STITCH IN TIME

Purpose: To help girls learn about cultural (dance, crafts, dress, music, etc.) differences spanning the four decades of Girl Scouting's history and dream about what Girl Scouting will be like in the future.

Brownie Girl Scouts: Complete four of the requirements, including the two starred.
Junior Girl Scouts: Complete six of the requirements, including the two starred.

Stitch in Time badges and Try-Its are available for purchase at the Council Shop.

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Create a time capsule with five or six items to represent the current year.
2. * Present, to another unit, what Girl Scouts may be like in 20 years (i.e. badges, uniforms, service/community projects, activities) either by drawing pictures or performing a skit.
For the remaining requirement choices, look at the four decades since the birth of GSUSA and:

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Learn the popular dance of two of the decades.
4. Make a craft from two of the decades.
5. Via sketches, pictures or actual clothing, present to another troop the clothing styles of one decade prior to 1970. Include "street" clothing and changes to the Girl Scout uniform.
6. Find out what type of community service projects were performed by Girl Scouts two decades ago.
7. Make a poster of one major fad or new event for four decades.
8. Listen to popular music of two decades. Discuss within your troop the difference in communication and media from those decades to today. (i.e. TV, Color TV, VCRs)
(Developed by Quapaw Service Unit and used with their permission.)

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