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Thank you for joining us for this exciting global program for Junior and Cadette troops!

You’ll build cross-cultural knowledge as you learn all about our global Girl Scout Movement and

participate in fun, globally focused activities. You’ll also learn about the five different locations

you can visit, called the World Centers. We’ll cover Girl Scouts’ travel progression and how girls

can take the lead to successfully plan their own travel.

Ultimately, your troop will set a goal to visit a World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts

(WAGGGS) World Center in three or four years! In the meantime, you’ll plan one or two trips

within the United States over the next two years, so you can start your travel adventures while

building your travel savvy.

Planning for your trip will take five troop meetings.

TIP: You may also hold more meetings to allow yourself additional time for other meeting

activities, or you could plan a weekend to hold all five meetings at once.

The meetings include:

• Go Global! Learn about our global Movement and WAGGGS.

• Travel Tools! Explore the Girl Scout travel progression and a cross-cultural skill.

• Planning and Prep! Discover what it takes to travel internationally and how to be

prepared.

• Activate Your Adventure! Decide where to travel and start planning.

Travel Like a Girl Scout! Learn how to travel like a Girl Scout and what the next steps

are.

This workbook is for both girls and troop leaders; feel free to use it as your guide throughout the

travel-planning process. Some activities in this workbook may be completed electronically if you

don’t want to print them out. Let’s get started!

Meeting 1: Go Global! Learn about our global Movement and

the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts

(WAGGGS).

Introduction

Did you know that Girl Scouts are connected to millions of other girls around the world? Today

you’ll learn about our global Movement and WAGGGS. You’ll also learn about the five World

Centers—unique cultural hubs to visit around the world!

Icebreaker

Ask each girl, “If you could visit anywhere in the world, where would it be?”

Materials Needed

For this first meeting, you’ll use pages 3, 4 and 6 of this workbook. Begin working on these

pages today and finish up on your own before your next meeting: the WAGGGS and World

Centers Scavenger Hunt and the World Centers Worksheet. You can fill in these pages

electronically (save the trees!) or print them and grab a pen.

Step 1: Learn About WAGGGS

Watch the WAGGGS overview video. Take a look at your WAGGGS and World Centers

Scavenger Hunt (on the following two pages) as you watch. Our girl presenters may share some

WAGGGS knowledge that can help you fill your sheet in. You don’t have to finish everything

now—you’ll complete the rest at home before your next meeting.

Discuss: How much of the worksheet did you fill in today? What’s one new fact that each person

learned?

WAGGGS & World Center Scavenger Hunt

1. WAGGGS is an acronym for _____________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

2. WAGGGS supports how many girls and young women worldwide? ______________________________

3. WAGGGS is represented in how many countries? ____________________________________________

4. What are the ve WAGGGS regions?

a. ______________________________________________________________________________

b. ______________________________________________________________________________

c. ______________________________________________________________________________

d. ______________________________________________________________________________

e. ______________________________________________________________________________

5. Why is the GSUSA membership pin worn under the WAGGGS pin? ____________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

6. Name the ve World Centers:

a. ______________________________________________________________________________

b. ______________________________________________________________________________

c. ______________________________________________________________________________

d. ______________________________________________________________________________

e. ______________________________________________________________________________

WAGGGS

World Centers

7. Which World Center’s name means “coming together”? What language does its name come from? And where

is this World Center located?

a. World Center: ___________________________________________________________________

b. Language: ______________________________________________________________________

c. Location: ______________________________________________________________________

8. Which World Center’s name means “to journey”? In what language? Where is this World Center located?

a. World Center: ___________________________________________________________________

b. Language: ______________________________________________________________________

c. Location: _______________________________________________________________________

9. Which World Center is located in London?

a. World Center name: ______________________________________________________________

10. Which World Center is the oldest? What year was it founded, and where is it located?

a. World Center: ___________________________________________________________________

b. Year: ______________________________________________________________________

c. Location: _______________________________________________________________________

11. Which World Center is located near the “City of Eternal Spring,” which has 365 days of sunshine, and what

country is it located in?

a. World Center: ___________________________________________________________________

b. Location: _______________________________________________________________________

Step 2: Learn to Sing “The World Song”

Watch this video to learn the song—then watch again to sing along!

Here are the lyrics for singing along:

The World Song

Our way is clear as we march on,

And see! Our flag on high,

Is never furled throughout the world,

For hope shall never die!

We must unite for what is right,

In friendship true and strong,

Until the earth,

In its rebirth,

Shall sing our song!

All those who loved the true and good,

Whose promises were kept,

With humble mind, whose acts were kind,

whose honor never slept;

These were the free!

And we must be,

Prepared like them to live,

To give to all,

Both great and small,

All we can give

TIP: For some extra fun, create your own lyrics to “The World Song”! Find out how on Girl

Scouts at Home.

Step 3: Learn About the World Centers

Watch an introduction video about the World Centers. Be sure to grab your World Centers

Worksheet on the next page to see how much you can fill in.

Something unique about each World Center:

Kusari: _ ________________________________________________________________________________________

Our Chalet: ______________________________________________________________________________________

Our Cabaña: _____________________________________________________________________________________

Pax Lodge: ______________________________________________________________________________________

Sangam: ________________________________________________________________________________________

I would like to visit this World Center: _________________________________________________________________

Why: ___________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________

World Center Location Icon

Kusari London, England

Our Chalet

Moves throughout

Africa

Our Cabaña Pune, India

Pax Lodge

Adelboden,

Switzerland

Sangam

Cuernavaca,

Mexico

World Center

Icon

Location

World Centers Worksheet

Match the World Center name with its location and icon:

Discuss: Which World Center looks most interesting to you?

Step 4: Wrapping It Up

Discuss: What is one new thing you learned about WAGGGS and a World Center?

Homework: On your own, finish filling in your “World Centers Worksheet” and completing your

“WAGGGS and World Center Scavenger Hunt.”

Learn about two World Centers by watching some of the videos below. Decide as a troop which

two you will watch this week (feel free to watch more if you have time). Consider watching all of

them eventually. Don’t forget to keep an open mind—maybe try to learn about the World

Centers you know the least about. To access the videos below, ask your parent or caregiver to

• Kusafiri Tour and Program

• Sangam Tour and Program

• Our Cabaña Tour and Program

• Our Chalet Tour and Program

• Pax Lodge Tour and Program

Meeting 2: Travel Tools! Explore the Girl Scout travel progression and a

cross-cultural skill.

Introduction

During Meeting 2, you’ll learn about the travel progression—how Girl Scouts build travel skills

and experiences—from day trips all the way to international and independent travel.

Icebreaker

After doing the homework from the first meeting and learning more about the World Centers,

which World Center do you want to visit the most? Did you change your mind from the one you

originally wanted to visit?

Materials Needed

Use page 8 of this workbook to begin the Cultural Iceberg worksheet during this meeting, and

finish up on your own at home before your next meeting. You can fill in this page electronically

(save the trees!) or print it and grab a pen.

Step 1: Learn About the Travel Progression

Watch our video about how travel progression works. The video has a quiz! Follow along and

write down your answers.

Discuss as a troop:

• Where are you in the travel progression as an individual?

• Which of the below activities have you done together as a troop?

- A local field trip in my neighborhood

- An all-day trip that involved eating lunch while out and about

- An overnight trip that was two days long

- A regional trip a few hours from my home that was three to four days long

Figure out where your troop is on the travel progression. You should plan your next troop trip for

one step up on the progression. You’ll start planning this trip in Meeting 3!

Step 2: Introduction to Cross-Cultural Skills

Watch our video about culture. Grab your “Cultural Iceberg” worksheet on the next page and fill

it in as you watch.

Discuss:

• What does culture mean to you?

• Share some takeaways from your Cultural Iceberg worksheet

• What aspects of culture—both visible culture and deep culture—are you excited to learn

about when you travel?

Session 2 Activity

TIP: If you didn’t finish the iceberg activity during this meeting, complete it on your own before

your next meeting.

Step 3: Wrapping It Up

Discuss: What’s one new thing you learned today?

Homework:

• Maps exploration—work in teams of two or three girls to complete the Maps Exploration

activity, then bring your results to your next meeting.

TIP: If your troop has already taken an overnight trip of three or more days in your region

(within a six-hour drive from home) and you’re ready to travel further, expand this activity

to include all the United States.

• Complete the cultural questions on your own to start thinking about your own culture!

Troop Activities

Do both activities below before Session 3.

Go to www.google.com/maps.

Type in your zip code. Click “Directions” and then

select either the car (“Driving”) or trolley (“Transit”)

icon if you’re in one of 48 contiguous United States.

If you’re not in the mainland U.S., click the plane

(“Flights”) icon.

Juniors can travel in their region. Your “region” is

dened by rules set by your local council, but it usually

encompasses a roughly six-hour driving radius from

your home.

First, see how far away you are from the top ve

biggest cities in the United States!

Type in the city names and states listed below.

How many driving hours away are each of these cities

from your zip code? (You can round to the closest

hour!)

New York City, New York: _____ hours away from my

home

Los Angeles, California: _____ hours away from my

home

Chicago, Illinois: _____ hours away from my home

Houston, Texas: _____ hours away from my home

Phoenix, Arizona: _____ hours away from my home

Next, time to explore! Use Google Maps to nd three

different cool or exciting places within a six-hour drive

of your home.

What places did you nd? How far away are these

places from your home? Decide at least one thing you

would like to do or see at each place.

This activity will get you thinking about your own

culture—on the bottom of the iceberg. Imagine

these scenarios. Write down or think of either the

best possible one-sentence response to each of the

following. You can also use an example you know

you’ve said before:

1. How would you give someone a compliment

about the clothes they are wearing?

2. How would you apologize to a family member

for hurting their feelings?

3. How would you explain to your teacher that you

did not do a homework assignment?

Share these questions and your answers with a friend

or family member! Did they like or not like the way you

communicated each statement? Why or why not? Ask

them how you could improve the statement to work

better for them.

Pick one response that your friend or family member

did not like as much. Try to improve your original

statement by thinking about the way they like to

be communicated with. Share the new statement

with that person. Did they like or not like the new

statement? Why or why not?

Activity #1: Maps Exploration

Activity #2: Cultural Questions

Additional Resources

•

Girl Scout Guide to U.S. Travel

•

Global Travel Toolkit

•

Girl Scout Getaways (trips for troops)

•

Girl Scout Destinations (trips for

independent Cadette, Senior, and

Ambassador Girl Scouts)

Meeting 3: Planning and Prep! What it takes to travel

internationally and how to get there.

Introduction

During Meeting 3, you’ll start learning all about what it takes to travel

internationally and how to make a decision about where to go.

Icebreaker

Based on the maps exploration activity you did, discuss in small groups the three places you

found and one new thing you’d like to do in each place.

Materials Needed

Use pages 14 and 17-18 of this workbook. You’ll also complete the Troop Travel Tracker (page

14) during this meeting and start work on the Trip Planning Map (page 17-18), which you’ll work

on in depth during your next meeting. You can fill in these pages electronically (save the trees!)

or print them and grab a pen.

Step 1: Where Is Your Troop in the Travel Progression?

Watch our video about tracking your troop’s travels.

Discuss: Work as a troop to complete the Troop Travel Tracker. One person should keep the

master copy and fill in all the trips you’ve already taken in pen. (Later on you’ll put your future

travel plans in pencil.)

Appendix

Session 4

Session 3

Session 1

Travel Progression

Progression allows girls to learn the skills they need to

become competent travelers, including how to plan and

organize trips. Travel fun can be endless when girls lead.

Get your travel

feet wet! Walk to a

nearby garden, or

take a short ride to

a rehouse or other

local spot.

Keep it girl-led:

girls choose the

location.

Take an all-day trip!

Keep it girl-led:

girls choose the

location and

activity (perhaps

working toward a

badge) and make

plans for lunch.

Start with

one night, maybe

at a camp or

museum. Progress

to a weekend trip

in a nearby city or

state park.

Keep it girl-led:

girls plan the

activity and meals,

create travel

games, and pack

their own overnight

bags.

Spend three to

four nights away

somewhere a few

hours from home.

Keep it girl-led:

girls plan key

details of the

trip, such as the

activities, the

budget, the route,

and lodging.

(Extended

trip insurance

required.)

Travel the country!

Trips often last

a week or more.

Girls should think

beyond a typical

vacation location

and consider

historical sites,

museums, or

national parks!

Keep it girl-led:

girls lead the entire

planning process

and might add a

community service

or Take Action

project.

(Extended

trip insurance

required.)

Travel the world!

These life-changing

trips usually

take one to three

years to prepare.

Consider visiting

a WAGGGS World

Centre!

Keep it girl-led:

girls download

the Global Travel

Toolkit and plan

their entire trip

(including learning

about the language,

culture, passports

and visas,

exchange rates,

etc.).

(Extended

trip insurance

required.)

Cadette, Senior,

and Ambassador

girls with travel

experience can

travel nationally

or internationally

independently

through council-

offered travel

opportunities

or GSUSA’s

Destinations

program. Check

with your council,

or visit the Girl

Scout Destinations

website!

Local Field

Trips

Day Trips

Overnights

Regional

Trips

National

Trips

Independent

Travel

International

Trips

When moving up to each level of the progression, consider girls’ independence,

exibility, decision making, group skills, and cross cultural skills.

Check with your council about age

requirements. Girls should have

experience at every level of the

progression before moving on to the

next level. For regional travel, girls

must be Juniors or older.

For national and international trips,

girls must be Cadettes or older.

Session 3 Activity

Troop Travel Tracker

Work with your troop to complete the “Troop Travel Tracker” below. After you have lled it in and agreed as a troop, be

sure to have everyone sign!

Refer back to the Travel Progression Chart from Session 2. Use that alongside the Troop Travel Tracker. You will now

ll in the Troop Travel Tracker. Start by listing trips you have already taken. If your troop has already gone on some day

trips and overnight or weekend trips, your next trip should be a regional trip: a trip that is three or more nights long

and within a few hours’ drive from your home. If your troop has already taken a regional trip, you can move on to a

national trip! Once you take your national trip, you’ll be ready for your international trip to one of the World Centers!

Where will you choose to go?

START HERE

LOCAL

FIELD TRIPS

___________________________

____________________________

DAY TRIPS

___________________________

____________________________

OVERNIGHTS

___________________________

____________________________

REGIONAL

TRIPS

___________________________

____________________________

NATIONAL

TRIPS

___________________________

____________________________

INTERNATIONAL

TRIPS

—WORLD CENTERS

___________________________

____________________________

INDEPENDENT

TRAVEL

___________________________

____________________________

After you ll this in

have everyone

sign it as a troop!

What is your

next troop

adventure?

Put your planned

adventures in pencil

until you complete them.

If you

know

the year

of travel,

add that in.

Use the Travel Progression

Chart and enter “trips”

that your troop has completed.

Step 2: Whose Travel Adventure Is This?

Watch our video about how girls lead the planning of Girl Scout trips.

Discuss: What surprised you about this? Why is it important for girls to lead trip planning?

Step 3: How Do We Decide Where to Go Next?

Watch the video about how to work as a troop to decide where to travel.

Discuss: What process will your troop use in your next meeting to vote on your next two trips?

What are the guidelines?

Step 4: Wrapping It Up

Discuss: Do you feel ready for your next meeting? What questions do you have?

Homework: Based on the process you’ve agreed on, come prepared with your pitch for your

troop’s next two trips.

Meeting 4: Activate Your Adventure! Decide where to travel

and start planning.

Introduction

During Meeting 4, you’ll decide where your troop will travel on your next regional or domestic

trip as well as your eventual trip to a World Center!

Icebreaker

Briefly go around and share one interesting fact about the place you want to travel without

actually naming the place. (You’ll let everyone know later—keep it a mystery for now!)

Materials Needed

Use 14 and 16-17 of this workbook. Fill out two copies of the Trip Planning Map—one for each

of your upcoming trips—and start work on them today. You can fill in these pages electronically

(save the trees!) or print them and grab a pen.

Step 1: Pitch Time!

It’s time to pitch and vote on your upcoming trips! Try to set some time limits, but this may have

to be flexible, depending on the size of your troop and how many trips you’re planning. By the

end of this time, agree on an upcoming regional or domestic trip and on which World Center

you’ll visit! Once you decide, fill in the plans on your Troop Travel Tracker.

Step 2: How Will You Get There?

Watch our video about what you’ll need to do to plan and prepare for your trip.

Discuss: Talk as a group about your money-earning strategies and plans. How will you create a

budget? What money-earning ideas do you have now that you can pitch to your council?

Step 3: Wrapping It Up

Homework: As individuals, research and make a list of some of the tasks you think you need to

include on your Trip Planning Maps. At your next meeting, work as a team to add these tasks to

your Trip Planning Maps. You can read about some of the tasks in these resources:

• Girl Scout Guide to U.S. Travel

• Global Travel Toolkit

ROAD TO

OUR NEXT

ADVENTURE

FINANCE

LAKE

STREETS

DECISION

FINAL STEPS

PLANNING

FOREST

MONEY

EARNING

RIVER

MOUNT

ADVENTURE

PREPARATION

CANYON

PAPERWORK

MEADOW

BACK

HOME

AGAIN

EVALUATE

FAMILY FAREWELL DINNER

TROOP

MONEY

AGREEMENT

DETERMINE

WHEN TO GO

VOTE

WHERE TO GO

PAX LODGE?

M-T-

W-Th-

F-Sa-Su?

2021?

2022?

2023?

2024?

OUR CHALET?

NATIONAL?

OUR

GOAL

_______________

___________________

HEALTH

FORMS IN

MONEY EARNING

PERMISSION

INTENT

TRAVEL

FORM TO

COUNCIL

IDENTIFY

ADDITIONAL

TRIP

ADVISORS

RESEARCH

WHAT TO

PREPARE

YOUR

PITCH

TO THE

TROOP

REGIONAL?

PAX LODGE?

OUR CHALET?

NATIONAL?

OUR CABANA?

KUSAFIRI?

REGIONAL?

OUR CABANA?

KUSAFIRI?

PICTURES

WRITE

THANK YOU

NOTES

MAKE LODGING

RESERVATION

SHAKEDOWN

DAY

WALK

1 HOUR

5X PER

WEEK

ROAD TO

OUR NEXT

ADVENTURE

FINANCE

LAKE

STREETS

DECISION

FINAL STEPS

PLANNING

FOREST

MONEY

EARNING

RIVER

MOUNT

ADVENTURE

PREPARATION

CANYON

PAPERWORK

MEADOW

BACK

HOME

AGAIN

EVALUATE

FAMILY FAREWELL DINNER

TROOP

MONEY

AGREEMENT

DETERMINE

WHEN TO GO

VOTE

WHERE TO GO

PAX LODGE?

M-T-

W-Th-

F-Sa-Su?

2021?

2022?

2023?

2024?

OUR CHALET?

NATIONAL?

OUR

GOAL

_______________

___________________

HEALTH

FORMS IN

MONEY EARNING

PERMISSION

INTENT

TRAVEL

FORM TO

COUNCIL

IDENTIFY

ADDITIONAL

TRIP

ADVISORS

RESEARCH

WHAT TO

PREPARE

YOUR

PITCH

TO THE

TROOP

REGIONAL?

PAX LODGE?

OUR CHALET?

NATIONAL?

OUR CABANA?

KUSAFIRI?

REGIONAL?

OUR CABANA?

KUSAFIRI?

PICTURES

WRITE

THANK YOU

NOTES

MAKE LODGING

RESERVATION

SHAKEDOWN

DAY

WALK

1 HOUR

5X PER

WEEK

Meeting 5: Travel Like a Girl Scout! How to travel like a Girl Scout and

which next steps to take.

Introduction

During Meeting 5, you’ll learn what makes a Girl Scout trip unique and which next steps to take

on the road to global travel!

Icebreaker

What do you think it means to “travel like a Girl Scout?”

Materials Needed

Use page 19 of this workbook. You’ll also fill out more steps on the Trip Planning Map today.

You can fill in these pages electronically (save the trees!) or print them and grab a pen.

Step 1: Travel Like a Girl Scout

Some things make traveling as a Girl Scout different than traveling with your family or with your

school.

Work as a troop to complete the following worksheet.

What makes a “Girl Scout” trip? How we can do this on our trips?

Girl-planned/girl-led

Meeting other Girl Scouts/Girl Guides

Representing yourself, your council, Girl

Scouts, and the United States

Community service projects or Take Action

projects (You could even complete a Take

Action project in your own community, after

you come home, based on what you learn

traveling!)

Responsible travel (eco-friendly travel,

making sure to Leave No Trace, etc.)

As a group, review the Responsible Travel Tips from the Center for Responsible Travel.

Discuss: Which of these tips is new to you?

Step 2: Our Trip Planning Maps

Take time as a troop to fill in your maps with the tasks you’ll need to complete.

Step 3: Wrapping It Up

Discuss: How ready do you feel to start planning your trips? (Note: Your council may have

additional training and resources for you as you explore the details.)

Homework: Troop leaders should contact their councils to let them know about the trip planning

and to find out what the next steps are for your council.

Congratulations! You’re now officially on your way to global travel!

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