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Thinking Day

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Each year our Service Unit has an International Fair to celebrate Thinking Day. Go to the Service Unit's website for information. Usually it is held at CH United Methodist Church.

For information about what Thinking Day is, go to GSUSA's site for information or the World Association of Girl Guides & Girl Scouts' site.

Thinking Day Links: (note, these links were checked on June 18, 2006. Let me know if you find broken or unappropriate links.)

WORLD CENTERS
Our Cabana http://www.ourcabana.org/en/home (Mexico)
Our Chalet http://www.ourchalet.org/ (Switzerland)
Pax Lodge http://www.paxlodge.org/ (England)
Sangam http://www.sangamworldcentre.org/en/home (India)
"Friends of the Four World Centres" http://www.worldcentrefriends.co.uk/

GIRL SCOUT/GUIDE SITES
http://www.wagggsworld.org - World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
http://www.epilogsys.com/scoutingweb/program/TravelWorld.htm
http://worldguiding.net
http://www.girlscouts.org/who_we_are/international/world_thinking_day/
http://www.geocities.com/worldthinkingday/
http://www.insite-pro.com/1555/td_mainpage.html - Thinking Day Central
http://www.geocities.com/gsgreenneck/td.html
http://www.iupui.edu/~sharrin/td.htm - A Guide to Thinking Day
http://www.iupui.edu/~sharrin/tdact.htm - Thinking Day Activities
http://www.iupui.edu/~sharrin/tdchain.htm - Golden Link Ceremony
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Fields/2763/td-games.htm - Thinking Day Activities
http://www.sossi.org/girls/guides.htm
http://www.sossi.org/girls/thinking.htm
http://www.geocities.com/212_pathfinder/areainternational.html
http://www.niftyguidinglinks.ca/ - Nifty Guiding Sites
http://www.scoutnet.org/ - Global Scout Net

Thinking Day Ceremonies:
http://www.fortunecity.com/millennium/puppet/989/cere/cerethink.html#jlow
http://gsleaders.org/files/think.htm
http://www.fament.com/gsinfo/ceremonies/thinkthink1.htm
http://guidezone.e-guiding.com/i_ceremoni.htm
http://scoutingweb.com/scoutingweb/SubPages/TrefoilCere.htm

WORLD NOTES
http://www.irishgirlguides.ie/members/guides/programmes/ThinkingDay.pdf - Thinking Day Thoughts
http://www.girlscouts.org/who_we_are/global/overseas/default.asp - USA Girl Scouts Overseas
http://guidezone.e-guiding.com/i_ceremoni.htm
http://www.state.gov - Country Background notes
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html - CIA’s World Fact Book
http://www.towd.com/ - Tourism Offices Worldwide Directory
http://www.countryreports.org/ - Information on many countries
http://www.countryreports.org/anthems/anthemindex.asp - National Anthems
http://www.dltk-kids.com/world/index.htm
http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/explore/nations.html
http://gosouthamerica.about.com/library/graphics/blazindex.htm - an "About" site about South American countries
http://www.peacecorps.gov/kids/ - Peace Corp Kids
http://www.yahooligans.com/around_the_world/holidays/ - Holidays around the world
http://scouts.elysiumgates.com/- Girl Scout/Guide Postal Index
http://www.embassyworld.com/embassy/directory.htm - Contact embassies around the world

MAPS
http://www.eduplace.com/ss/ssmaps/index.html - outline maps
http://www.theodora.com/maps/
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html
http://www.stjernberg.com/maps/mapguide.htm - The Map Guide
http://www.abcteach.com/directory/researchreports/maps/
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/maps/
http://monarch.tamu.edu/~maps2/ - If you are doing a “State Fair” for Thinking Day, this is a great site for customizing state maps!

FLAGS
http://www.flags.net - World Flag Database
http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/ - Flags of the World
http://www.poohswoods.homestead.com/flagpins.html - beaded flags
http://www.poohswoods.homestead.com/fp2.html - more beaded flags
http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/cbk-us.html - More flags to color
http://www.lil-fingers.com/coloring/color.html - More flags to color
http://www.geographic.org/flags/ - Flags of all countries, also geography, climate and maps
http://www.allstates-flag.com/fotw/flags/cbk.html - Flags to Color
http://www.abcteach.com/directory/researchreports/flags/

TRANSLATION SITES
http://www.freedict.com/
http://www.travlang.com/languages/
http://www.freetranslation.com/
http://world.altavista.com/
http://www.translate.ru/eng/erre.asp - Here’s how to read that German (or French or Russian, etc) Website. Click on the ‘Web Page” tab on top of the page Click on the drop down menu to the correct to/from
translation you want Then enter the site URL that you want translated You will be redirected to that site. In the case of the German Girl Guides Site, click on the logo at the right of the screen and then you will go into the site...in English.

PATCHES AND PROGRAMS
http://www.patchworkdesigns.net/patchprogramscountries.htm - Patch Programs for Australia, Brazil, China, England, Egypt, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Sweden, Switzerland, USA
http://www.girlscouts-rh.org/patches/friendship.htm - Girl Scouting: A World of Friendship Patch Program
http://www.girlscouts-rh.org/patches/everyone.htm - Everyone Belongs Patch Program
http://www.flatstanleyproject.com/girl-scouts.htm - Flat Stacie Project for Girl Scouts/Girl Guides
http://www.readtofeed.org/- Read to Feed, an international service project designed for kids

MISCELLANEOUS
http://www.laurasmidiheaven.com/International.html - International Songs
http://www.girlscouts-rh.org/thinkday.htm - Thinking Day Activities
http://www.girlscoutshvgsc.org/Famous/famous.html - Famous Girl Scouts/Guides
http://www.ptgirlscouts.org/aboutus/famousalums.shtml - More Famous Girl Scouts
http://guidinguk.freeservers.com/FamousGuides.html - More Famous Girl Guides
http://users.freenet.am/~astgik/history.html - World Scout History
http://www.onlineconversion.com/ - Convert just about anything to anything else. Over 5,000 units and 30,000 conversions.
Want to combine your study of another country with the food pyramid? Go to http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/etext/000023.html to see a version of the pyramid for other cultures.

Learn about the World Thinking Day Postcard Exchange Sign up for the Exchange by August and start exchanging trade agreements later in September Click to subscribe to TDPostcardExchange Go to the Thinking Day Postcard Exchange