GENERATIONS TOGETHER

This program encourages social consciousness for people of all ages; an understanding and an appreciation for the differences in generational attitudes; development of communication skills; and an understanding of the past as related by people who experienced those time.

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BABY BUNDLES

To earn this patch, girls must complete a budgeting workshop, a student handbook, and a 48-hour infant simulator parenting experience. Girls are given a mock job and income in the budgeting workshop and must be able to show how they can provide financial support of an infant for one year. From the handbook, girls learn how to properly care for an infant including learning about Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and car seat safety. Girls are assigned a computerized infant simulator requiring them to provide care for a 48-hour period. After completing this patch program, girls will have a greater understanding and appreciation for the responsibilities of parenting.

*1. Compile a list of African-Americans who made significant contributions in each of the following areas: science/technology, the arts/literature, politics/civil leadership. Make sure that your list includes women in each category. Have a troop discussion on who should be selected for each list and why.

*2. Invite two or more African-Americans from your community to meet with your troop to discuss how Black history in this country has impacted their lives. Compare and contrast their experiences.

3. Visit an exhibit of African-American history or art, or read about an African-American artist and her work, or attend a lecture or class by an African-American artist. Discuss what you have seen or read with other troops members. Are there any themes in the art that are characteristic of this culture? Some regional museums to consider are Bessie Smith Hall/African-American Cultural Museum in Chattanooga, Memphis Civil Rights Museum, Birmingham Civil Rights Museum.

4. Read current newspapers and magazines and clip or copy articles that pertain to African-American life in the U.S. Bring these to a troop discussion. Are there indications of persistent racial injustice or racism in these articles?

5. Compile a list of quotations by well-known African-American. These may be educational, inspirational, or humorous. Select one quotation that has personal significance and discuss it with your troop. Make a copy of your troop's list to share with your history or social studies teacher or school librarian.

6. Visit one historical site pertaining to African-American history. This might be an older church or other public building, the home of a locally influential citizen, the site of a civil rights meeting or demonstration, etc. Possible sites in Chattanooga include Walden Hospital on East 8th Street, the Sallie Crenshaw Bethlehem Center on West 38th Street, First Baptist Church on East 8th Street, etc.

7. Visit a predominately Black church for worship service. Compare the service to other church services you have experienced. Are there differences? Similarities? Historically, did the church serve a different function for the African-American community than predominately white churches did for their members? Discuss why most churches
are racially homogeneous even today.

8. Compile a glossary of terms relating to African-American history. Including the following: abolitionist, affirmative action, Brown vs. Board of Education, busing, civil rights, demonstration, emancipation, integration, Jim Crow laws, Ku Klux Klan, lynching, reparations, separatism, slavery, underground railroad. You may add other terms that you feel are important. Share your list with your history or social studies teacher or school librarian.

Hiker Patch & Mileage Increments

Requirements:
Must hike a minimum of 10 miles to earn the Hiker Patch (does not have to be completed in one hike).

Must hike additional 10 miles to earn the Hiking Segment(s).

Download Hiker Patch & Mileage Increments form.

Requirements

1. * Learn about online safety and how to be "street smart" on the information superhighway. Go to www.missingkids.org with your parent/guardian, go through the entire page on internet safety.

2. Make the Online Safety Pledge. Print it and post a copy near your computer.

3. Find a web page that is interesting to you. It could be a page about one of your hobbies, Girl Scouts, a college you might want to go to, or many other things. Show someone the page and tell them why you like it.

4. Find a web page that discusses volunteering or environmentally friendly actions. Pick a project, discuss it with your leader as a possible troop project.

5. Look at our Girl Scouts-Moccasin Bend Council web site. What do you like? What don't you like? What else should the pages have? Send your suggestions using e-mail to the Marketing Director at: vanderson@mbgsc.org or mail your suggestions to Girl Scouts, Attention Marketing Director, P.O. Box 15969, Chattanooga, TN 37415.

6. Learn about e-mail. Why is e-mail better than regular mail? Why is it not as good? Show someone how to send e-mail (you don't need an account, just pretend.)

7. Learn something about Girl Scout history. You can find some information at the national Girl Scout homepage at www.girlscouts.org. At this site you can go to other Girl Scout council web sites around the world. Learn something interesting about other Girl Scout councils. Where are they located?

If you have completed these requirements,

Congratulations!

You have earned your Virtual Patch!

If you would like a Virtual Patch decal, please load decal transfer paper (available at office supply stores) into your inkjet color printer. After printing, follow paper directions for iron-on transfer.