# Scouts

# The biggest club

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Do you know about the Scout movement? You can see it in many American films and cartoons.
- Did it start in the USA?
- What is B-P? a) British Petroleum. b) Bird Power. c) Baden Powell.
- How old are the Scouts? a) More than 100 years . b) Less than 100 years. c) 200 years.
- Did girls form part at the beginning?
- How many people are engaged at present?

Meet Baden-Powell. World Scouting. (Accessed on 11/06/18).

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## Meeting B-P

Let´s know a bit more about this man, the starter of the Scouting movement.

In your group you have to prepare a brief presentation about one aspect of his life.

- Born and death: places, dates and life spam.
- Infancy and childhood.
- Jobs and passions.
- Scouts origins.
- Scouting around the world.

Follow these helpful steps:

STEP 1: First, watch the video and organize the information. If you need more go to the Scouts web page (accessed on 11/06/18).

STEP 2: Select the part of the video you want to show when you are talking. Write down the time of the pictures or information you want to show.

STEP 3: Decide the part or role of each member, you can do a performance as well, imitating B-P.

STEP 4: Prepare an opinion about the explanation you gave. Be ready to explain what you think?

STEP 5: Practice it a few times! Work with order and following the rules.

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Discuss about Scouting:

- Do you know Scouts groups in your town or region?
- Do you want to join scouts?
- Do you know other big organizations?
- What values do you think the Scouts pursue and promote?

# Scouts and nature

Clean Environment. Wild0ne. Pixabay. CC0

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## #EarthHour

Scouts are good friends of nature and they have the commitment to take care of our planet. Watch this video:

Scouts join Earth Hour 2018. World Scouting. (Accessed on 26/05/18).

As you see, on March the #EarthHour takes place. Buildings and landmarks go dark for an hour.

The Scouts are in favour of this action. Reflect about these questions and be ready to defend your answer:

- Why do scouts take part in this action?

- Do you think it is useful? What is the main objective of it?

- Is it only for saving energy?

- Did you know about it? Do you do it at home?

Girl Scouts Prairie Planting. PRO USFWS Midwest Region. Flickr. CC BY

### Do you feel inspired by the Scouts?

Think of initiatives to raise awareness or other ideas for real changes in society that help the environment.

Follow these steps:

STEP 1: Think of problems that are harming the environment.

- In a piece of paper write down problems you see daily.
- Now select two or three you consider more important or urgent to solve.

STEP 2: Now you have to think of possible solutions or campaign to raise awareness about the problem you selected.

STEP 3: Prepare a presentation with some pictures. You can have a slogan. Such as "No cars. No fumes."

STEP 4: Imagine you are Scouts activists and want to convince Politicians or a group of citizens about the need of change.

STEP 5: Present your ideas in front of the classroom.

# Feedback

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Let´s see the results of the classroom work:

- Write on the board the problems and solutions.
- Give opinions about the urgent ones to solve.
- Give your thought about the best ideas.
- Make a list of the problems and the solutions and try to promote the change: display it in your school and class. Also, send them to your community and your local government.

# Badges: American girl Scouts

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First let´s introduce the girl Scouts levels: check the name of each level and the ages (Accessed on 11/06/18).

Badges are the way to recognise the level and the skills of scouts. For every skill or activity you take part in you win badges and patches you show in the scout uniform.

Watch these girls explaining about their badges:

Girl Scouts 101 - Badges, Patches & Pins and Fun Patches. T Nugteren. (Accessed on 11/06/18).

It´s a little difficult to understand, so here you have the main ideas and the time at they say them:

- The American flag patch shows they are American girl scouts (00:15).
- A badge of the club shows information about it. The colour shows the scout level (00:27).
- The stars show how many years they have been in the club (00:43).
- You earn "cookie" badges for participating in "the cookie program" each year (01:12).
- The "skill building" badges go at the bottom of the vest (01:18).
- The centennial pin is in their left shoulder (1:43).
- Alyssa and JC show you the back of the vest (2:20).
- You can see badges for participation in meetings or activities, and also about your interests. For example the "overnight camp" badge (2:30) or the cookies donations patch (2:46).

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## Girl Scout Levels

Let´s know a bit more about the levels and what girls do at each level:

In your group you have to prepare a brief presentation about a level:

- Daisies
- Brownies
- Juniors
- Cadettes
- Seniors
- Ambassadors

Follow these helpful steps:

STEP 1: Read the information about your level. Use the symbols to understand better.

STEP 2: Prepare what you are going to say and what pictures or information you want to highlight.

STEP 3: Decide the part or role of each member, it´s very important to divide the presentation in equal parts.

STEP 4: Practice it a few times! Work with order and following the rules.

Have you finished soon? Then watch the video in the next part.

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Discuss about Scouts levels:

- What do you think about selling cookies?
- Do you think they can get the money they need in other ways?
- Can you see the link with nature in each level?
- Talk about empowerment.

## Scouting is fun, do parents think so?

#Cubs100. Scouts. (Accessed on 11/06/18).

What do you think about this UK Scouts video?

# What are we learning?

Record with your group in OBS STUDIO the new words or ideas of this lesson, you can give examples or show pictures.

Do you need help? Have a look at the video with the instructions on Playing time page.

Save your recording in your group folder with the name: Progress 5.

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