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| Game Face: What Does a Female Athlete Look Like? | |
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Purpose: This program will take Brownie through Senior Girl Scouts on a voyage
of self-awareness through topics from photography and history to body image, friendship and
competition. Requirements: Girls should complete at least three activities, but are encouraged to do more. |
Girl Scouts have a great opportunity to see themselves as winners with a patch project developed in conjunction with the traveling exhibit "GAME FACE: What Does a Woman Athlete Look Like?" The exhibit's 140 photographs, which include works by renowned photographers, depict the "game face" of girls and women who have participated in sports over the years - from professional athletes like Chris Evert to teenagers who shoot hoops on neighborhood courts and youngsters who play with hula hoopos. The show opened at the Smithsonian Institution's Arts & Industries Building in Washington, D.C. in 2001 and is currently on tour around the nation. Like the exhibit, the GAME FACE patch suggests a broader perspective for defining the concepts of image, winning, athleticism. The power of passion, the pride in effort, the joy of discovery are also defining aspects of sports. Any girl can be a winner: a female athlete looks like every girl, everywhere. Patch activities accompany photographs sampling the "game faces" in the exhibition. Girls at all levels of scouting will be inspired by the photographs of track-and-field star Aimee Mullins on prosthetic legs, the female football player - hand over heart, and the determination of the young baseball player, poised for action. Girl Scout leaders can use these themes and ideas to focus on the concepts of self-esteem and goal setting and encourage girls of all abilities to participate. For additional information about the exhibit, tour dates and the book, "GAME FACE: What Does a Female Athlete Look Like?" visit the Game Face website. The Game Face patch may be ordered through the Council's shop, Patches Plus. |
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