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The popular nine-part series on the Constitution, written in collaboration with the National Archives, is now packaged as a colorful 32-page softcover book. The series covers:• the preamble, the seven articles and 27 amendments• the “big ideas” of the document• the history of its making and the signers
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A Century of Discovery
Girl Scouts Turn 100 Girl Scouts in your school and community will celebrate a big milestone this year. One hundred years ago on March 12, Juliette Gordon Low and 18 girls started the Girl Scouts in Savannah, Ga. The Mini Page learned more about Girl Scouting through the years and today.Girl Scouts at every age Today, girls can join Girl Scouts as early as 5 years old. Kindergarten and first-grade Girl Scouts are called Daisies. Second- and third-grade Girl Scouts are Brownies. Fourth- and fifth-grade girls are called Girl Scout Juniors. Girls in grades 6 through 8 are Cadettes, and grades 9 and 10 are Seniors. Girl Scout Ambassadors are girls in grades 11 and 12. A girl may join a troop, or she may just attend Girl Scout camp or go to a short-term session about something that interests her, such as sports or theater. Girls who move overseas can still be part of Girl Scouts through international programs.
The Girl Scout PromiseOn my honor, I will try:To serve God and my country,To help people at all times,And to live by the Girl Scout Law.
The Girl Scout LawI will do my best to behonest and fair,friendly and helpful,considerate and caring,courageous and strong, andresponsible for what I say and do,and torespect myself and others,respect authority,use resources wisely,make the world a better place, andbe a sister to every Girl Scout.
What do Girl Scouts do? Girl Scouting introduces girls to three keys to leadership: • Discover — become more aware of yourself and the world. • Connect — learn to get along with others and have healthy relationships. • Take action — learn to solve problems and think about the larger community and world. Girls develop these leadership skills by earning badges. For example, for an art badge, a Girl Scout might make a digital movie. Today, a hiking badge might involve geocaching, an outdoor treasure-hunting game that uses GPS devices to find hidden containers.
A growing group More than 2 million girls and almost a million adult volunteers participate in Girl Scouts. Groups are found in 92 countries around the world.
This group of Girl Scout Juniors share a laugh during an outdoor activity.
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Words that remind us of Girl Scouts are hidden in the block below. Some words are hidden backward or diagonally, and some letters are used twice. See if you can find: AMBASSADOR, BADGES, BROWNIE, CADETTE, CAMP, COOKIES, DAISY, DIVERSITY, FUN, GIRL, INTERNATIONAL, JUNIOR, LAW, MILESTONE, PROMISE, SAVANNAH, SCOUTS, SENIOR, TROOP.
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You go, girl Scout!
S G Y R O D A S S A B M A U R C E T T E D A C O O K I E S O O C A M P V E X G I R L H E I U S V O A S T Y J N B E K G N T D O N I W S W A L C S M D E S R N M D I V E R S I T Y A S T A O G A O P E I N W O R B Y H R J D W N U F R O I N U J L P W L A N O I T A N R E T N I
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The Mini Page provides ideas for websites, books or other resources that will help you learn more about this week’s topics.On the Web: • forgirls.girlscouts.org • lmk.girlscouts.org • girlscouts.org • girlscouts.org/who_we_are/history/low_biography/
quiz.aspAt the library: • “Here Come the Girl Scouts!” by Shana Corey • “First Girl Scout: The Life of Juliette Gordon Low” by Ginger Wadsworth
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Meet Juliette Gordon LowNew experiences For many girls, joining Girl Scouts offered their first chance to explore the outdoors through camping and hiking. Along with homemaking skills such as sewing and cooking, girls learned about business and about being good citizens. Open to disabilities When Juliette was a young woman, she had a bad ear infection. A doctor tried an experimental treatment that caused her to lose most of the hearing in that ear. Later, when she married William, a piece of rice thrown at the couple at their wedding stuck in her good ear and pierced her eardrum. That ear also became infected, and she lost most of her hearing in it. Juliette was open to girls with disabilities in the Girl Scouts because she had never let her deafness stop her from achieving her goals.
An inspiring meeting In 1911, Juliette met Sir Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides in England. She wanted to promote the youth organization, so she returned to her hometown of Savannah, where she gathered together 18 girls and registered them as the first American Girl Guides. In 1913 the name was changed to Girl Scouts.
A leader is born Juliette Gordon was born on Halloween, Oct. 31, 1860, in Savannah, Ga. She had five brothers and sisters. Her family called her Daisy. Daisy loved drawing and writing, and she was a good athlete. She swam and played tennis. As a teenager, Daisy went to a boarding school in Virginia. Later she went to a school in New York City. She traveled throughout the United States and Europe before marrying William Low, an Englishman, in 1886. They moved to England, but Juliette spent a lot of time in the United States. She was separated from her husband when he died in 1905.
Daisy Gordon, age 10
“I’ve got something for the girls of Savannah, and all of America, and all the world, and we’re going to start it
tonight!”Juliette Gordon Low
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Rookie Cookie’s RecipeGraham Cracker Topping
You’ll need:• 2 cinnamon graham crackers• 1/4 cup brown sugar• 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon• 2 tablespoons butter, melted• 1 teaspoon vanillaWhat to do:1. Place graham crackers in a small plastic bag and smash into crumbs.2. Mix crumbs with brown sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl.3. Combine melted butter with vanilla; pour over crumb mixture.4. Coat a small baking pan with cooking spray.5. Pour crumb mixture into pan; bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.6. Use as topping for ice cream or frozen yogurt. Makes 2 servings. You will need an adult’s help with this recipe.
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Sarah: In what direction is a sneeze usually aimed? Sam: At ’choo!
Stuart: Where’s the best place to catch a cold?Susan: On a choo-choo train!
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All the following jokes have something in common. Can you guess the common theme or category?
Solomon: What did the cold say after passing the exam?
Simon: “It was sneezy”!
Mini Spy . . .Mini Spy is doing community cleanup with her Girl Scout friends. See if you can find: • fish • cat• ice pop • mouse • frog • chicken• horse head • number 6 • arrow • word MINI• letter V • butterfly • man’s face • ice cream cone
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Meet Jason Ringenberg Jason Ringenberg is a singer, guitarist and songwriter. He creates videos and music for kids under the stage name Farmer Jason. Many of his videos are on My Kazoo TV, an online, interactive music channel for young kids and their parents. His newest CD is called “Nature Jams.” He performed for adults with his band Jason and the Scorchers. His band played a mix of punk rock and country. However, he was touring about 200 days a year with his
band, and his three daughters missed him. Jason decided to make a CD just for them. The family lived on a farm near Bon Aqua, Tenn. He grew up on a hog farm in Illinois. So Farmer Jason seemed like a perfect name. His music for kids took off, and he began touring as Farmer Jason.
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Girl Scouts Over the Years
The Mini Page StaffBetty Debnam - Founding Editor and Editor at Large Lisa Tarry - Managing Editor Lucy Lien - Associate Editor Wendy Daley - Artist
Good works When America went to war again in the 1940s, Girl Scouts worked to support the troops and families. Scouts collected and sent 11/2 million pieces of clothing to children and adults overseas who were victims of the war.
The cookies are here! Girl Scout cookie sales started in 1934 in Philadelphia. Girls may sell cookies in a neighborhood, at a booth or at a parent’s office. Money from cookie sales helps to support scouting programs such as camps. Selling cookies and other products also helps girls learn skills such as money management and business ethics, or rights and wrongs. Today, the biggest-selling cookie varieties are: 1. Thin Mints 2. Caramel DeLites (also called Samoas) 3. Peanut Butter Patties (also called Tagalongs)Growing diversity
During the 1920s, Girl Scouts Troops on Foreign Soil were started in China, Mexico, Saudi Arabia and Syria. These groups were for American girls living overseas. At home, a Native American troop was established within the Onondaga Nation in New York, and a group of Mexican American girls started a troop in Houston.
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Girl Scouts work together to preserve fruits and vegetables to help prevent food shortages during World War I. Scouts worked along with others for the war effort, selling war bonds (to raise money) and working in hospitals.
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A Girl Scout Junior troop works to recycle eyeglasses.
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The Mini Page thanks Michelle Tompkins, spokesperson for the Girl Scouts of the USA, for help with this issue.
Are there Girl Scouts in your class? Ask them what projects their troop will complete this spring.Next week, The Mini Page is all about the art you see in video games. The following week is about video game music.
Girl Scouts today Girl Scouts have a lot of fun, but they also have a purpose. Earning badges shows that they have learned something. Scouts are involved in making decisions about what their troop will accomplish each year. With the Internet and global news available to us, people have become more connected with the world outside their own communities. Modern Girl Scouts speak up for themselves and for others around the globe, protect our environment and work for equal rights.
Brownies sell cookies at a home.
Which types of Girl Scout cookies are your favorites? These are Thin Mints, Caramel DeLites™ and Trefoils™.
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In the beginning Soon after Juliette Gordon Low started the first group of Girl Scouts, big changes took place in the United States. In early 1917, the U.S. entered World War I. By 1920, nearly 70,000 girls were participating in Girl Scouting.
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Supersport: Jeremy AbbottHeight: 5-9 Birthdate: 6-5-85 Residence: Aspen, Colo. Gracefully gliding and spinning, Jeremy Abbott turns a figure skating routine into a spectacular show. The Aspen star did that recently in San Jose, Calif., where he won his third U.S. singles championship in the last four years. On his way to the title, Abbott also set a national competition record with his 273.58 score.
Abbott, who holds a top-10 world ranking, started skating at age 2 and has been participating in the sport for almost 25 years. Overall he has placed first in nine major events. Jeremy’s other interests include reading, writing, drawing, snowboarding, and the Jeremy Abbott Training Fund, which he started to help pay training expenses for promising young skaters. Who knows, one of them may turn out to be another national champion, like Jeremy.
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