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WORLD

Here are some ideas for earning the World badge.  Some activities are designed to be done in a patrol or unit, others are designed to be done at home.

Suggestions have been split into ideas for Guides aged under 10 and Guides aged over 10, but feel free to mix and match - as long as it is a challenge for the individual girl!


Under 10

Make a poster about the Four World Centres and know which country each World Centre is in.

Be able to show on a map of the world where your family comes from.

Listen to a guest speaker talk about their life growing up in a different country.

Help to make a food from another country.  There are lots of ideas here.

Pretend you are visiting another country and write an imaginary letter to your family telling them about it.

Make a poster to teach other people about an animal that lives in a different country.  There are some ideas here.


Participate in an international game.  There are ideas in the World Guiding section of the Fundamentals section.


Learn a traditional dance from another country and perform it.

Take part in an environmental service project.

Learn to say hello, goodbye and count to ten in another language.

Create an international craft.  There are ideas in the World Guiding section of the Fundamentals section.

Over 10

Organise a guest speaker to come and talk about their life growing up in a different country.

Make a poster about the Four World Centres.  There are links to their websites on the Links page.

Participate in an international game.  There are ideas in the World Guiding section of the Fundamentals section.

Get a large world map and have the rest of your patrol/unit put a pin where their family is from.

Plan an overseas holiday.  Pick where you want to go, what you want to do and what sort of clothes and things you would need to take.

Make a poster to teach other people about an animal that lives in a different country.  There are some ideas here.

Take part in an environmental service project.

Learn to say hello, goodbye and count to ten in 3 other languages.

Help to make a food from another country.  There are lots of ideas here.

Learn a traditional dance from another country and perform it, or teach it to your patrol.

Create an international craft. 
There are ideas in the World Guiding section of the Fundamentals section.

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