Try-It: Wave the Flag

AGE LEVEL: Brownies

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: America is a very special country. For hundreds of years, people from other countries have come to the United States to visit, live or work. Try these activities to celebrate what makes America special.

TRY-IT REQUIREMENTS: To earn the Wave the Flag Brownie Girl Scout Try-It, you must complete at least four out of the six activities.

TRY-IT ACTIVITIES:

1. Flag Facts - Find out some interesting facts about the American flag. Who made the first flag? What do the Stars and Stripes stand for? Why have the number of stars changed over the years? Share the answers to questions like these with two other people.
2. Show It Off - Choose or draw pictures that stand for America. Put them together to make a bigger picture or collage out of them.
3. Celebrate - Plan a celebration for one of these holidays: Independence Day, Memorial Day, Flag Day, or Veterans Day.
4. Check It Out - Walk around your neighborhood and look for things that stand for America. Do you see a monument? A statue? A plaque? A garden, park or planting? Find out why it was put there.
5. Through the Years - Who lived in your community before you? How old is your neighborhood, town or city? How did it become a community?
6. Do Good - Help the country by making your community a better place. Do a good deed for someone else. Tell your parent or Girl Scout leader what you did and why it was a good deed.

PURCHASE TRY-IT: Try-its are available at the GSWW store.