To earn the Maryland Heritage Patch, it is recommended that girls complete 7 of the 12 listed activities.
1. Learn about the symbols of Maryland: The Maryland State Flag, The Maryland State Bird, The Maryland State Flower, The Maryland State Great Seal, and The Maryland State Quarter. 2. Who were George and Cecil Calvert? Learn about these two men and their impact on the history of Maryland. Share what you find with others in your group and compile your information to create a complete biography of George and Cecil Calvert. 3. Identify at least three historic site, homes, or museums that are part of the history of your community. Select one to learn about. Then take others on a tour with your group acting as guides. 4. Visit a historical site, museum, or home in Maryland that is outside of your community. Prepare for your field trip by finding out some background information about the place you’ll visit. Discuss what you learned about Maryland's past after you’ve made the trip. 5. As a group, pick out a significant event in Maryland history and reenact the event for others with costumes and props that can be improvised from articles borrowed from home and school. 6. Make a quilt, banner, or collage that depicts Maryland history. 7. Pick out at least two important women Marylanders who have contributed significantly to American life. Highlight their contributions to others by writing a song or poem about them, presenting a dramatic portrayal, or drawing or painting a picture which you explain. 8. Education is a rich part of America’s history. Find out about the history of Maryland Universities and Colleges. Pick one to visit as a group and arrange for a tour. 9. The Chesapeake Bay has dominated Maryland’s history and geography and it will always be Maryland’s most valuable resource. Today the Bay is in trouble. Find out why and what private organizations and all levels of government are doing to save the bay. 10. Create a trivia game, crossword puzzle, or board game about Maryland. Include categories or questions about the following: Maryland’s history, Maryland’s symbols, the Chesapeake Bay, Maryland’s natural resources, notable Marylanders, and your local community. 11. Invite a speaker to your group who is an expert in Maryland history, or who can provide unique insight to Maryland’s past. 12. Explore the Girl Scout heritage in your community. Interview someone who has been in Girl Scouting for several years or more. original source with lots of resources: https://www.gscm.org/content/dam/girlscouts-gscm/documents/Volunteer%20Resources/Program%20Resources/MarylandHeritage.pdf
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There isn't specific requirements for this patch. However, I created some. If the patch I chose isn't available, choose another council fun patch.
1. What year was this state admitted into the Union? 2. Find a typical food from here and make/try it. 3. Who are this state's neighbors. Locate them on a map. 4. Learn more! Find out the state motto, the state flower, the state bird, the state drink, the state tree, the state shell, etc. You might want to decorate a poster with these items and display it in your community. 5. What is the capitol? 6. What are some key exports? 7. What geographical features make up this state? There isn't specific requirements for this patch. However, I created some. If the patch I chose isn't available, choose another council fun patch.
1. What year was this state admitted into the Union? 2. Find a typical food from here and make/try it. 3. Who are this state's neighbors. Locate them on a map. 4. Learn more! Find out the state motto, the state flower, the state bird, the state drink, the state tree, the state shell, etc. You might want to decorate a poster with these items and display it in your community. 5. What is the capitol? 6. What are some key exports? 7. What geographical features make up this state? Requirements are listed for each level.
BROWNIE LEVEL: Complete a minimum of seven, including the starred requirements. 1.* Discover facts about the manatees’ biological characteristics and habitat. Where does it live? What water depth does it prefer? Why do wild manatees travel to warm water sites in the winter? How much does it weigh? What is its length? What does it eat and how much per day? Do manatees have any natural predators? Draw a poster or display showing what you have discovered. 2.* Know the manatee hot line number for your area to report a manatee being harassed or to report an injured, dead, or tagged manatee. 3. Ask your parents or other adults to read a manatee story or booklet to you at home. 4. Watch a video about manatees or invite a speaker to come to your meeting to discuss manatees. Ask a sister troop to join you. 5. Write and perform a puppet show or skit about what you can do to protect the Florida manatee. Include the following:
7.Create an original song or game to share with others. 8 .Keep a scrapbook of newspaper clippings and magazine articles about manatees and related issues. Make a list of three ways that manatees are injured. How do federal and state laws protect them? 9.* Complete a project about boating in coastal Florida where manatees live. Draw four waterway signs including:
Where in Florida do manatees and boaters use the same water? Make a group of people aware of the manatees’ need for protection. 10.Plan and participate in a Girl Scout’s Own with your troop. Tell how you feel about manatees. List three things that you can do to help save the endangered manatee. Share your feelings with your family. JUNIOR LEVEL: Complete a minimum of eight, including the starred requirements. 1.* Discover facts about the endangered Florida manatees’ biological characteristics and habitat. Find out why researchers study endangered species. How does their research relate to people? 2. Read a booklet about Florida manatees. Share what you read with your troop. 3.Know the meaning of the following words and how they relate to manatees. Use at least six of the words in a word search, crossword puzzle, or other word game. You may add more terms: endangered aquatic plants pollution no wake zone refuge sirenia seacow extinct elephant manatee calf scars mammal estuary migration 4.Watch a movie about manatees or invite a speaker to your meeting. Ask a sister troop to join you. 5.* Make a list of six places where manatees can be viewed in the wild and in captivity, either seasonally or year-round. Plan a field trip and visit a manatee refuge or live exhibit. 6.Create a display or skit to interest younger children in learning about manatees. Use puppets, songs, poems, or any other similar creative means of expression. 7.* Which state or national agencies work for the protection of endangered species, specifically the manatees? Visit the website or write a letter or take a field trip to visit an agency to find out what they do and why. Find out what causes animal habitat loss and how the animals are affected. What can be done to protect or replace food supplies of animals such as the manatee? 8.Keep a scrapbook of newspaper clippings and magazine articles about manatees and related issues. How are manatees injured? How do federal and state laws protect them? 9.Design a project related to boating in manatee areas that would make a group of people aware of the manatee’s need for help. Include four waterway signs that would be found in manatee habitats. 10.* Know the manatee hot line number for your area to report a manatee being harassed or to report an injured, dead, or tagged manatee. 11.* Discover on the Web and write a letter to two manatee refuge sites. How do they operate? Explain the differences between natural refuge sites (such as Blue Springs State Park or Crystal River) and privately owned business sites such as power plants. Will they have different long-range effects on the manatees? 12.* Plan and participate in a Girl Scout’s Own with your troop. Tell how you feel about what you have learned about the manatees’ plight for survival, always seeking food, water, shelter and space. Share your feelings with your family. CADETTE, SENIOR, AMBASSADOR LEVELS: Complete a minimum of nine, including the starred requirements. 1. Compile newspaper and magazine articles on manatees. How are manatees being injured? What agencies or organizations work to protect manatees? How is this information useful? 2.* Do a project about boating in coastal Florida where manatees live. Draw four waterway signs including:
3.* Know the manatee hot line number for your area to report a manatee being harassed or to report an injured, dead, or tagged manatee. 4.Do a project to make a group of people (adults and children) aware of the importance of Tampa Bay as a habitat for the endangered Florida manatee. 5.* Research, discuss and make a poster or fact sheet about why manatees and other animals are on the endangered list. Why do animals become extinct? Will the manatees become extinct? Learn about manatees by searching the Web, or reading books, pamphlets, magazines or by watching films. Visit a facility where you can observe wild or captive manatees or invite a speaker to visit your troop. Find out why the facility or the speaker is interested in helping the manatees. 6.* List as many career opportunities as you can find that are related to research or conservation of manatees and other endangered wildlife. Choose one career field. Give a report to your troop as if you were working in the field. Describe what you would be doing and why. Eckerd College and Florida Marine Research Institute,St. Petersburg,websites are a source for marine biology careers information. 7.Using the manatees as a specific example, explain the relationship between man and wildlife in our shared world. How are our needs interrelated? Learn how habitat loss occurs and how it can relate to extinction. How does habitat loss affect the ecosystem and humans? 8.* Discover what organizations and agencies are responsible for the development and implementation of activities directed toward the protection and recovery of the Florida manatee. What are they doing to lower the manatee’s mortality rate? How can you help? 9.* What laws exist to protect the manatees? How are they being enforced? Are new laws being considered? What groups are for and against these laws and why? 10.* Why should humans refrain from swimming with manatees? How could it help the efforts of conservation of the animal? If you can, plan a field trip or campout where you can passively observe manatees first hand. Learn the rules for swimming in waters inhabited by manatees. Discuss what you learned; share with other Girl Scouts. 11.Design a poster campaign for younger children to introduce them to the manatees’ world, or help a younger Girl Scout troop work on their manatee patch. 12.Plan and participate in a Girl Scout’s Own to share your feelings about the manatees as an endangered species. How do you feel about the responsibilities of people to share the environment with wildlife? What can you do to help now and in future years? Share your feelings with at least one person outside of your troop. Complete the following requirements listed.
Daisy/Brownie -The two starred requirements plus one Discover, one Connect and one Take Action requirements. Juniors -The two starred requirements plus two Discover, two Connect and one Take Action requirements. Cadettes /Seniors/Ambassadors -The two starred requirements plus four Discover, two Connect and one Take Action requirements. Discover: Explore the state of Delaware and learn about its physical features, history, people and culture. *1. Make a large map of Delaware. Include U.S. Route 13 and 1, I-95, county boundaries, neighboring states and bodies of water, state and national parks; monuments and seashores; the Delaware Memorial Bridge, Wilmington, Newark, Dover, Georgetown and Seaford. Add to the map any places you visit while working on this patch. *2. Delaware was one of the original 13 colonies. Learn about the state’s history, such as who the state was named after, the date the state entered the union, and who first colonized the state. 3.Identify the state capital, flag, bird, tree, flower, colors, nickname, song and what their significance is. 4.Learn about some of the famous people from Delaware. For example: William Penn, Caesar Rodney, Henry Heimlich, Eleuthere Irenee du Pont. Why are they important? 5. The Delaware Bay is a major shipping port on the east coast of the United States. Find out what the major imports and exports are. How does this affect the local economy? 6.Find out about some of the inventions or “firsts” in Delaware. Who invented them and how does this affect people’s lives today? 7.Delaware's first settlers were the Lenni Lenape Native Americans, also called the Delaware Native Americans. Research where and how they lived. What type of housing did they live in? What type ofclothing did they wear? Do one of the following: Make a model of a Native American home or color/draw a picture of their home life, perform an expressive dance, play a Native American game or make paper dolls dressed in native clothing. 8.Colonial Delaware’s first settlers where from Sweden, Holland, England, and France. Research where and how they lived. What type of housing did they live in? What type of clothing did they wear? Do one of the following: Make a model of a colonial home or color/draw a picture of their home life, play a colonial game or make paper dolls dressed in colonial clothing. Connect: Expand upon your knowledge of Delaware by making personal connections with the citizens, government leaders, and the community. 1.Take a walking tour of one of the following: Downtown Wilmington, Old New Castle, Delaware City, TheGreen, Dover, Lewes or other historic towns or sites such as Fort Delaware. Live the experience! If you can, interact with a historical interpreter or re-enactor who plays the role of a person who lived during the exciting history of that town or site. 2.Arrange to meet one of Delaware’s elected officials: Governor, Senator, Representative, Mayor, Councilman. Talk with them about their jobs and what they do to improve the state. 3.Many people who live in Delaware were not born here. Talk with someone who was not born here and find out why they now live here. What attracted them to this state? What do they like about it? 4.Talk with someone who has lived in Delaware their entire life. Record their memories in a journal. What was it like growing up in Delaware? What has changed? What is the same? Do they think the changes are good or not good for the people and environment? 5.Delaware has many wonderful state parks to visit. Explore how they differ from north to south, urban to rural, interior to coastal. You can also take the Delaware State Park Trail Challenge and choose to hike 5, 10 or 15 trails during your visits to earn a special award. For more information go to: www.destateparks.com/trail-challenge/index.asp 6.Learn a traditional craft from Delaware: weaving, quilting, beadwork, pottery, or embroidery.Take a class or learn from a professional or skilled hobbyist. Find out why they enjoy that craft form and why it was important to the people of Maryland. 7.Connect with other Girl Scouts in Delaware –ask an adult to help you locate other Girl Scouts and become pen pals or Facebook friends. Before using the Internet take the Online Safety Pledge at: www.girlscouts.org/internet_safety_pledge.asp Take Action: Identify a need, make a plan, and do something to help make the state of Delaware a better place for its citizens and/or environment. Write letters to local, state and federal officials; help with a community project; or create a public display or presentation to inform others. Here are some ideas, but don’t be limited by them: 1.Waterways played an important part in Delaware’s history. Learn about their importance. Find out what kinds of problems exist today in these waterways. Make a plan for something you can do to help and then do it. (Examples: organize a trash pick up along the waterway; start a recycling program at your school; stencil storm drains.) 2.There are many oil refineries in the northern part of Delaware. What are some of the problems an oil refinery can cause? Make a plan for something you can do to help and then do it. (Examples: make a display about oil spill cleanup; do a community safety presentation to younger children.) 3.Delaware’s State Parks are visited by many people each year, and trash litter is a major problem. Make a plan for something you can do to help and then do it. (Examples: make posters about littering and display them at your school; practice “cache in, trash out” geocaching at one or more of the state parks –for more information visit: www.destateparks.com/activities/geocaching/index.asp.) 4.Take Action on another issue you think of that will help the state of Delaware! Use your knowledge and information from Discover and Connect activities to help guide you. Original source: http://www.gscb.org/content/dam/girlscouts-gscb/documents/Delaware%20Small%20Wonder%20Patch%20Program.pdf There isn't specific requirements for this patch. However, I created some. If the patch I chose isn't available, choose another council fun patch.
1. What year was this state admitted into the Union? 2. Find a typical food from here and make/try it. 3. Who are this state's neighbors. Locate them on a map. 4. Learn more! Find out the state motto, the state flower, the state bird, the state drink, the state tree, the state shell, etc. You might want to decorate a poster with these items and display it in your community. 5. What is the capitol? 6. What are some key exports? 7. What geographical features make up this state? There isn't specific requirements for these patches. However, I created some. If the patch I chose isn't available, choose another council fun patch. Complete these question for each state you wish to earn a badge for.
1. What year was this state admitted into the Union? 2. Find a typical food from here and make/try it. 3. Who are this state's neighbors. Locate them on a map. 4. Learn more! Find out the state motto, the state flower, the state bird, the state drink, the state tree, the state shell, etc. You might want to decorate a poster with these items and display it in your community. 5. What is the capitol? 6. What are some key exports? 7. What geographical features make up this state? There isn't specific requirements for this patch. However, I created some. If the patch I chose isn't available, choose another council fun patch.
1. What year was this state admitted into the Union? 2. Find a typical food from here and make/try it. 3. Who are this state's neighbors. Locate them on a map. 4. Learn more! Find out the state motto, the state flower, the state bird, the state drink, the state tree, the state shell, etc. You might want to decorate a poster with these items and display it in your community. 5. What is the capitol? 6. What are some key exports? What geographical features make up this state? There isn't specific requirements for this patch. However, I created some. If the patch I chose isn't available, choose another council fun patch.
1. What year was this state admitted into the Union? 2. Find a typical food from here and make/try it. 3. Who are this state's neighbors. Locate them on a map. 4. Learn more! Find out the state motto, the state flower, the state bird, the state drink, the state tree, the state shell, etc. You might want to decorate a poster with these items and display it in your community. 5. What is the capitol? 6. What are some key exports? What geographical features make up this state? Check out the Susan B Anthony house website for helpul tools to complete this badge.
Pre Visit Activities: (choose at least 1)
Select and research one of the following people. At a troop meeting, dress up as the person and tell what contributiobns he or she made to the Women's Movement. Elizabeth Cady Stanton Lucretia Mott Lucy Stone Julia Ward howe Matilda Joslyn Gage Frederick Douglass Harriet Beecher Stowe Clara Barton Carrie Chapman Catt Amelia Bloomer Grinke Sisters Ernestine L Rose Antoinette Brown Blackwell Margaret Fuller William Lloyd Garrison Sojourner Truth Rev Anna Shaw Alice Paul
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Looking for a fun way to teach geography to your Girl Scout? Why not use council badges to do so. When a good option is available, I'll post Council's Own patches that allow you to learn about the region. Otherwise, I'll list a link to purchase a basic council patch and optional requirements that will help you teach your scout in a fun way. This will be an ongoing project. ArchivesCategories
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