Memory Keepers IP

Memory Keepers The Memory Keepers IP is an interest project from the Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana Council.

Skill Builders

Create flashcards with the definitions for these important terms (you may want to add pictures). You may have to talk with a scrap booker or research online.

Have someone that teaches or has expertise in scrap booking to make a presentation to the troop.
Discuss with the troop the roles of women in history: Dolly Madison, National Women’s History Month, role in the family to preserve history, etc.
Make several greeting cards to practice using the various scrap booking tools, techniques, and supplies.
Create a scrap book or album commemorating a troop activity, council event, party, or trip; use the knowledge gained from the presentation, flashcards, and/or online search.

Compare ways families of yesteryear preserved their history to today’s family’s methods of preserving the family history. Talk with family members, local historians, or do an online search.
Identify and explain how to use various tools used in scrapbooking today. i.e. ruler, scissors, paper trimmer, die cutter, stamp, corner rounder, paper punch, templates, etc.
Do an online search and find several websites on scrapbooking: find ideas for layouts, instructions in a new technique, free components to save and print – clip art, borders, frames, and also research which products are available online or in stores where products may be purchased.
Find someone who can explain and demonstrate a Cricut, Wishblade, or other electronic personal media cutting machine.

Work with a younger troop to familiarize them with the basic terms associated with scrapbooking. You may use the flashcards made in I A.
Attend a younger troop event. Assist the troop in taking photos and creating a scrapbook page for their scrapbook.

Identify two or more careers that require preservation of history through documentation and explain the types of documentation required.
Explore home based businesses in scrapbooking.
Visit a scrapbook store and interview the proprietor. Investigate the different types of skills necessary to own, operate, and/or work in a scrapbook business.