Around the World (Brownie Try-it)

Please add ways to customize the Around the World Try-it activities here (not to be confused with the Brownie Girl Scouts Around the World Try-it), and include useful resources below.

As with all Brownie Try-its, scouts need to complete 4 activities to earn the badge.

The world is made up of many different people and cultures. Try these activities to learn more about them.

Brownie Girl Scouts Around the World
Look at the chapter "People Near and Far" in the Brownie Girl Scout Handbook. What did you learn about Morocco, Finland, and Peru? Pick one of the activities in your handbook related to these countries and do it.

Look at the World
Here is a fun way to learn about the world:


 * 1) Find the USA on a map or globe.
 * 2) Look at other countries on the map or globe. Name two countries close to the USA and two countries far away.
 * 3) The equator is an imaginary line around the world that is an equal distance from the North Pole and the South Pole. The countries farthest from the equator have a very cold climate, while countries closest to the equator have a very warm climate. Find the equator on the map or globe, and follow it around the world.
 * 4) Name 10 countries that you think would have a very hot climate.
 * 5) Name 10 countries that you think would have a very cold climate.

Books
Many storybooks have been written about families from different countries. Visit a library and ask the librarian to help you find a story about a family from another country. Read the story, or have someone read it to you.

Global Family Card Game
Make a global family card game. Collect pictures of people from different countries. make sure your pictures show people as they really live and dress. Don't use old pictures, which my be out-of-date or inaccurate.

You will need:


 * Magazines or newspapers
 * Glue
 * Scissors
 * Index Cards

Glue a picture to one side of the card. Write the name of the country on the back of the card. Make up some games using your global family cards.

Troop Recipe Book
Some foods you like to eat may come from other countries. Have you ever had noodles, tortillas, egg rolls, peanut butter or quiche? Where did they come from? Many foods also were first eaten here. Did you know that American Indians were the first to grow corn, which they called maize?

You can find out more information like this by making a Troop Recipe Book. Have everyone bring in family recipes. Each girl can share information about her recipe. Where is it from? Who gave it to her. How do you make it? Place the recipes together in a book. Why not try one for a special lunch or dinner?

Tapatan
In some countries, children play a game much like tic-tac-toe. In England it is called Noughts and Crosses. In Sweden it is Tripp Trapp Trull. And in the Philippines it is called Tapatan. Like tic-tac-toe, the object is always to get three in a row.

Each player need three moving pieces, they can be pebbles, coins, buttons or checkers.


 * 1) Draw this diagram on paper or cardboard.
 * 2) The game is played on the nine points where the lines meet.
 * 3) Drop phase: Players take turns putting their pieces on an empty point. This continues until all three paces from each player are placed on the game board.
 * 4) Move phase: Player one moves a piece along a line to the next empty point. The pieces can be moved to any adjacent point; up, down, left, right or diagonally. Jumping over the pieces is not allowed.
 * 5) To win, a player must make a row of three across, vertically or diagonally. If neither player can get three in a row, the game is called a draw.