WORLD ISSUES

badge requirements

Complete five of the following clauses (five further clauses completed will earn a second badge)

1. Many paper products are now made from recycled paper. Find and show three different products to the tester and:

 Either:
     Make your own recycled paper.

Or:
    Make a birthday card for one of your friends using recycled paper and materials.

2. Keep a diary of journeys you make during a week. What are the most environmentally friendly methods of transport?

3. Fill a container with as much water as you can safely manage and carry it for at least 20 metres. In many parts of the world women carry water every day. In your Patrol, discuss ways this task could be made easier.

4. In a group, play a co-operative game. How do co-operative games differ from competitive ones? Why is it important to co-operate? How can you apply this to situations between different countries?

5. Imagine that you are one of the first people to visit the inhabitants of a distant planet. As your ship is so small, you can only take ten things with you that would be typical of the people on earth. Collect the ten things and explain why you have chosen them.

6. Choose three different newspapers and cut out all the articles that mention other countries. Compare how much information is given in each paper. Are the different countries represented in different ways?

7. Find out about as many peace symbols as you can. Why were things like the olive branch and the dove chosen? Design and make a mobile using peace symbols.

8. Try out three different forms of non-verbal communication and send a message using one of them.

9. Find out about two simple ways that the health of people in developing countries can be improved or lives saved.

10. Play a game about international justice or fairness, such as the Trading Game, the Paper Bag Game etc.

11. Identify several rights that you feel everyone in the world should be entitled to, eg the right to enough food. Choose three of these rights and make a poster to illustrate them.

12. Watch a TV programme, film or video about the work of an international organisation like WWF or UNICEF. If possible, do something to help them.