| THE WHITE HOUSE PROJECT MS. PRESIDENT PATCH FOR DAISY AND BROWNIE GIRL SCOUTS |
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| Are you interested in exploring women's achievements that history books often leave out. Read on to discover Herstory. Can a girl become President of the United States? Of course she can! she can grow up to be anything she wants to be. Today a woman can be the leader of her town or city - event President of the United States. In our time, women can do many things to becoe great leaders. But this was not always true. In the past, women had a harder time becoming leaders because they did not have the same opportunities as men. They had an even harder time becoming famous. So you find few books about leaders who are women than about those who are men. With your friends, your Girl Scout Leader, or a family member you can learn more about the good that women have done by visiting The White House Project Web Site and look at the milestones of women page. Click on Girl Zone |
| Are you ready to have some fun now while you earn the new Ms. President Patch? Just do one or more of the activities from the sections named below: Herstory Girl Power Your Community Working Together More Activities |
| HERSTORY Today, many more women are becoming leaders. You can read books about the great things that women leaders have done. 1. Look at the names given in the Women Leaders Matchup game below. Do you know who any of the momen are or what they did to become leaders. 2. With a grown-up, play the Women Leaders match up game. (http://jfg.girlscouts.org/GS/insignia/MsPresident/DB/matchprint.htm) For extra help, go to The White House Project web site and take a look at the Women Leaders Page. (www.thewhitehouseproject.org/girl_zone/Women_leaders.htm) 3. Now pick any woman from the matchup and any other famous woman leader you want to learn more about. with your friends, your Girl scout Leader, or a family member do one of the following activities: a. Create a play b. Put on a puppet show c. Draw a picture d. Write or tell a story about the famous woman you chose. |
| GIRL POWER-BE A LEADER There are many ways to be a leader. Sometime it means having the courage to take a stand or do something new. 1. Read the story below. It doesn't have an ending. Make one up. If you were Keisha in the story, what would you do? 2. Draw a picture, write a paragraph, or tell someone how you think the story should end to show Keiha as leader. Keisha's Difficult Decision Every day Kesiha, Lilly and Claudia had fun togehter on the playground. Today, as they waited to go outside, they were squirming in their seats. Any minute now, Mrs. Dinton, their teacher, would say "time for recess." There were ready! When Mrs. Dinton finally called for recess, the three girls raced outside. They grabbed a jump-rope and ran off to a corner of the playground. It was Keisha's turn to jump first today. Lilly and Claudia picked up the rope and began turning. The girls were having a great time. They were laughing and giggling and having so much fun playing together. While jumping rope, Keisha saw Sally, another girl from their class, sitting by herself and looking very sad. Keisha felt bad for Sally and wanted to cheer her up. "I'm going to ask Sally to play with us," she told Lilly and Claudia. "No way!" Lilly said. "Sally doesn't know how to jump rope," said Claudia, "so why would we want to play with her." Keisha didn't know what to do. She felt bad for Sally, but her friends didn't want her to include Sally in their game. What should Keisha do? 3. Here is a list of words sometimes used when talking about leaders. You may want to use some of these words in your ending to the story. a. Choose b. Discuss c. Decide d. Help e. Lead f. Listen g. Share h. Solve i. Plan |
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