4-H Trips
Take a State, National or International Trip With 4-H!
The Wisconsin 4-H Trip Program provides a variety of learning opporunities that:
-Recognize the accomplishments of outstanding 4-H members in projects, activities, community contributions, and leadership.
-Encourage youth participation in high quality educational programs.
-Demonstrate publicly the quality of the 4-H Program.
Sauk County 4-H provides partial funding for a variety of trips and awards available through the Wisconsin 4-H Youth Development Office. Youth in grade 6 or higher are eligible to apply. To be considered you must complete a two step application process:
- Complete the Sauk Trip and Award Interest Form, a cover letter, resume and references page. Participate in a short interview (5-7 minutes) with a panel of Sauk County community members.
4-H State and National Trip Interest Form 
Sauk Co Trip Interview ResumeGuide
State and National Trip Opportunities Description
International Trips
International Programs is a statewide 4-H project. It features curriculum that will guide you through the project. For a copy contact your County 4-H Office or order online at: Extension Publications. For additional curriculum possibilities, explore the National Directory of 4-H Materials and do a key word search for International Programs.
International 1
What you can do in this project: explore the world around you through maps; track weather in various parts of the world; make your family tree by talking with relatives; explore where your ancestors came from.
Grades: 3-12
Resource: 4H812, And My World
International Leader
Resources: 4H812, And My World
4H500, I’m a 4-H Project Leader. Now What Do I Do?
Materials for County 4-H Program Coordinators
Sample Presentation (13 pages, 8,780 KB)
Display Board Materials (16 pages, 9,990 KB)
Activity Plans
Learning by doing . . . that’s been the 4-H way for 100 years! Dive into these fun International Programs activities.
It’s a Small World: Overview (2 pages, 95 KB) Introduction to the It’s a Small World activity series. Through books, games, food and activities, learners will explore various aspects of the world’s cultures.- It’s a Small World: Evaluation Tool (1 page, 43 KB) A suggested instrument to evaluate activities in the It’s a Small World series.
It’s a Small World: 4-H Project Box Contents (4 pages, 149 KB) List of lesson plans and materials to complete the four activities in the “It’s a Small World” 4-H Afterschool International series.- It’s a Small World: American Indian (2 pages, 73 KB) Activity for youth in grade 3 to help them understand how American Indians prepared and used natural materials.
- It’s a Small World: China (2 pages, 123 KB) In this activity youth celebrate a traditional Chinese festival with food and decorations that they have made.
- It’s a Small World: Guatemala (3 pages, 86 KB) Youth explore the differences and similarities between Guatemalan culture and their own, as they explore the Spanish language and make a Guatemalan “Worry Doll.”
- It’s a Small World: South Africa (2 pages, 179 KB) In this activity youth make two craft projects related to South Africa and experience a folk story representative of the nation.
