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NEW MILFORD SERVICE UNIT
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Girl Scout Week Ideas!
• Dance Village (Nrityagraham) - Feb 29, 2008 7:30pm
The Palace Theatre Atlantic, St, Stamford, CT Tickets:
Adults: $20, Children & Student with ID $10
Girl Scouts – Free - with Safety Wise ratio of Adults
Tickets must be pre ordered
Info: 203.322.9862
We would like to invite Girl Scouts to join us on February 29th at 7:30 pm, as the Namaskaar Foundation presents the renowned Indian classical dance company, "Nrityagraham", or Dance Village.
This particular program consists of an ensemble of young women who are trained in the ancient Gurukul syatem, (student must live in school for 7 years) classical dance forms seen in temples communities. Their training includes dance, music, literature, language and philosophy.
www.nrityagram.org
ODISSI DANCE Odissi takes its name from the state of its origin, Orissa. Orissa’s interesting geographical position at the exact centre of the eastern border of India, has influenced its culture and tradition a great deal, thus making its dance and music very unique.
Odissi is the only dance form to have another basic body position besides the centered ‘Plie’ stance. The second stance Tribhangi, literally meaning three bends and inspired by temple sculptures, is the feminine curvaceous sculptural position with the body weight on one foot. Therefore, Odissi creates an illusion of sculpture coming to life. Isolated torso movements, typical to the Odissi style only, help create these curves and therefore an eternal ‘S’ pattern is formed in the body and space.
The Mission of the Namaskaar is to educate and foster appreciation of all world
cultures through the arts, our common denominator. This outreach to the community Adult supervision is required and all tickets must be organized through an adult coordinator(s) to ensure participation and chaperones for minor children. After the performance, we encourage all girls scout members to write to us in their own word about their experience.
Please let us know numbers of tickets should be held for your organization. Please call us at 203.322.9862 or 203.434.5278.
Looking forward to see your girls in a great numbers.
Thanks you
Sincerely
Vrunda Patel, ExceDirector
Vrunda Patel
Namaskaar Foundation
World on Stage
27 Meredith Lane
Stamford, CT 06903
Tel: 203.322.9862
Email: world@worldonstage.org
Www.worldonstage.org.
• Troop Ideas and Handouts: For each of these flyers, click on the image to see and printout from the pdf file.
• Girl Scouts of Connecticut
Women in Herstory Patch Program
Purpose: The Girl Scout Council of Southwestern Connecticut developed this patch program to promote awareness of contributions made by women past, present and future. It is hoped that with this increased awareness girls will improve their knowledge base and realize that there are no limits to the opportunities in life and the contributions they can make to society.
Requirements: All girls do the * requirements
To earn the patch each program level must do a minimum number of requirements: Daisy Girl Scouts -3, Brownie Girl Scouts -5, Junior Girl Scouts -7, Cadette Girl Scouts - 9, Senior Girl Scouts - 11
*1. Interview the women in your family (mother, grandmother, aunt, cousin) or women in your community who span at least two generations. Ask they what their roles in life have been and the changes they have seen. What do they see as their most important contributions /accomplishments? What difficulties have they overcome? What kind of changes would they like to see for the next generation of women?
*2. Invite an adult Girl Scout to visit your troop (other that your troop leader) and to share her Girl Scout experiences. How do those experiences compare with your experience in Girl Scouting? OR Search for photos that show how Girl Scouting has changed. OR Watch the video The Golden Eaglet with your troop and then discuss what it must have been like to be a Girl Scout when Girl Scouting was just beginning.
3. Look at women’s fashions in the last 100 years. Why and how did they change? Demonstrate by using pictures, drawing or conducting an historical fashion show. How have Girl Scout uniforms changed? What will clothing look like in the future?
4. Visit a historical site in your town. Investigate how women helped settle Connecticut. OR Invite members of a local women’s club or historical society to speak at your troop meeting.
5. Imagine what life was like for women /girls 100 years or more ago. With other troop members write a story, play or poems and perform they for another group. OR take part in a women’s Herstory event.
6. Create and conduct a women’s heritage tour of your community. OR on a map of Connecticut mark locations where women have made important contributions. (I.e. Harriet Beecher Stow House in Hartford, Prudence Crandall Museum in Canterbury, Pepperidge Farm in Fairfield) As a troop or individually visit one of these landmarks or write and ask for information.
7. Write a story about life for a girl your age will be like 100 years from now. Define the word LEGACY. Discuss in your troop meeting what you would like to leave as your legacy for future generations.
8. Read about a woman who has made an impact in her profession or an society (i.e. Madame Curie, Harriett Tubman, Amelia Earhart, Anne Hutchinson, Sally Ride, Eleanor Roosevelt, Susan B. Anthony, Golda Meir, Indira Ghandi, Dolores Huerta, Belva Lockwood, Barbara Jordan, Ella Grasso, Sojourner Truth, Helen Keller, Juliette Low, etc.) Share what you learned with your troop and others. Invite a woman who has followed in one of these woman’s footsteps to speak to your group.
9. Find out about a least two crafts women had to do for their homes and families (i.e. weaving, quilting, candle making, sewing, spinning, basketry, soap making, bread making. Create samples of some of these.
10. Look at changes in sports for women in the past 100 years. Choose one sport and find out how the rules and dress for that sport have changes. What sports are available for you to participate in? OR choose a woman who has excelled at a sport (Billie Jean King, Kristie Yamagouchi, Florence Griffith Joyner, Babe Dirkikson Zaharias, Rebecca Lobo….). Describe the obstacles to her success and contributions she made to her chosen sport. OR have a woman active in sports today come to your troop meeting and share her experiences. Write to a woman’s sport association and ask for information about that organization and share it with your troop.
11. Make a list of at least five women who have made contributions in each of the worlds of art, literature and entertainment. Learn a song composed by a woman and perform it for a Girl Scout group, your family or friends. OR read a book or poem written by a woman and discuss it with your troop. OR visit an art gallery/museum where woman artists have their works displayed
12. Learn about women in the field of communications. How many women are in front of or behind the cameras of local broadcasting station? What jobs do women hold now that was not open to them in the past? Visit a local television or radio station.
13. Look at changes in laws that affect women and finances. Was there a time when women couldn’t own property or handle their own money? Invite someone in the banking/finance field speak to your group about managing money.
14. Look at the role of women in business and professions by looking through the telephone directories, newspaper ads and city directories or visiting your local Chamber of Commerce. Tour a woman owned business and learn about her experiences in the business world. OR participate in a Take Your Daughter to Work Event.
15. Interview a man employed where numerous women are also employed to obtain his view of women in the work force. What was his view ten years ago compared with his view today? Create a list comparing jobs of yesterday and jobs of today held by women. What kinds of jobs will women do in the future? Find out about some of the rules for women that were different from rules that men had to follow at work. Find out about women and salaries. Are they different from men’s salaries?
16. Learn about women who serve in your local police or fire departments. What kind of training and education do they have to have? Is training different for men and women? What are the risks and rewards of their job? Visit a station or have a policewoman or firefighter visit your troop meeting.
17. Select a country other that the United States and investigate the status of women their roles and occupations. Role-play what it would be like to live in that country. OR invite a woman (or girl) born in another country to speak to your troop.
18. Create your own activity that reflects the heritage of women and share it with another troop.
19. Explore roles of women in various religions. How are women active in your religious affiliation?
20. Keep a journal or make your own Woman’s Herstory book. Include photos and clippings of newspaper/magazine articles. Include the work that you have done on this patch.
21. Perform a service project for an organization or club that provides services for women or whose members are mostly women.
22. Health and fitness are important topics. Find out about diseases that were of concern 50 – 100 years ago. How did women help with treatment and prevention of these diseases? Learn about a health issue for women today. What habits should you develop for a long and healthy life? OR have a healthcare professional visit you troop meeting and discuss women’s health issues. OR visit a local hospital or clinic. Write to an organization for a particular disease and share the information with your troop.
23. The Nineteenth Amendment guaranteed the right to vote for women. Find out about women who led the suffrage movement and helped secure the right to vote. What state was the first state to allow women to vote? Who was the first woman elected to the Congress? Find out more about the legislative process. Write to a member of the state or federal legislature and inquire about bills that will affect women today. OR have a woman active in politics speak at your troop meeting. OR visit the state capitol in Hartford or plan a trip to Washington DC with your troop.
Information for Leaders: The activities are not listed in order of difficulty. The activities may be done throughout the year but keep in mind that March is Women’s History Month. Patches are not official Girl Scout patches and should be worn on the back of the sash or vest. Patches may be purchased in the council store for $1.25 each.
Resources: Girl Scout Council Resource Center, National Women’s History Project http://www.nthp.org, Susan B. Anthony Slept Here by Lynn Sherr and Jackie Kazickas, www.girlscouts.org
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