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Description

A reflective activiy encouraging Cubs to think about their struggles in life, and encouraging them to seek help (from the group today, but also from parents/teachers)

Resources

Printouts of "What's your Dragon" page (optional, you could just write on paper).
Pens/Pencils
Clipboards/Something to make writing easier

Instructions

__ The Legend, tell the story __
The Legend of St George tells the story of how a dragon was terrorising a city in Libya when George arrived.

In order to prevent the dragon from destroying the city the residents had to give the dragon two sheep every day.

When the sheep started running out, they had to give a human sacrifice instead!

The city’s residents voted on which child to send next, George happened to turn up just as the king’s daughter had been chosen.

George killed the dragon, and saved the city from having to give any more sacrifices.
The Moral
This is a classic story about fighting some trouble to help make the world a better place. In this story the Dragon represents something which is troubling people, and George represents the solution to the problem.

For example if I’m having trouble getting on with my sibling and we’re fighting all the time, we could ask our parents to be our George to help us resolve our problems. Hopefully without anyone getting killed!

__ Activity Time __
In small groups talk about the kinds of problems which exist in the world. They can be personal problems which only affect us - or huge problems which affect thousands or millions of people.

Give each person a piece of paper (see below) on which they can write one or a few problems, and some possible solutions. Give everyone 5-10 minutes to do this.

They could be suggestions for how someone can work on a personal problem (like by speaking to a teacher/friend), or big problems we all need to do our best on (like climate change).

Come back together, go around the circle and ask/encourage each person to share the problem they wrote and how they think they can work on it. Ask them if they would like more suggestions/ideas, and if they do let the rest of the group suggest things.

Try to facilitate practical, actionable items - so each Cub can go away with something in their mind they can actually do right now.

Tags

• problems
• self-reliance
• selfcare
• St George

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