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Salad Bowl - Food for Thought
DIVERSITY: It's not an obligation. It's an opportunity.
A NOTE ON "THE SALAD BOWL" The "salad
bowl" has replaced the "melting pot" as an analogy for the USA. A melting pot
requires ingredients to give up their individual flavor. A salad, on the other
hand, needs each ingredient to retain its uniqueness and participate in the
overall flavor. Be on the look out for the Salad Bowl, as part
of Branches a Council-wide quarterly publication. The Salad
Bowl will provide girl and adult Girl Scouts with resources and ideas to
recognize, celebrate, and participate in the Arkansas River Valley "salad".
Comments and suggestions are welcomed by the Director of Community
Development.
LET'S LEARN ABOUT OUR GLOBAL COMMUNITY
Are you looking
to learn more about world cultures, beliefs and values, but are not sure where
to begin? Take a few moments and read through the activities listed below. Think
about choosing one or more of the activities to do with your troop/group and
challenge yourself to begin the exciting journey of exploring the cultures,
beliefs and values of our global community.
- "With your troop/group, read books and watch movies representing a wide
variety of lifestyles, beliefs and nations. Folktales from other countries,
religions and cultures introduce children to the ideas, history and people of
the times and lands.
- Visit museums, cultural centers and landmarks in your community and when
traveling with your Girl Scout troop/group.
- Read and respond to editorial pages with your troop/group.
- Subscribe to national and international periodicals and read them at your
Girl Scout troop/group meetings.
- Learn about your family's genealogy. Practice interviewing family and
friends and report your findings at a troop/group meeting.
- Bookmark web sites or join e-mail newsletter lists for international
organizations like the United Nations, Peace Corps and Red Cross.
- Create an international calendar acknowledging other countries' national
and faith holidays. Post the calendar at your troop/group meetings.
- Learn a language.
- Bring a globe or an international map to each troop/group meeting and
refer to it often.
- With your troop/group, discuss where products like bananas, clothing, and
building materials come from, how they are made, and how they are shipped to
stores in our community."
Resources from "Exploring Our Global Community" cited from pp. 10-11 of
FamilyTimes, October/November 2001 edition.
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