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Book Backdrop: Here Come the Girl Scouts!

Album Description

This book backdrop is created to give primary students a context for the book Here Comes the Girl Scouts! by Shana Corey and illustrated by Hadley Hooper. These images and newspapers will give students additional background knowledge and enhance a rich conversation. The images and newspapers can be used at any time within reading the story.   Pre K - 2    3 - 5 

Girl Scouts

Teaching Notes

This is a picture of a girl scout interacting with Uncle Sam. This image can be used with questions such as "Who do you see in this picture?" and "What do you know about these figures? How does this relate to the importance of girl scouts?". 

I imagine this being used at the end of the book. 

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2016829157/

Reference note

Created / Published: [1920]
Genre: Glass negatives
Notes: -  Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves.
-  Date from negatives in same range.
-  Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947.
-  General information about the National Photo Company collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.npco
-  This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings.
-  Temp. note: Batch one.
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: npcc 02925 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/npcc.02925

Girl Scouts

Teaching Notes

If there are students who are girl scouts, this image can be used to discuss the reasoning for choosing this activity and contrasting it to current activities girl scouts do for badges. 

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2016823415/

Reference note

Created / Published: [between 1920 and 1921]
Genre: Glass negatives
Notes: -  Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve.
-  Date from negatives in same range.
-  Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947.
-  General information about the National Photo Company collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.npco
-  This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings.
-  Temp. note: Batch seven.
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: npcc 29553 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/npcc.29553

[Mrs. Juliette Gordon Low (left) Mrs. Arthur O. Choate (Anne Hyde Choate) (right),

Teaching Notes

On the left is Julliete Gordon Low, the founder of the girl scouts. This image can be used at the beginning of the text to discuss what the students are noticing and thinking. This image can also be used again after the book had been read to gage students comprehension of the text by asking what additional information they know about her. 

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2014704553/

Reference note

Summary: Photograph shows Juliette Gordon Low (1860-1927), founder of Girl Scouts of the USA with her goddaughter, Anne Hyde Clarke Choate (1886-1967) who was also a leader of the Girls Scouts organization.
Contributor Names: Bain News Service, publisher
Created / Published: [between ca. 1915 and ca. 1920]
Genre: Glass negatives
Notes: -  Title devised by Library staff.
-  Caption on item "Mrs. Arthur O. Choate, Mrs. Juliette Low" misidentifies the women.
-  Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
-  General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: ggbain 24369 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.24369

GIRL SCOUTS PREPARE LUNCHEON UNDER WATCHFUL EYES OF MRS. ROOSEVELT. WASHINGTON, D.C. APRIL 30. ARRIVING EARLY AT THE GIRL SCOUTS LITTLE HOUSE WHERE SHE WAS HONOR GUEST AT A LUNCHEON TODAY, MRS. ROOSEVELT WATCHED THE YOUNGSTERS PREPARE THE FOOD THEY LATER SERVED AT THE MEAL. THE FIRST LADY'S VISIT HIGHLIGHTED GIRL SCOUT PARTICIPATION THROUGHTOUT THE COUNTRY IN THE OBSERVANCE OF NATIONAL BETTER HOMES WEEK. SHOWN WITH MRS. ROOSEVELT, L TO R: SARAH DONALDSON; MARIAN FAEL; VIRGINIA STEELE; AND BETTY ROSSER

Teaching Notes

Eleanor Roosevelt is looking over girl scouts as they make a meal. This image can be used to help students see the importance of the girl scouts in America at the time and their connection to a larger political organization. 

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2016883972/

Reference note

Contributor Names: Harris & Ewing, photographer
Created / Published: [1940] April 30.
Subject Headings: -  United States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)
Genre: Glass negatives
Notes: -  Title from unverified caption data on negative or negative sleeve.
-  Date based on date of negatives in same range.
-  Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955.
-  General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.hec
-  Temp. note: Batch eight.
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: hec 47569 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hec.47569

[Rosa Parks visiting the Arizona Cactus-Pine Girl Scout Council, 1992]

Teaching Notes

This image was selected to highlight that Girl Scouts are still around. Rosa Parks is also in this image. If students have and understanding of Rosa Parks, they are ale to make a larger connection to the importance of Girl Scouts across time. 

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2015649615/

Reference note

Created / Published: [Phoenix, Arizona?], [1992]
Subject Headings: -  Parks, Rosa,--1913-2005
Genre: Photographic prints--Color--1990-2000
Portrait photographs--1990-2000
Group portraits--1990-2000
Notes: -  Title devised by Library staff.
-  Forms part of: Visual Materials from the Rosa Parks Papers (Library of Congress).
-  "Seattle filmworks 27Jan92" printed on back.
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: ppmsca 47539 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.47539

The Washington times. [volume], June 20, 1915, SUNDAY EVENING EDITION, Page 11, Image 11

Teaching Notes

Pointing out to students that this is in a newspaper would let give additional context to the importance of Girl Scouts. They would be able to contrast activities that were done in the past to the present. 

Reference link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026749/1915-06-20/ed-1/seq-11

Reference note

Newspaper: The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939
Newspaper Link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026749/1915-06-20/ed-1/seq-11
Image provided by: Library of Congress, Washington, DC
PDF Link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026749/1915-06-20/ed-1/seq-11.pdf

Richmond times-dispatch. [volume], April 09, 1922, Image 57

Teaching Notes

This newspaper was selected to highlight the number of girls involved in Girl Scouts. 

Reference link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045389/1922-04-09/ed-1/seq-57

Reference note

Newspaper: Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current
Newspaper Link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045389/1922-04-09/ed-1/seq-57
Image provided by: Library of Virginia; Richmond, VA
PDF Link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045389/1922-04-09/ed-1/seq-57.pdf

The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume], October 30, 1953, Page Page Eight, Image 8

Teaching Notes

This ad to donate to the community chest would again help students understand the importance of the Girl Scouts on a community level. The image is impactful and could make a lasting impression on students. 

Reference link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn92073229/1953-10-30/ed-1/seq-8

Reference note

Newspaper: The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972
Newspaper Link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn92073229/1953-10-30/ed-1/seq-8
Image provided by: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library, Chapel Hill, NC
PDF Link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn92073229/1953-10-30/ed-1/seq-8.pdf