Amaze Journey Sessions

aMaze Journey Sessions
aMaze Journey: Session 1

Learning Objectives: By the end of the session students will
1. Discover whats in their own personal mazes
2. Articulate qualities that they look for in a friend & what they bring as a friend
3. Learn the importance of first impressions
4. Discuss stereotypes & whether they are good or bad
Time Topic Activity/Things to be covered Supplies needed
2:00
Gathering
activity
Give each girl a maze to work while the others are arriving Medium level mazes
3 min

Time:
2:03
Intro
Sign-in

Objectives
Housekeeping

Parking lot
Welcome, introductions: name & Girl Scout experience

Review learning objectives & agenda

Housekeeping:
Location of restroom
Cell phone etiquette
Parking lot
Sign-in sheet & pens
Agenda to post
Sticky notes

Folders for each girl

10 min

Time:
2:13
Team
contract
This is needs to be a safe place to express yourself about
how you feel about the things we talk about. What are some
things we should keep in mind during these sessions?
GS Promise & Law
Listen respectfully-no side conversations
Keep in confidence (explain what that means)
Red folder (2 taped
together) to open up for
posting contract on

Markers
20 min

Time:
2:33pm
Obj. 1:
Discover
whats in your
personal
maze
Whats in Your Maze? (AB pg. 32)
In the dead ends write relationship issues
In open paths write how you dealt with them
Share & listen
Create a slogan that starts with: Our lives are like a maze
because
Write the slogan at the top of your maze
Copies of maze in GB, pg.
8

Pencils/pens

27 min

Time:
3:00pm
Interact
challenge
#1
Play Truth or Dare Dove Truth or Dare
questions (pg. 5)

Hat or bowl to put
questions in

20 min

Time:
3:20pm
Interact
challenge
#2

Obj. 2:
Articulate
qualities you
look for in a
friend as well
as qualities
you bring to a
friendship
What Really Matters? + 2
nd
half of Circle of Friends (2
min)
Rank qualities according of importance
Evaluate
Were there any surprises?
Are there any changes you would like to make?
How can you start making those changes?
Around the outside of the list, write qualities that you
bring into a friendship (2 min)
Anyone want to share?
Discussion questions:
Are there qualities missing that you want to add?
Do any sound negative?
Are there things that you bring to the friendship
that is not returned by the friend?
Why is it important to have healthy friendships?
Do we always choose our friends based on positive
qualities or do we sometimes let other factors
influence us, i.e. clothes, popularity, etc?
Why?
Hand out Peacmaker Kit form
What Really Matters list
(GB, pg. 31)

Circle of Friends (AB)

Markers

Pencils/pens

Peacemaker kit GB, pg. 39

15 min

Time:
3:35pm
Team-
building game
Back-to-Back game AB, pg. 51
Girls are paired up according to height
Girls must lock arms and lower themselves to the
floor to where they are sitting with their legs straight
out, keeping their arms locked together
Then the pair must raise themselves back up to a
standing position
Have pairs then pair up to make quartets who must
to the same thing, then the quartets get together to do
it one last time
Arms must remain locked the whole time lowering or
raising is going on
None
15 min

Time:
3:50pm
Break Time!!! Snack, water, & bathroom break!!! Apples & Nutella
20 min

Time:
4:10pm
Interact
challenge
#3
Navigating Friendships GB, pgs. 26-29
9 spots on the floor each have a small pieces of paper
in 3 different colors
Girls go to the numbered spot needed & pick the
color that matches the answer to the question
At the end, the girls stand at one corner of the table
depending on which color they have the most of & get
the results

Make friendship knot swaps

Hand out Peacemaker Kit form GB, pg.73

Questions from
Navigating Friendships
(GB, pgs. 26-28)

10 sheets of pink paper, in
eighths
10 sheets of blue paper, in
eighths
10 sheets of green paper,
in eighths

Colored shoe laces or
ribbon
Safety pins
Swap tags

Peacemaker Kit GB, pg. 73

20 min

Time:
4:30pm
Obj. 3: Learn
the
importance of
first
impressions
First impressions
Give first impressions statistics GB, pg. 16
Do you give a first impression every day?
First Impressions IQ quiz
What are 2 things you do you do/can you change to
make sure you are giving the impression you want
to give?
Beneath the Surface game GB, pg. 20
So you see, underneath what you see at first
glance is not always the way it really is.
Remembering the movie Frozen, what was Annas first
impression of Hans? Was that an accurate way of telling
what kind of person he was? What was Annas first
impression of Kristoff? Again, was it accurate?
GB, pgs. 16 & 18

Beach ball
Sharpie marker
Masking tape
GB, pg. 20

If some of the girls havent
seen that movie yet, ask
the girls to think of a TV
show or personal
experience where first
impressions were wrong

20 min

Interact
challenge
#4

Obj. 4:
Discuss
stereotypes &
whether they
are good or
bad
What is a stereotype? (GB, pg. 22)

Can you name some stereotypes you might unwittingly
already use or know of?
Band kids are only talk to other people who are in
band
Blonds are dumb, brunettes are super smart &
redheads are mean
People who read comic books are geeks

Each girl gets 6 circle of construction paper
Write your name on 2 circles
Write a characteristic that makes you who you are,
i.e. a girl, blond, vegetarian, get good grades
Use the tape & ribbon to connect the characteristics
to 1 circle with your name like a bubble map
Now pick one characteristic that has a stereotype
associated with it but doesnt apply to you personally
Poster board
Construction paper rings
& circles
Ribbon: 3-inch pieces
Markers
Tape


Time:
4:50pm
Write the sentence: I am _____ and I am ______.
on a ring and put it around the other circle with your
name.

Hand out Peacemaker Kit form GB, pg. 25
10 min

Wrap-up

Girls put all their papers in their folders & give folders to me

Clean up

Congratulations Ladies! You have earned the Interact
award!!!
Place large Interact award on the poster
Review Parking Lot if any is there

Friendship Circle (outside):
We learned about our fabulous qualities, what we look for
in friends, first impressions, & stereotypes. Whew! That
was a lot of work for 1 meeting!

Thursday well be talking about cliques & peer pressure.
How much do you already know? Well also be getting you
started on your Take Action project. Will it be busting
stereotypes? An anti-bullying campaign? Or something
else? Have your ideas ready!

Sing Taps. Do the Friendship Squeeze. Turn out & do the
Girl Scout handshake with each girl before they leave.

1 hanging folder


Objectives: By the end of the session students will be able to
1. Identify cliques
2. Recognize peer pressure & how to handle it
3. Examine bullying behavior: what causes it, how to stop it
2:00pm
Gathering
activity
Decorate paper bags to make a scrapbook for their
Peacemaker Kit
Paper bags-3/girl
Generic craft supplies
Markers
Stapler
3 min

Time:
2:03pm
Intro
Sign-in

Objectives
Housekeeping

Parking lot
Girl Scout Promise & Law


Housekeeping:
Parking lot

Review Team Contract
Agenda to post
Sticky notes


Poster of Team Contract
20 min

Time:
2:23pm
Obj. 1:
Identify
cliques
What is a clique? GB pg. 54
Give me some examples of a clique.
Cliquish? AB, pg. 54 while tossing the beach ball
Discuss the lists & how to deal with them
Use GB pg. 56 to see if girls are in cliques or a circle of
friends
Are there any ways that our Girl Scout Cadette troop is a
clique?

Hand out Peacemaker Kit form GB, pg. 73 again to see if
they would change anything after learning about cliques
GB, pg. 54

Large sheet of paper

Beach ball

GB, pg. 56

from last meeting

15 min

Time:
2:38pm
Obj. 2:
Recognize
peer pressure
& how to
handle it
Sometimes pressure can be good- can you give some
examples?(if they need guidanceto dump a boyfriend
whos abusive or study for a test instead of surfing the web
all night)

Were going to do an activity that is going to push one
another what it feels like to stand up for our values. We
really need to remember that we are sisters & will keep this
in confidence.

Where Do You Stand? AB, pg. 52 & 53
Discuss results
Masking tape
Big numbers: 1, 5, 10

AB, pg. 52 & 53

22 min

Time:
3:00pm
Craft Peacemaker Kit scrapbooks
Glue Peacemaker Kit forms into scrapbooks
Decorate the scrapbooks
While working discuss conflict scenarios & resolutions

Hand out the Peacemaker Award commitment page &
everyone fills it in & signs it.

Congratulations Ladies! You have earned the
Peacemaker award!!!
Place large Peacemaker award on the poster
Paper bag scrapbooks
Peacemaker Kit forms
Glue sticks
General craft supplies

Peacemaker commitment
agreement GB, pg. 139

Large Peacemaker award
& poster
15 min

Time:
3:15pm
Break Time Snack, water, & bathroom break Banana bread w/ peanut
butter

5 min

Time:
3:20pm
Obj. 3:
Examine
bullying
behavior:
what causes
it, how to stop
it

Give the girls the sticky notes with the forms of bullying on
them and divide the girls into teams to sort them by sticking
them on the corresponding picture

Ask: Why do people bully?

Ask: What are some ways you have responded or seen
others respond to being bullied?
Large pictures of
computer, girls whispering
behind their hands,
boxing gloves, speech
bubble

Sticky notes with forms of
bullying on them: 3 sets
20 min

Time:
3:40pm
So, we know that in order for bullying behavior to happen
there has to be at least 2 people: the bully and the target.
There are often more arent there? What category do they
fall under? (witness)

Go over different kinds of witnesses
Passive-sees the bullying but avoids the situation
Fearful-afraid to help because the bully might turn
on her
Watcher-watches & maybe enjoys it, happy not to
be the target
Accomplice-laughs at the bullys abuse & becomes
an appreciative audience
Defender-challenges the bully or supports the
victim
What kind of witness have you been?

Share statistic: Bullying will stop in less than 10 seconds in
nearly 60% of the time when peers intervene

Flip the Script GB, pgs. 85-87: split into teams (different
ones) & hand out scenarios

Ask for volunteers to act out their scenario
Hand out Peacemaker Kit form GB, pg. 93

Flip the Script scenarios
GB, pg. 85-87


20min

Time:
4:00pm
Netiquette Badge activities
Share oops moments regarding
email/texting/posting
Start a kindness practice: every day for 2 weeks to
email, text, post something complimenting someone
for something theyve done well
Before I Post checklist badge requirements,
pg. 7 sidebar
How to leave comments
Email etiquette quiz
Whats in your profile?
How Safe is Cyberspace? GB, pgs. 102-103
(vote with your feet)
Why should you leave certain info out
Hand out the Internet Safety pledge for the
peacemaker kit
Chalk board & chalk for
brainstorming

Netiquette badge
requirements booklet

Copies of email etiquette
quiz

GB, pgs. 102-103

Internet safety pledge

Netiquette badges?
5 min

4:05pm

Let the girls add bullying peacemaker form & internet safety
pledge to their Peacemaker kits

15 min

Time:
4:20pm
TA Project Use the Service vs. Take Action handout from the P2P
website
Discuss the differences & have girls come up with
examples of TA
What does this mean regarding your Journey
project?
Service vs. Take Action
handout from P2P website
10-25
min

Time:
4:30pm-
4:45pm

Brainstorm project ideas that relate to the theme of the
Journey, i.e. anti-bullying, netiquette
Chalkboard & chalk

5 min Wrap-up Girls put all their papers in their folders & give folders to me

Clean up

Congratulations Ladies! You have earned the Interact
and Peacemaker awards as well as your Netiquette
badge!!!
Place large Netiquette badge on the poster

We learned about cliques, peer pressure, bullying, &
netiquette. Whew! Once again you ladies got a lot of work
for 1 meeting! And you have 1/3 of the required training
done for your Silver award!!

Tomorrow well continue to refine your Take Action
project. Will it be busting stereotypes? An anti-bullying
campaign? Or something else? Think about it. Also well be
finishing up the Silver award training finding out about the
next steps you need to take to earn the highest award Girl
Scout Cadettes can earn.

And dont forget to give me the Girl Scout handshake before
you leave!!

Girl Scout handshake with each girl before they leave.


Objectives: By the end of the session students will be able to
1. Complete the planning & preparation of the Take Action project
2. Discover the other leadership awards available to Girl Scout Cadettes
3. Complete the training required for the Silver Award
2:00pm
Gathering
activity
Make peace sign mirrors with CDs
CDs, paint, plastic waxed
paper, packing tape, peace
sign stencils/templates
3 min

Time:
2:03pm
Intro
Sign-in

Objectives
Housekeeping

Parking lot
Formal flag ceremony with Pledge, Promise, & Law


Housekeeping:
Parking lot

Review Team Contract
Agenda to post
Sticky notes


Poster of Team Contract
20 min

Time:
2:23pm
Obj. 1:
Complete
planning &
prep for TA
project
Review project ideas from last session: Are there any other
ideas you thought of since our last meeting?

Lets take a look at each of these and try to narrow it down.
Chalkboard & chalk

Project planning sheets
from GB (pgs. 120-130)
10 min

Time:
2:33

Play 1 chair over mixer game

22 min

Project voting Each project idea gets written on a sheet of paper

Paper, markers, tape


Time:
2:55
Project voting
Hang papers on walls
Girls get 1 sticker for each idea there is
Girls use their stickers to vote for their favorite
projects
Discuss the winning project (will supervise up to 2 projects)

Stickers

30 min

Time:
3:25
Project
planning
Using planning sheets from Girl Book, guide girls through
planning the details of their project
GB, pg. 102-103
15 min

Time:
3:40pm
Break Time Take a break for snack, water, & bathroom Bagels & cream cheese
20-45
min

Time:
4:25
Project
planning/doing
Work on Project
25 min

Time:
4:50
Silver Award
training
Watch the videos & answer questions Phone & phone charger
Laptop set for Silver
Award training videos

10 min Wrap-up Girls put all their papers in their folders & give folders to me

Clean up

Congratulations Ladies! You have earned the Diplomat
award! Youve also just completed your Silver Award
training!!

Journey award sets

Your project is amazing! For the final time this week you
have done a lot of work & accomplished many things.
Whew! Once again you ladies got a lot of work for 1
meeting! And you have completed the required training for
your Silver award!!

We will be doing another Journey during the coming troop
year, but for you girls right now, you are officially ready to
start thinking about what kind of issue do you want to
tackle for your Silver award.

And dont forget to give me the Girl Scout handshake before
you leave!!

Girl Scout handshake with each girl & give them their
folders before they leave.


Learning Objectives: By the end of the session
students will:

Discover whats in their own personal mazes
Articulate qualities that they look for in a
friend & what they bring as a friend
Learn the importance of first impressions
Discuss stereotypes & whether they are good
or bad


Objectives: By the end of the session students
will be able to:

Identify cliques
Recognize peer pressure & how to handle it
Examine bullying behavior: what causes it,
how to stop it
Earn the Netiquette badge


Objectives: By the end of the session students
will be able to:

Complete the planning & preparation of the
Take Action project
Discover the other leadership awards
available to Girl Scout Cadettes
Complete the training required for the Silver
Award


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