Peru Challenge
Badge
This badge is being sold to raise funds for the Anglia
Region trip to Peru in 2012. A group of girls and leaders
will be working with Kiya Survivors, a charity that helps
special needs children and their families.
All sections should complete one clause from the
Introduction to Peru activities and the Kiya Survivors
activities. Girls can then work on clauses from any
theme. Rainbow units should complete one extra clause,
Brownies three, Guides five and Senior Section seven.
Badges cost £1.50 each, and to order please contact Elizabeth McLachlan at
[email protected] or on 07525065678
Introduction to Peru
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Use the quiz sheet attached to test your unit’s knowledge about Peru
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Where in the world is Peru? Colour in the attached map (with or without
instructions) and find Peru.
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Colour in the Peruvian coat of arms
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Watch The Emperor’s New Groove
Kiya Survivors
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Do some Brain Gym! The children that attend the Rainbow Centre (the
special school Kiya Survivors runs) do Brain Gym every morning all
together in the playground to help calm down and get ready to learn.
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Have the girls communicate messages without talking (e.g. I’m hungry, do
you want to play tag?).
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Discuss what the girls think having special needs means. Do they know
anyone with special needs? Do children with special needs get help in
England?
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Look at Kiya Survivors’ website and talk about the work they do in Peru:
http://www kiyasurvivors org/
Llamas
Make llama masks out of paper plates with
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pulled apart cotton stuck on.
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Make model llamas
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Visit a llama (or alpaca) farm or trek centre
near you.
Go on a hike – llamas are used to carry
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supplies on a long journey.
Paddington bear
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Have a teddy bears’ picnic – with
marmalade sandwiches of course!
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Make Paddington passports, with all the
stamps he collected as he travelled from
Deepest Peru to England.
• Read some Paddington stories.
Alternatively, make up your own – draw
cartoons, act them out or simply tell
them.
Art
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Make mini panpipes out of drinking straws
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Do some weaving with paper or make a woven duct
tape coaster.
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Instead of writing, the Incas used long strings
called quipus with different combinations of
strings, colours and knots attached to
communicate. Make a quipu.
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Make pots and paint them.
History
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Learn some Quechua
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The Incas used to build pyramids for worshipping the sun god – the
taller the better, as that meant they were closer to heaven. Build a
pyramid out of lego, jenga bricks or chocolate fingers in teams and see
how tall you can make it.
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The Sapa Inca (Inca emperor) wore a lot of gold to show he was king.
Make your own Sapa Inca outfits from tin foil.
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Make mini Nazca Lines by drawing pictures onto paper with glue, then
pouring sand over the top.
Peruvian cuisine and festivals
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Guinea pig is a popular dish in Peru – what is the most exotic
food your group has eaten? What would they like to try?
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Celebrate “mes morado” or purple month
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Try some traditional Peruvian cuisine: frozen limonada, mana or
fresh corn tamales. Mana and corn tamales are complex recipes
and are more suitable for older groups. Alternatively, make
marzipan into fruit shapes – mana was invented by the
conquistadors when they couldn’t find marzipan, and is often
sold as miniature fruits.
Hello
Goodbye
Yes
No
Please
Thank you
You’re welcome
Excuse me
Sorry
Hi
Chocolate
Friend
United Kingdom
Cat
Dog
Horse
Fish
Rimaykullaykil
Tupananchis-kama
Arí
Mana
Arichu
Sulpayki
Imamanta
Dispinsayuway
Pampachayuway
Napaykullayki
Cacao miski
Masi
Hukllachasqa Qapaq Suyu
Michi
Alkho
Kawallu
Challwa
Mes Morados is a festival celebrating the Lord of Miracles (El Señor
de los Milagros), a Christ like figure painted onto a church in Lima in
the 1600s. The painting was the only part of the building to survive
a massive earthquake that devastated Lima, and since has been
associated with miracles. People wear purple all month and eat
turron de Doña Pepa. This is a syrup soaked stack of biscuits,
invented by a freed slave who had her paralysis cured after
worshipping at the painting. Have a purple themed meeting and
decorate biscuits instead. Older groups may want to make turron de
Doña Pepa. Recipes can be found readily online, but the biscuits are
anise flavoured and so are not to everyone’s taste.
BRAZIL is the largest country
ARGENTINA is the second largest
CHILE is very long and skinny
URUGUAY only borders on BRAZIL and ARGENTINA
FRENCH GUINEA is the smallest country
VENEZUELA is the northernmost country
PERU borders on five countries
COLUMBIA borders on four countries
BOLIVIA and ECUADOR border PERU, but ECUADOR is smaller
PARAGUAY is between BOLIVIA and URUGUAY
GUYANA is next to BRAZIL, VENEZUELA and SURINAME
Peru Quiz
1. Which continent is Peru on? (South America)
2. What is the capital of Peru? (Lima)
3. What languages are spoken in Peru? (Spanish and Quechua)
4. What is the currency? (Nuevos sol and centimes)
5. Which relative of the camel lives in Peru? (Llama)
6. Can you ride a llama? (No – they can’t carry the weight and are pack animals)
7. What were the Spaniards who invaded Peru in the 1600s called? (conquistadors)
8. Which Disney movie is based on the Incas? (The Emperor’s New Groove)
9. The Incas invented the wheel, true or false? (False, they never invented wheels)
10. Which long lost city was discovered in Peru in 1912? (Machu Picchu)
11. Which mountain range is partly in Peru? (The Andes)
12. How many festivals are celebrated in Peru?
13. What is (roughly) the population of Peru?
14. What is an empanada? (A savoury pastry filled with meat, like a Cornish pasty
but spicier)
15. Which craft is associated with Peru; weaving, glass blowing or whittling?
(Weaving)
Communicating messages cards
You are good at
drawing
What is the time?
I don’t like this game.
I want to have a drink
I’m too hot
My shoes itch
I like your T-shirt
I’m feeling hungry
The Panpipes:
Cut drinking straws to different lengths. Close off one end with sticky tape. Lay the
straws together on a strip of tape to stick them together and finish off the panpipe.
Woven Duct Tape Coasters:
Decide how long you want your (square) mat to be. Measure out and cut strips of duct
tape this long, then fold each strip in half lengthways (you may need to second pair of
hands/small heavy book to hold down the tape in the middle and make sure it is evenly
folded). Cut a strip long enough for all your tape “threads” to be stuck to it to make a
frame. Stick down half of your tapes, then weave in the other half. Use duct tape to
edge. Brightly coloured tapes work really well; make sure that the tapes are flush when
weaving to avoid holes and that the pattern is alternated when weaving – i.e. if you
start one strip going over - under, the next strip should go under-over.
Quipus
Give each girl one long plain string (black of grey), then have an assortment of
different coloured wool/thread for them to choose from. The only rules are that knots
are used for counting and each colour should represent something.
Photo resources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nazca_monkey.jpg
http://miltiade.pagesperso-orange.fr/GB/mesoameriq1.htm
Other Resources
Fresh corn tamales recipe:
http://southamericanfood.about.com/od/appetizersfirstcourses/r/humitas.htm
Mana recipe:
http://southamericanfood.about.com/od/desserts/r/mana.htm
Frozen limonada recipe:
http://southamericanfood.about.com/od/drinks/r/limonada.htm
List of alpaca farms:
http://www.bas-uk.com/membership/find-member