Girls Club Appeal
Fund-raising film
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Description
An appeal for Scottish Girls' clubs highlighting the various activities offered. Includes shots of Loch Lomond, Glasgow streets, the club entrance, a cookery class, dressmaking class, drama class, first aid, kilt making, baby care classes, keep fit and Scottish country dancing.
Questions & Activities
Questions
- What does the narrator mean when he says it helps "the girls develop their natural talents"?
- If there was a girls' club what kind of things would you like to learn?
- What different activities were the girls doing in the clip - how many of them do you do?
- What do you think being a good citizen meant for girls?
- What are the charity appeals today - what types of charity?
- Show of hands for how many donated to Comic Relief/Children in Need - if it was a charity for the Girl Guides would you donate to it?
- Is this film set before or early in World War II and what clues make you think this?
- Why do the women have to go away?
- What expectation is there for these girls?
- What careers do you think were open to girls at that time?
Activities
Social History / Health and Wellbeing: Contrast the Girls Club to Girls Brigade, Guides, Scouts today and present your findings.
Social History / Modern Studies: Research how charity appeals are filmed and investigate how this differs to today.
Social Studies: Put together your own charity appeal (e.g. lunchtime club).
Social History / Maths: Research how many women were in employment in the 1940s/1950s compared with today - present your findings in a graph.
Social Studies: Discussion activity about career aspirations.
English: Creative writing - imagine one of these girls is transported to modern day Scotland - how would they feel, act? If you were transported back to 1939 how would feel and act?
Social History: Research topic - speak to grandparents about their experiences of clubs. Investigate the rights of the child.
Clip Details
| Record Id | 007-000-000-145-C |
|---|---|
| Resource Rights Holder | National Library of Scotland |
| Project Ref | 0862 |
| Date | 1939 |
| Genre | Promotional Film, Charity |
| School Subject | Health and Wellbeing, History, Mathematics, English, Social Studies |
| Subject Matter | Citizenship |
| Who | Girls |
| Where | Glasgow, Glasgow, Loch Lomond |
| Attributes | Black and White, Sound |
| Clip Length | 2:16 |
| Film Length | 02:16 |
| References | Girl Guides, Scouts, Girls/Boys Brigade. |