Language & Culture Belt Loop
Complete these three requirements:
- Talk with someone who
grew up in a different country than you did.
Find out what it was like and how it is
different from your experience.
- Learn 10 words that
are in a different language than your own.
- Play two games that
originated in another country or culture.
Language & Culture Academics Pin
Earn the Language & Culture belt loop, and
complete seven (7) of the following requirements:
- Earn the BSA
Interpreter Strip.
- Write the numbers
1-10 in Chinese or another number system
other than the one we normally use (we use
the Arabic system).
- Visit an embassy,
consulate, or charge d'affairs for another
country.
- Make a display of
stamps or postcards of another country.
Explain the importance or symbolism of the
things depicted to that country's culture.
- Learn 30 words in a
language other than your own.
- Learn a song in
another country's language.
- Say five words in
American Sign Language. One of these words
could be your first name.
- Visit a restaurant
that specializes in recipes from another
country.
- Watch a TV show or
movie in a foreign language. Tell how easy
or difficult it was to understand what was
happening.
- Interview an
interpreter. Find out what his or her job is
like.
- Make a list of 30
things around your home that were made in
another country.
- Read a book or story
about an immigrant to the United States.
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09/10/08