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Requirements
Girl Scouts – Arizona Cactus-Pine Council, Inc.
Girl Scout History Junior Badge
Complete six activities including the one starred.
* Watch the movie “The Golden Eaglet”. Discuss: How has girl scouting changed since 1917? How has it stayed the same? Try a skill that Girl Scouts in 1913 would have learned.
Learn about Juliette Gordon Low. Find out something about her that you didn’t know before. Daisy was a woman of many talents. She was skilled among other things, in metal-working, sculpture, oil painting and china painting. She also loved dramatics.
Girl Scout Badges change over the years. Look in old handbooks and complete one of the following activities:
Learn about how Girl Scouting began in Arizona. Create a presentation, display or skit to share with your troop or others about how Girl Scouting began in Arizona
Learn about three U.S. Postage stamps that recognize Girl Scouting in the past. When and where were they issued? What was their original value? What do they look like? Design your own postage stamp that recognizes Girl Scouting today.
Girl Scout cookies were first baked commercially in 1934. Before that (the 1920’s) girls sold cookies that they had baked themselves. Bake Girl Scout cookies from an original recipe. Share your original recipe Girl Scout Cookies.
Interview someone who was a girl Scout at least 25 years ago. Tape record or videotape the interview if possible. Donate a copy of the interview to the Arizona Cactus-Pine Girl Scout Historical Society. Sample interview questions are listed below.
Try one of the activities that Daisy enjoyed
Create a display, skit or presentation about how Juliette Low and how Girl Scouting began in the United States.
Or
Find three badges that have been retired (no longer exist): Why do you think they were eliminated? Choose one requirement from a retired Girl Scout badge and complete the activity.
Find three new badges in your handbook that are not in the old handbook: Why do you think they were added? What do these changes say about the changing role of women in the U.S.? Design a badge of the future that does not exist yet. List some of the requirements for your future badge.
When and where was the first Girl Scout troop?
What activities would they have done?
What uniforms would they have worn?
When was she a Girl Scout?
What was special about Girl Scouting to her?
What were some of the things she did?
What did she do when she went camping?
How did she celebrate Thinking Day, Juliette Low’s birthday, Girl Scout Week or any other Girl Scout events?
What songs does she remember?
Did she take any special trips?
What was her fondest memory?
Did she save any of her Girl Scout things? What were they?
Help preserve your own or your troop’s Girl Scout History for future Girl Scouts. Create a Troop or individual Girl Scout History Scrapbook. Include activities from the past and present. Include pages to record your thoughts about Girl Scouts and your activities. Loan your scrapbook to the Council Girl Scout Historical Society for display.
