Last year my Junior troop completed the Journey: Agent of Change. The concept is not overly exciting, so I had to get creative to maintain their attention. I liked this Journey because our "Take Action" Project was essentially our Bronze Award Project so by incorporating this Journey we 'get 2 for the price of 1.' I have had several people ask for tips for this Journey, so hopefully you can sift through my information and find something worthwhile for your troop. The Scavenger Hunt at a local outdoor mall was a huge hit and one of the "funnest events" so claims my daughter. This game could easily be adapted to any mall and even enjoyed in the winter months. Agent of Change is all about recognizing girls as individuals and all their talents. Looking at famous people and isolating why they became famous and how. And emphasizing the fact that even though you are only one person you can make change all by yourself, "Power of One". Disney is really good at highlighting boys and girls who have made a big impact in their community in a short segment called "Friends for Change". I encouraged the girls to imagine what our troop could do if we took all our powers as individuals and turned a project into a troop effort and capitalized on all our individual talents - "Power of Team". Finally if we were able to find a community issue where our talents could be used to make a difference, we could affect the community and hopefully get the community to embrace as well - "Power of Community". So I tasked the girls to look at how we could pool our talents, identify an issue in our community and make a change, which is essentially the "Take Action Project" AND the Bronze Award. So after discussing several issues, the girls identified that our community needed recycling at our high school stadium, Dragon Stadium, especially since the stadium sells a large number of plastic items. So the girls put together a plan, met with key people including the CISD School Board, went on field trips to the landfill, foam recycling plant and invited a recycling representative to one of our meetings. We arranged to have a dumpster placed at the stadium and a system for recycling within the stadium. Our troop kicked off the project at graduation when ONLY water bottles were handed out and we recycled nearly 3000 water bottles! 9 of my 16 girls got their Bronze Award, the others who were not able to attend will complete their Bronze the 1st home game this season and they will be at every home game working towards their Silver as well. We hope to expand the recycling effort to other sporting events. So a large portion of this Journey was spent on the "Take Action Project/Bronze Award". However, I tried to impress the point of the "Power of One" by encouraging each girl to investigate a person they truly admire, most chose women, but men were not exempt. Then we shared who they admired. Most girls chose singers or actors, but a few chose people like Michelle Obama and Anne Frank. Next, we had a Coffee and Cake Cafe with a person we admired in our community. That was fun! Each girl was asked to stand up and tell why they had invited their special person. Many girls chose their Mom or teachers, the principal, one girl choose a city board member and another a babysitter they loved. A few also chose a grandparent. We enjoyed coffee, tea and petit fours. The girls also wrote a letter and provided a gift to their "Special person". This hopefully hit home the concept of "Power of One". One meeting we played a game: True, False, Wish Each girl wrote down something true about themselves (most people would probably not know) on an index card Something False on an index card Something they wished was true Next we went around the circle and read one card, the troop had to decide whether it was true, false or a wish. This was really fun and insightful. The girls really enjoyed Power of Team! I created a court case scenario about an adorable puppy that was dumpster diving behind the chic-fi-la which is clearly against the law. My co-leader was the puppy and I was the prosecutor. (we showed a picture of the puppy) She talked about how the puppy had been abandoned and lost it's mother at a very young age and that the puppy had siblings that were hungry, it was a matter of life and death. Then I presented the side of the city, how scavenging the dumpsters can create a rat problem and cause a health problem for chic-fi-la, possibly running the owners out of business and then they could not feed their families. The girls had to individually (Power of One) side with the puppy or prosecutor and then the troop had to make a majority decision and all had to agree to the outcome similar to a real court case - Power of Team. (Surprisingly they all sided with the prosecution. They agreed the puppy was wrong even though he was cute and could not help being hungry). We talked about courts and juries and made the relation. The girls wanted to create their own cases and debate forever. They loved this, it was easy to keep them involved. For a field trip we went on a Scavenger Hunt at Town Square, another Hit! The girls had a blast! I created a bunch of riddles and the girls had to find which store I was referring too. They also earned their "Digital Photographer" badge if they took a picture at every store AND got all the hints right! I have included my rules for the Scavenger Hunt and my riddles. Finally, the Power of Community was our Take Action Project and Bronze Award. They interacted quite a bit with the community when they went before the school board and collected plastics at graduation. They were encouraged to educate the public as well by writing newspaper articles. I would pull lines from each of the girls articles when I composed articles, making them feel a part of the effort. We also did an extensive search on what products can and cannot be recycled and how items were recycled like paint, medications, steel, foam, old furniture, electronics, anything that cannot go in the curbside recycle bin. Any questions, let me know. And if your troop did something unique to earn the Agent of Change Journey please post below for other readers. If you would like these attachments in pdf Format simply e-mail me: [email protected]
Two sites were instrumental in my being able to plan this part of the Journey. Both have great ideas and kept me from having to fumble through the leader and girl guides to figure out a way to make…
Join us on our Junior journey as we explore the Agent of Change Junior Journey for Girl Scouts. We are sharing our tips and plan to complete this journey in a day or over a few meetings.
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If your a Junior leader struggling to figure out what to do for the Agent of Change Journey this post is exactly what your looking for. Today I want to share with you some great activities to do with your girls while working on Journey. BADGE IN BAG – Take the planning out of …
Join us on our Junior journey as we explore the Agent of Change Junior Journey for Girl Scouts. We are sharing our tips and plan to complete this journey in a day or over a few meetings.
It was with a jolt that I realized on Sunday that the next step in our troop’s “Agent of Change” Journey was the following evening – and I was in charge of the meeting. Through ou…
The Agent of Change is the Junior’s “It’s Your World – Change It” journey. This journey is filled with fun and friendship. The girls will move from a deeper understan…
Last year my Junior troop completed the Journey: Agent of Change. The concept is not overly exciting, so I had to get creative to maintain ...
Join us on our Junior journey as we explore the Agent of Change Junior Journey for Girl Scouts. We are sharing our tips and plan to complete this journey in a day or over a few meetings.
If your a Junior leader struggling to figure out what to do for the Agent of Change Journey this post is exactly what your looking for. Today I want to share with you some great activities to do with your girls while working on Journey. BADGE IN BAG – Take the planning out of …
My multi-level group consists of Daisy through Cadette so I broke off 7 of my 4th and 5th graders to work on completing the Bronze Award, which is the highest Girl Scout award Juniors can earn. Thankfully there is copious amounts of information available to guide me! Whomever the instructional design team is at River Valleys council, I bow to them as they are amazing rock stars! I continuously love to use their curriculum for badges and journey's! This link provides you information about the Bronze award requirements. The Bronze Award kit is a great introduction of the Bronze Award to the girls. It was incredible information for me as I finally understand the difference between community service and a take action project. The activities in the packets are fun and engaging. An older group of Girl Scouts could definitely host a Bronze award workshop event as a fundraising for younger girls. https://volunteers.girlscoutsrv.org/troops/troop-leader/highest-awards/ We had a meeting two weeks ago to introduction the Bronze Award and determine which journey we wanted to complete as its a pre-requisite to starting the award. We completed the mad lips game, power of me game to differentiate between talent and characteristic and interest and passion, and the service vs take action project. This activity was eye-opening for me as a leader! The girls worked on the word find while we waited for everyone to arrive. We accomplished these three activities plus some "get out your wiggles" during our 2 hour meeting. The information packet from Girl Scouts of Northern California is quite informative about the Bronze Award. https://www.gsnorcal.org/content/dam/girlscouts-gsnorcal/documents/awards/bronze-award-packet.pdf Information and guidelines from my local council, Central Texas, about the Bronze Award. https://www.gsctx.org/en/about-girl-scouts/our-program/highest-awards/bronze-award.html Packet I provided to the girls to review with their families as to the requirements of the bronze award. https://www.gsctx.org/content/dam/girlscouts-gsctx/documents/Awards/Bronze_Award_Girl_Guidelines_-_GSUSA_REDUCED.pdf The girls requested we work on the Outdoor Journey and thankfully, we do have a Service Unit Camping trip coming up, but my co-leader and I felt the Agent of Change Journey would be the most appropriate to prepare the girls for the Bronze Award. The Agent of Change teaches about the Power of You, Power of Team, and Power of Community. Again, the River Valleys Council is AMAZING! I used the below curriculum for the journey in a day with great success! We started at 9AM and finished at 2PM. I included 3 "get the wiggles out" exercise breaks, a morning snack, lunch (pizza), and ending with the last activity from the Bronze Award kit which was the Bronze Award Sundae. https://volunteers.girlscoutsrv.org/troops/troop-leader/junior-planning-guide/ Power of You Power of Team - What community service can we accomplish as a team The curriculum even included a example of a Take Action project which is to educate and inspire people to donate items from a local animal shelter's wish list. Journey completed! The next step for our little group will be to attend the Veteran's Day parade which will help build awareness of our community.
Join us on our Junior journey as we explore the Agent of Change Junior Journey for Girl Scouts. We are sharing our tips and plan to complete this journey in a day or over a few meetings.
Last year my Junior troop completed the Journey: Agent of Change. The concept is not overly exciting, so I had to get creative to maintain ...
Free printables about teen entreprenuers, designer, activist and more for the Girl Scout Junior Agent of Change Journey.…
Join us on our Junior journey as we explore the Agent of Change Junior Journey for Girl Scouts. We are sharing our tips and plan to complete this journey in a day or over a few meetings.
Join us on our Junior journey as we explore the Agent of Change Junior Journey for Girl Scouts. We are sharing our tips and plan to complete this journey in a day or over a few meetings.
Join us on our Junior journey as we explore the Agent of Change Junior Journey for Girl Scouts. We are sharing our tips and plan to complete this journey in a day or over a few meetings.
Join us on our Junior journey as we explore the Agent of Change Junior Journey for Girl Scouts. We are sharing our tips and plan to complete this journey in a day or over a few meetings.
Join us on our Junior journey as we explore the Agent of Change Junior Journey for Girl Scouts. We are sharing our tips and plan to complete this journey in a day or over a few meetings.
Join us on our Junior journey as we explore the Agent of Change Junior Journey for Girl Scouts. We are sharing our tips and plan to complete this journey in a day or over a few meetings.
Girl Scout Junior Journey: Agent of Change, Power of the Team Presentation This interactive presentation takes Junior Girl Scouts on a thrilling journey, empowering them to discover their individual strengths and unite as a team to make a positive impact.
Purpose: Girls will complete the Agent of Change journey and can earn three awards at the completion of this series: Power of One, Power of Team and Power of Community. This series emphasizes confidence, teamwork, and cooperation as the girls take action to better their community! -- Junior | Agent of Change Journey | Power of One (Activity Plan 1) Purpose: When girls have earned this award, they'll see how their personal qualities—and those of other women and girls—give them the power to do good things in the world. At the Meeting: Girls will know they have earned the Power of One award if: • They recognize the power that comes from their personal strengths and talents • They have explored female role models • They understand what leaders share with the Girl Scout Law Girls can continue their Agent of Change Journey by earning the remaining awards: Power of Team Award and Power of Community Award. -- Junior | Agent of Change Journey | Power of Team (Activity Plan 2) Complete activity plan to earn the Girl Scout Junior Agent of Change | Power of Team award in a 1.5 hour meeting block. Purpose: When girls have earned this award, they'll understand how, as a team, their individual strengths and powers come together to form a group of leaders ready to Take Action. At the Meeting: Girls will know they have earned the Power of Team Award if: • They understand and appreciate each others' qualities as they come together as a team. • They have explored tasks that a team can accomplish and practice working together as a team. • They have explored ways that their team power can help them improve their communities. -- Junior | Agent of Change Journey | Power of Community (Activity Plan 3) Complete activity plan to earn the Girl Scout Junior Agent of Change | Power of Community award over the course of 3 meetings. Purpose: Juniors earn this award when they take action, educate and inspire others to take action to change the world. Time for the Take Action Project Goal: Girls Take Action on their plan, reach out, join others and get them involved, and start something that snowballs into a change in their world. and then reflect on what they accomplished and celebrate it. Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with, endorsed by, or a licensee of Girl Scouts of the USA. This activity plan has been adapted from the Girl Scout Junior Agent of Change, which can be used for additional information and activities.
My multi-level group consists of Daisy through Cadette so I broke off 7 of my 4th and 5th graders to work on completing the Bronze Award, which is the highest Girl Scout award Juniors can earn. Thankfully there is copious amounts of information available to guide me! Whomever the instructional design team is at River Valleys council, I bow to them as they are amazing rock stars! I continuously love to use their curriculum for badges and journey's! This link provides you information about the Bronze award requirements. The Bronze Award kit is a great introduction of the Bronze Award to the girls. It was incredible information for me as I finally understand the difference between community service and a take action project. The activities in the packets are fun and engaging. An older group of Girl Scouts could definitely host a Bronze award workshop event as a fundraising for younger girls. https://volunteers.girlscoutsrv.org/troops/troop-leader/highest-awards/ We had a meeting two weeks ago to introduction the Bronze Award and determine which journey we wanted to complete as its a pre-requisite to starting the award. We completed the mad lips game, power of me game to differentiate between talent and characteristic and interest and passion, and the service vs take action project. This activity was eye-opening for me as a leader! The girls worked on the word find while we waited for everyone to arrive. We accomplished these three activities plus some "get out your wiggles" during our 2 hour meeting. The information packet from Girl Scouts of Northern California is quite informative about the Bronze Award. https://www.gsnorcal.org/content/dam/girlscouts-gsnorcal/documents/awards/bronze-award-packet.pdf Information and guidelines from my local council, Central Texas, about the Bronze Award. https://www.gsctx.org/en/about-girl-scouts/our-program/highest-awards/bronze-award.html Packet I provided to the girls to review with their families as to the requirements of the bronze award. https://www.gsctx.org/content/dam/girlscouts-gsctx/documents/Awards/Bronze_Award_Girl_Guidelines_-_GSUSA_REDUCED.pdf The girls requested we work on the Outdoor Journey and thankfully, we do have a Service Unit Camping trip coming up, but my co-leader and I felt the Agent of Change Journey would be the most appropriate to prepare the girls for the Bronze Award. The Agent of Change teaches about the Power of You, Power of Team, and Power of Community. Again, the River Valleys Council is AMAZING! I used the below curriculum for the journey in a day with great success! We started at 9AM and finished at 2PM. I included 3 "get the wiggles out" exercise breaks, a morning snack, lunch (pizza), and ending with the last activity from the Bronze Award kit which was the Bronze Award Sundae. https://volunteers.girlscoutsrv.org/troops/troop-leader/junior-planning-guide/ Power of You Power of Team - What community service can we accomplish as a team The curriculum even included a example of a Take Action project which is to educate and inspire people to donate items from a local animal shelter's wish list. Journey completed! The next step for our little group will be to attend the Veteran's Day parade which will help build awareness of our community.
Last year my Junior troop completed the Journey: Agent of Change. The concept is not overly exciting, so I had to get creative to maintain ...
If your a Junior leader struggling to figure out what to do for the Agent of Change Journey this post is exactly what your looking for. Today I want to share with you some great activities to do with your girls while working on Journey. BADGE IN BAG – Take the planning out of …
My multi-level group consists of Daisy through Cadette so I broke off 7 of my 4th and 5th graders to work on completing the Bronze Award, which is the highest Girl Scout award Juniors can earn. Thankfully there is copious amounts of information available to guide me! Whomever the instructional design team is at River Valleys council, I bow to them as they are amazing rock stars! I continuously love to use their curriculum for badges and journey's! This link provides you information about the Bronze award requirements. The Bronze Award kit is a great introduction of the Bronze Award to the girls. It was incredible information for me as I finally understand the difference between community service and a take action project. The activities in the packets are fun and engaging. An older group of Girl Scouts could definitely host a Bronze award workshop event as a fundraising for younger girls. https://volunteers.girlscoutsrv.org/troops/troop-leader/highest-awards/ We had a meeting two weeks ago to introduction the Bronze Award and determine which journey we wanted to complete as its a pre-requisite to starting the award. We completed the mad lips game, power of me game to differentiate between talent and characteristic and interest and passion, and the service vs take action project. This activity was eye-opening for me as a leader! The girls worked on the word find while we waited for everyone to arrive. We accomplished these three activities plus some "get out your wiggles" during our 2 hour meeting. The information packet from Girl Scouts of Northern California is quite informative about the Bronze Award. https://www.gsnorcal.org/content/dam/girlscouts-gsnorcal/documents/awards/bronze-award-packet.pdf Information and guidelines from my local council, Central Texas, about the Bronze Award. https://www.gsctx.org/en/about-girl-scouts/our-program/highest-awards/bronze-award.html Packet I provided to the girls to review with their families as to the requirements of the bronze award. https://www.gsctx.org/content/dam/girlscouts-gsctx/documents/Awards/Bronze_Award_Girl_Guidelines_-_GSUSA_REDUCED.pdf The girls requested we work on the Outdoor Journey and thankfully, we do have a Service Unit Camping trip coming up, but my co-leader and I felt the Agent of Change Journey would be the most appropriate to prepare the girls for the Bronze Award. The Agent of Change teaches about the Power of You, Power of Team, and Power of Community. Again, the River Valleys Council is AMAZING! I used the below curriculum for the journey in a day with great success! We started at 9AM and finished at 2PM. I included 3 "get the wiggles out" exercise breaks, a morning snack, lunch (pizza), and ending with the last activity from the Bronze Award kit which was the Bronze Award Sundae. https://volunteers.girlscoutsrv.org/troops/troop-leader/junior-planning-guide/ Power of You Power of Team - What community service can we accomplish as a team The curriculum even included a example of a Take Action project which is to educate and inspire people to donate items from a local animal shelter's wish list. Journey completed! The next step for our little group will be to attend the Veteran's Day parade which will help build awareness of our community.
If your a Junior leader struggling to figure out what to do for the Agent of Change Journey this post is exactly what your looking for. Today I want to share with you some great activities to do with your girls while working on Journey. BADGE IN BAG – Take the planning out of …
Join us on our Junior journey as we explore the Agent of Change Junior Journey for Girl Scouts. We are sharing our tips and plan to complete this journey in a day or over a few meetings.
The Agent of Change is the Junior’s “It’s Your World – Change It” journey. This journey is filled with fun and friendship. The girls will move from a deeper understan…
Join us on our Junior journey as we explore the Agent of Change Junior Journey for Girl Scouts. We are sharing our tips and plan to complete this journey in a day or over a few meetings.
If your a Junior leader struggling to figure out what to do for the Agent of Change Journey this post is exactly what your looking for. Today I want to share with you some great activities to do with your girls while working on Journey. BADGE IN BAG – Take the planning out of …
Join us on our Junior journey as we explore the Agent of Change Junior Journey for Girl Scouts. We are sharing our tips and plan to complete this journey in a day or over a few meetings.
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Last year my Junior troop completed the Journey: Agent of Change. The concept is not overly exciting, so I had to get creative to maintain ...
My multi-level group consists of Daisy through Cadette so I broke off 7 of my 4th and 5th graders to work on completing the Bronze Award, which is the highest Girl Scout award Juniors can earn. Thankfully there is copious amounts of information available to guide me! Whomever the instructional design team is at River Valleys council, I bow to them as they are amazing rock stars! I continuously love to use their curriculum for badges and journey's! This link provides you information about the Bronze award requirements. The Bronze Award kit is a great introduction of the Bronze Award to the girls. It was incredible information for me as I finally understand the difference between community service and a take action project. The activities in the packets are fun and engaging. An older group of Girl Scouts could definitely host a Bronze award workshop event as a fundraising for younger girls. https://volunteers.girlscoutsrv.org/troops/troop-leader/highest-awards/ We had a meeting two weeks ago to introduction the Bronze Award and determine which journey we wanted to complete as its a pre-requisite to starting the award. We completed the mad lips game, power of me game to differentiate between talent and characteristic and interest and passion, and the service vs take action project. This activity was eye-opening for me as a leader! The girls worked on the word find while we waited for everyone to arrive. We accomplished these three activities plus some "get out your wiggles" during our 2 hour meeting. The information packet from Girl Scouts of Northern California is quite informative about the Bronze Award. https://www.gsnorcal.org/content/dam/girlscouts-gsnorcal/documents/awards/bronze-award-packet.pdf Information and guidelines from my local council, Central Texas, about the Bronze Award. https://www.gsctx.org/en/about-girl-scouts/our-program/highest-awards/bronze-award.html Packet I provided to the girls to review with their families as to the requirements of the bronze award. https://www.gsctx.org/content/dam/girlscouts-gsctx/documents/Awards/Bronze_Award_Girl_Guidelines_-_GSUSA_REDUCED.pdf The girls requested we work on the Outdoor Journey and thankfully, we do have a Service Unit Camping trip coming up, but my co-leader and I felt the Agent of Change Journey would be the most appropriate to prepare the girls for the Bronze Award. The Agent of Change teaches about the Power of You, Power of Team, and Power of Community. Again, the River Valleys Council is AMAZING! I used the below curriculum for the journey in a day with great success! We started at 9AM and finished at 2PM. I included 3 "get the wiggles out" exercise breaks, a morning snack, lunch (pizza), and ending with the last activity from the Bronze Award kit which was the Bronze Award Sundae. https://volunteers.girlscoutsrv.org/troops/troop-leader/junior-planning-guide/ Power of You Power of Team - What community service can we accomplish as a team The curriculum even included a example of a Take Action project which is to educate and inspire people to donate items from a local animal shelter's wish list. Journey completed! The next step for our little group will be to attend the Veteran's Day parade which will help build awareness of our community.
