(Note: SB=Skill Builder, T=Technology, SP=Service Project,
CE=Career Exploration)
Skill Builder
SB #3: The girls will be divided into groups - each group
will be given a topic to make up a short skit that shows how body language and
tone of voice will affect the outcome of a situation. The groups will perform
for everyone.
SB #5: Our police officer will show how they should respond
when in situations such as someone following them home from school, a group of
students hassling them, etc.
C #4: Our police officer will discuss the laws and policies
that exist to protect children, women and the elderly victims of domestic abuse
in our community. We will also discuss what jobs are available to work with
people that are victims of this crime, and what skills are needed.
Self Defense
Second submission by: Cad/Sen Troop 200, Virginia
(Note: SB=Skill Builder, T=Technology, SP=Service Project,
CE=Career Exploration)
A 1st year Cadette troop decided not to do this 'social
worker' part, so they had activities in another room until she left. They
donated school supplies, but they finished the IP in their troop.
SB: #1 Learn about several martial arts -- done by the
martial arts instructors -- made sure there was a female instructor good with
teens! The girls that take classes at this Academy were the demonstrators. We
did holds, releases, punches, kicks, and how to defend against those punches
and kicks.
SB: #3 Recite sentences using different tones of voices
(showing anger/gentleness)-- could be done in the troop, but lots of fun and
giggles at the lock-in between active sessions.
SB: #5 Role-play situations avoiding attacks -- shared by
the martial arts instructor and the social worker. He had listened to her
spiel, and reinforced it very well from the guy-who-used-to-be-a-teenager
perspective! The girls also discussed how to say no on a date with firm
tactfulness or very firm not-so-tactfulness!
Technology:
T: #3 Explore pros and cons of personal protection items --
talk prepared beforehand by the martial arts instructor
Service Projects:
SP: #3 -- (changed slightly) I did not feel comfortable in
having the GS assisting on-site! We collected toiletries and school supplies to
donate to the Shelter where the Social worker worked. Everyone had to bring
something!
Career Explorations:
CE: #1 & #3 Interviewed professional who
"repairs" victims of violence and interview a social worker --
invited a local abuse and domestic violence shelter social worker to speak
(sorta boring but necessary).
The instructor had planned on a couple of hours of
instruction and sparring practice. He was having such a good time it became
more than 4 hours! The adults were whipped the next day, but it was a great
lock-in. The SU does it about every 2-3 years for a new crop of C/S. Some have
returned multiple times!
If your
troop has completed this IPA, and would like to share what you did.
e-mail Capt.
Froggy