda [Brownie] - Ages 6 to 9 (Yellow)
Bandeirante 1 [Junior Guide] - Ages 9 to 12 (Light Blue)
Bandeirante 2 [Guide] - Ages 12 to 15 (Green)
Guia [Ranger] - Ages 15 to 18 (Red)
Guiding Promise
“I promise, under my word of honour, to do my best to:
Be loyal to God and my country,
Help other at any occasion and
Obey the Guiding Law."
By accepting this personal commitment, the Guides adhere to a law of behaviour.
Guiding Law:
A Guide...
1 – Is trustworthy.
2 - Is loyal and respects truth.
3 - Helps others on all occasion.
4 – Esteems and cherishes friendship.
5 - Is kind and courteous.
6 - Sees God in creation and protects nature.
7 - Knows how to obey.
8 - Faces all difficulties cheerfully.
9 - Uses resources wisely.
10 - Acts, thinks, and is coherent with moral values.
Popular food from Brazil, Tapioca or Brazilian arrowroot
from Tupi Indian word, Tipi'og
used to thicken liquids
also ground into flour
Avocados are also plentiful.
We tasted avocado ice cream and tapioca pudding.
Games:
Catch the Broom - a Game from Brazil
Girls stand in a circle, and each girl is given a number. One girl is in the center holding a broom. She calls out a number and lets go of the broom. The person with that number has to catch the broom before it touches the floor. Depending on how you want to score the game, if she misses she is out, or loses a life. Or, if she catches it, she wins a point and gets to drop the broom the next time. If the player in the middle calls out the number of someone who is already out, she is also out. (Just make sure you have a big enough circle for the broom to fall without hitting anyone!)
Rabbit Without a House (Brazil)
This Brazilian game is best when you have at least 11 people.
1. Pick someone to be "it" (the rabbit without a house) and someone to be the caller.
2. Divide the others into groups of three.
3. Each group makes a rabbit in a house by two girls holding hands (the house) and one girl (a rabbit) standing inside.
4. The caller yells out "Find a house" and all the rabbits, including the one without a house, have to run to find another house.
5. The rabbit left without a house becomes it.
We also learned tons about the flag. We learned about the constellations on it. "Order and Progress" written across it. We talked about why a country would want order and progress.
Wow, there is so much more, but this post is too long already. I think you get an idea of what a great time we had. Oh, and did I mention, the girls picked Brazil because of all the awesome soccer players there? At least we weren't one of the two troops that did Madagascar... because of the movie.
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