Presentation to Girl Scouts, for your review.

[ohiopiper]

I won't re-post the whole thing, here's the re-write of the history section:

Just off the western coast of Europe are some islands. One of these islands is called Britain. There are three countries on this island, England, Wales and Scotland. We’re going to learn about Scotland today. Scotland is divided into two main parts, the Highlands in the north and the Lowlands in the south

A long time ago, two groups of people lived in Scotland, but it wasn’t called Scotland then. They were called the Picts and the Britons. The next group of people to come were the Scots. They originally came from Ireland, an island close by. The next people who came after that were the Anglo-Saxons from Europe.

The rest of Europe was ruled by people called the Romans. Their leader, Julius Caesar, decide to invade Scotland. The Romans came first to the south, called the Lowlands. They took it over and built a wall called Hadrians Wall to keep the people in the north out of their new place. Then the Romans tried to take over the Highlands, where everybody else lived. The different people agreed to fight together against the Romans. The Romans weren’t able to beat them and built a wall called Hadrian’s’ Wall to keep them out of the lowlands they had taken.
The people from the Highlands eventually beat the Romans and had all of Scotland to themselves. The people who live in Scotland today are descendant from these people.

Everything following is the same, with the exception of correcting the Stirling/Bannockburn goof I made earlier.

I also edited my description of Irn Bru.

Thanks again, guys.

[ohiopiper]

I have timed the presentation, it will go anywhere from 30 to 40 minutes, depending on how much participation I get from the kids. I actually do have a pretty animated personality and plan to ham it up and keep the kids engaged, rather than lecture them.

I'll be submitting this to the GS leadership this week and fully expect them to tell me to shorten some sections and lengthen others. History will likely get the axe and stories get expanded.

[robbiethepiper]

Just love the idea of Scotland as a seperate island. Keep diggin lads!

[ohiopiper]

I've just had my final consultation with the Girl Scout leadership. I presented them with my complete proposed program, including the re-writes and correction suggested here. Due to time constraints, we have agreeed to go with the explanation of Highland Dress, stories and myths (with one more added) and the bagpipes. Anything else will be addressed in a Q & A session to follow.

Better over-prepared than under-prepared.