girl scout PROGRAMS
Our group programs are available for clubs, Girl Scout troops, or any organization that has an interest in connecting historical women and leadership to the potential of youth today. These programs have a minimum registration of 10 participants.
girl scout programs
Alice Paul and the Leadership Parade (K - 2nd)
This two-hour program introduces participants to the life of Alice Paul. It combines educational games and art to help students engage concepts of civic engagement and leadership, and to identify themselves as leaders who can create positive social change.
This program can work in conjunction with Girl Scouts troop activities designed to earn the following badges:
- Daisy: Violet Petal; Red Petal; Rose Petal
- Brownie: Philanthropy; Celebrating Community
Meeting Alice (3rd - 5th)
This two-hour program offers an in-depth exploration of Alice Paul’s life and the qualities that made her an effective change maker. Students do team activities on voting and citizenship, and explore the historic grounds of Paulsdale where Alice grew up.
This program can work in conjunction with Girls Scouts troop activities designed to earn the following badges:
- Junior: Inside Government; Playing the Past
Alice Paul: Through The Lens Of Leadership (6th-8th OR 9th-12th Options Available)
This two-hour program offers deep engagement with Alice’s struggle to secure women’s suffrage, and the strategies and tactics that made her such a powerful leader. Students participate in meaningful discussions about leadership and social action, and then do a group activity that challenges them to apply those principles to real-world issues.
This program can work in conjunction with Girl Scouts troop activities designed to earn the following badges:
- Cadette: Public Speaker; Finding Common Ground
- Senior: Behind the Ballot; Truth Seeker; Journey: Mission: Sisterhood
- Ambassador: Public Policy; Journey: Your Voice: Your World
Fundamentals of Civic Engagement (options available for all ages)
This program teaches students about the way local, state, and federal governments operate, and how they function at different levels to keep society running and working for all American citizens. Students will also learn about how Alice Paul used her understanding of government and civics to help guarantee the vote for women in America.
Participants will learn about American democracy in a way that gives them building blocks to grow as responsible, engaged citizens. The workshop will combine history and civics in a fun and interactive program that will help young people understand how every citizen has a voice through their vote, and that every vote counts.
This program can work in conjunction with Girl Scouts troop activities designed to earn the following badges:
- Democracy