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Northern Star Council Boy Scouts Program Syllabus

Scouting Emphasis

Contents Year A Explanation 5

Fall Semester Weekly Outline/ Materials Needed 6-9

Opening 10

Week 1 Introduction to Boy Scouts 11-14

Week 2 Loyal 15-19

Week 3 Trustworthy 20-24

Week 4 Friendly 25-30

Week 5 Courteous 31-35

Week 6 Helpful 36-39

Week 7 Kind 40-43

Week 8 Cheerful 44-47

Week 9 Thrifty 48-50

Week 10 Brave 51-53

Week 11 Clean 54-56

Week 12 Obedient 57-60

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Spring Semester Weekly Outline/ Materials Needed

61-64

Week 13 Reverent 65-67

Week 14 Be Prepared 68-70

Week 15 Doing Your Part 71-73

Week 16 Citizenship 74-76

Week 17 Positive Attitude 77-82

Week 18 Courage 83-85

Week 19 Leadership 86-88

Week 20 Mini Challenges 89-92

Week 21 Maps 93-97

Week 22 Compass 98-100

Week 23 Athletics 101-104

Week 24 Athletics 105-107

Week 25 Great Outdoors 108-110

Week 26 Staying Healthy 111-114

Week 27 Healthy Eating 115-118

Week 28 Service 119-122

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Contents Week 29 Making the Most of Yourself 123-125

Week 30 Court of Honor 126-128

Supplemental Activities 129-132

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Fall Semester Date Week # Activities Materials Needed

1 Scouting Intro, Scouts Into, Games

Writing utensils, posters and signs of Scout sign, Scout Salute and Scout Handshake. Plain paper, Tape and Scis-sors.

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Scout Badge, Group juggl-ing, Micro Scavenger Hunt

Writing utensils, Scout Badge work-sheet and Soft balls.

3 EDGE: Knots, Creative Ex-pression

Magazines*, Glue, Markers, Individual cut ropes, Scissors , Writing utensils.

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Requirement 10a, Marsh-mallow kick, throw and blow, Court of Honor Cere-mony

Writing utensils, 10a requirement worksheet, (3) marshmallows per Scout, measuring tape and Boy Scout Badges.

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Circle stride ball, EDGE: First aid, First aid worksheet

Writing utensils, First aid worksheet, markers, volleyball , chart paper, First Aid Kit (1 per aide)*.

6 Healing ground, Ice rescue

First Aid supplies, writing utensils, rope, blanket, pole.

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Sorry you missed, The bucket story, EDGE: Bro-ken bones and fractures, Role playing

First Aid supplies, beanbags, small con-tainer, plastic bowls, pitcher of beads, small cup, writing utensils.

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EDGE: Knots, Knot or not, Know your leaf

Writing utensils, plain paper, long rope

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Fall Semester

Date Week # Activities Materials Needed

9 Keep away, School Board meeting, Bean and Knife re-lay

Writing utensils, Computer with Inter-net, butter knifes, dried beans, (2) cups, plain paper.

10 Bomb Squad, alligator pit crossing

Writing utensils, bucket, tin can with 4 dots on it, a dummy doll for CPR., rope, pole.

11 Think fast, What is a family,

Family mobile

Plain paper, Writing utensils, maga-zines, markers, glue, hangers*, string, colored paper.

12 Candle duel, Family feud Writing utensils, long candles, squirt bottle*, water, bell or buzzer, chart paper, lighter.

* Designates that these items should be collected over time. We will col-lect as many of these items as possible for your units and distribute them evenly but please attempt to find these items on your own for your groups.

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Fall Semester

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Boy Scouts

Tender-foot

Second Class

First Class

Merit Badge

1 1-5, 7

2 8 and 9 Communication: 3 and 6

3 6 and 10 4a and 4b Communication: 1d, 2a and 8

4 7,8,9,10a Communication: 7c and 9

5 12a and 12b

First Aid: 5a, 5c, 5d and 5f

6 First Aid: 1a, 2a-d, 3a, 3d, 3e, 3f

7 First Aid: 4a-b, 6a-b, 7

8 5,6,10b,11,13,14 and 15

Advancement Completed

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Second Class

First Class

Merit Badge

12 Family Life: 4, 5, 6a, 6b 1-3

13 Family Life: 7a-b

14 Family Life: 6b, 4 and 5

15 Citizenship in the Community: 5 and 6

9 Communication: 4 and 5

10 First Aid: 3b-c, 5b, 5e, 5g, 5h, 5i and 5j

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Opening: Lead the Scouts in the Pledge of Allegiance and Boy Scout Oath. ( Utilize the posters to help). Have them hold the flag so all can see it. Have the Boy Scouts place their right hand over their hearts since they are not in uniform. Teach them the Boy Scout salute. As the Scout leader in uniform, you will do the salute.

Pledge of Allegiance

I pledge allegiance to the flag

Of the United States of America

And to the republic for which it stands

One nation under God, indivisible

With liberty and justice for all.

Date: Weekly

Opening Pledge, Oath, Handshake

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Boy Scout Oath

On my honor I will do my best to do my duty to God and my country and to obey the Scout

Law; To help other people at all times; To keep myself physically

strong, mentally awake, and morally

straight.

Boy Scout Salute

Make the Scout salute by forming the Scout sign with your right hand and then bringing that hand upward until your fore-finger touches the brim of your hat or the arch of your right eyebrow. The palm of your hand should not show.

Scout Law

A Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly,

courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave,

clean, and reverent.

Scout Handshake

The Scout handshake is made with the hand

nearest the heart and is offered as a token of

friendship. Extend your left hand to another

Scout and firmly grasp his left hand. The fin-

gers do not interlock.

Scout Sign

To give the Scout sign, cover the nail of the little finger of your right hand with your right thumb,

then raise your right arm bent in a 90 degree angle, and hold the three middle fingers of your hand up-

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Arrange room and gather supplies as needed

Lay out the attendance sheet with pencil/pen.

Read pages 1 and 7 in the Boy Scouts Handbook

Required Material :

�� Attendance Sheet

�� Pencils

�� Paper

�� Tape

�� Scissors

�� Posters and Signs of Scout Sign, Scout Sa-lute and Scout hand-shake

Opening and Opening Activity

Lead the Pledge of Allegiance with all Scout participants. Have Scouts place their right hand over their hearts since they are not in uniform. Pledge of Allegiance

I pledge allegiance to the flag Of the United States of America And to the republic for which it stands One nation under God, indivisible With liberty and justice for all. *Collect Birthdays and ages of all Boy Scouts! Materials: Paper, Pencils and Scissors Opening Activity: Introductions, Q&A Hands

Have Scouts work in pairs to trace one of each other's hands. When the hands are traced, have them write one of the questions below or any other question of your choosing, on each finger of the hand.

· What is your favorite TV show?

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· If you could choose your future career today, what would you be?

· What is your favorite school subject?

· If you could travel to anyplace in the world, where would you go?

· What is your favorite sport to watch or play?

You might provide Scouts with as many as ten questions. That way, they can pick and choose which ones they answer. Have Scouts write the answers to their ques-tions on the fingers. When hey have finished with their Q&A hands, give each Scout an opportunity to introduce themselves to the Scouts by sharing the infor-mation they have written on their hands.

Materials: Pencils and Paper Discussion: Boy Scouts Talk about what the Scouts think Boy Scouts is.

Discuss the only two rules of Boy Scouts. ( Follow the Scout Oath and Scout Law) Discuss what Boy Scouts promise to the Scouts. ( Page 1 in the Boy Scouts Handbook) Explain and discuss the Scout Oath, Law, Motto, Slogan and the Outdoor Code.

Scout Oath (have the boys repeat using the posters) On my honor I will do my best To do my duty to God and my country And to obey the Scout Law; To help other people at all times; To keep myself physically strong, Mentally awake, and morally straight. Scout Law (have the boys repeat using the posters) A Scout is: Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Friendly, Courteous, Kind, Obedient, Cheer-ful, Thrifty, Brave, Clean, and Reverent. Scout motto “Be prepared” It means to be ready for anything that comes along: a car accident, a drowning swimmer, a fire, or any other situation. Scout slogan “Do a good turn daily.” A “good turn” is a simple act of kindness or being helpful to someone else without expecting anything in return. It could be opening the door for someone whose hands are full, going to the store for an elderly person, cleaning up trash in your neighborhood, helping your brother or sister with school work, or doing the dishes for your parents.

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The Outdoor Code As an American, I will do my best to be clean in my outdoor manners, Be careful with fire, Be considerate of the outdoors, Be conservation-minded. Ask the Scouts to come up with one thing they want to learn and are looking for-ward to accomplishing during the Boy Scouts program. Have Scouts write their an-swers down on a piece of paper.

EDGE: Scouts Engage: Introduce the Scout Sign, Scout Salute and Scout Handshake. Inform the Scouts on why they use these three things and when to use these three. Demonstrate: Show Scouts the proper way to do the Scout Sign, Scout Sa-lute and Scout Handshake. Guide: Have Scouts practice the Scout Sign, Scout Salute and Scout Hand-shake in a large group. Go over when the Scouts would use each one again. Enable: Have Scouts pair up with each other and quiz one another on how to do the Scout Sign, Scout Salute and Scout Handshake.

Fun Activity: Around the Ranks Label four pieces of paper with the following: Boy Scouts, Tenderfoot, Second Class and First Class. Put the four signs in the four corners of the room. Pick one Scout to be the guesser and have them sit with their head down. The guesser will count to ten out loud. While the guesser is counting to ten, the oth-er Scouts will find a corner to stand in. Once the guesser counts to ten, they will then say a corner. All the Scouts in that corner will be out and have to sit down. The game continues until there is one Scout standing.

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Debrief

Have Scouts write down two things they learned, one new question they have and one thing they liked about the meeting. Have each Scout go around and say one thing from their list.

Closing

Have all Scouts make a circle and put their right hand into the middle of the circle, on top of one another. Count to three and Scouts will raise their right hand out of the circle and shout “Scouts!”.

Reminders:

1. Please make sure you collect ALL NAMES and BIRTHDAYS of ALL Scouts!

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Boy Scouts Program Syllabus

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Theme for this meeting: Loyal

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Arrange room accordingly and gather all supplies needed for this meeting. Lay out the attendance sheet and a pencil. Make sure to read pages 10 and 11 of the Boy Scouts Handbook. Also read over A Parent’s Guide on the inside of the front cover.

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�� Soft balls

�� Scout Badge Work-sheet

�� Micro Scavenger Hunt

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�� How to protect your child pamphlet

Opening and Opening Activity :Lead the Pledge of Allegiance with all Scout participants. Have Scouts place their right hand over their hearts since they are not in uniform.

Materials: Scout badge worksheet and Pencils Opening Activity: Scout Badge Go over the Scouts Badge and have Scouts fill out the Scout Badge Worksheet. Parts of the Scout badge 1. The top three points of the badge represent the three parts of the Scout Oath: duty to God & country, duty to self, duty to yourself. 2. The eagle and shield stand for freedom and a Scout’s readiness to defend freedom. 3. The two stars represent truth and knowledge. 4. The shape of the badge points north (like a compass) and means a Scout points the right way in life. 5. The scroll, with the Scout motto, is turned up at the ends as a reminder that a Scout smiles while doing his duty. 6. The knot is a reminder of the Scout slogan, “Do a good turn daily.” Go over the pamphlet How to Protect Your Children From Child Abuse: A Parent’s Guide on the inside of the front cover.

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Name:____________________

Date:_____________________

1)___________________________

2)___________________________

3)___________________________

4)___________________________

5)___________________________

6)___________________________

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Materials: Soft balls or objects Activity: Group Juggling Have team form a standing circle. Explain that the group will juggle a ball around the circle with these rules:

1. Must throw it to someone that has not caught it yet. 2. Must throw it to someone that is not directly next to you. 3. Last scout throws it back to the first scout.

The leader should start with the ball. Once the ball has gone around, ask them to repeat the same pattern, throwing to the exact same Scout from the first time. Now, explain that the pattern is set - all you have to do is remember who you throw to. We are now going to see how many balls we can successfully juggle. Now, give the group 1 minute to discuss strategy and improve their ball count. Do not give suggestions, but answer if you are asked if an idea is legal. For example, they may want to change places or roll the balls.

Discussion Have the Scouts discuss what being loyal means (giving or showing firm and constant support or allegiance to a person or institution). Have Scouts answer the following questions: Who are some people they are loyal to? What are they loyal to? Ask Scouts if they know what the buddy system is? And what does the buddy system mean? Next have each Scout write a 5 minute speech on the Scout Badge or what it means to be loyal. Make sure Scouts include examples. Have Scouts present their speeches during a group meeting. (It may be best to have half of the Scouts go at the end of this meeting and the rest of the Scouts go at the beginning of the next meeting) Next have each Scout de-velop a plan to teach a skill or inform someone about something. Have each Scout prepare teaching aids for their plan. When finished decide whether or not the Scout has taught the group what they intended.

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Activity: Micro Scavenger Hunt Each patrol gathers in a separate spot around the activity area. The leader asks for a particular item and the first patrol to get it to him re-ceives a point. Having a few requests (such as 5 wristwatches) that one pa-trol will most likely not have, but two or three working together could have, will cause the scouts to either give up or figure out to work together. Points should be given to both patrols that work together and are first to pro-duce. Some examples: �� a pair of scissors �� a sock with a hole in it �� a driver’s license �� a grey piece of string �� a square knot �� exactly 63 cents �� 3 phones �� 5 wristwatches �� a pencil or pen

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Debrief


Closing


Reminders:

1. Please make sure you collect ALL NAMES and BIRTHDAYS of ALL Scouts!

2. Phase I

3. Popcorn Sale!!!!!

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hitches, the taut-line hitch and whipping and fusing the ends of a rope. Read pages 8, 34, 36 and 37 in the Boy Scouts Handbook. Make examples for the Creative Expression activity. Think about and make notes on what the Scouts are doing well on for the Scoutmaster Conference. Arrange room accordingly, gather all supplies and material needed.

Required Material :


�� Pencils

�� Paper

�� Individual cut ropes

�� Scissors

�� Magazines

�� Glue

�� Markers


All Scouts and leaders join in the Pledge of Allegiance, the Scout Oath and Scout Law.

Opening Activity: Two Truths and a Lie Give the Scouts some time to come up with two truths and one lie. Scouts can remember them in their head or they can write them down. Each Scout will share their two truths and a lie one at a time and the group will have to figure out which one is the lie.

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Materials: Large chart paper and Markers Discussion Have Scouts go around and say what they think it means to be trustworthy (able to be relied on as honest or truthful). Have the Scouts as a group come up with a list of trustworthy and untrustwor-thy behavior. Have Scouts discuss why it is important to be trustworthy.

Theme for this meeting: Trustworthy

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EDGE: ( Engage, Demonstrate, Guide, Enable) KNOTS Engage: Introduce why the square knot, two half hitches, taut-line hitch and whip-ping and fusing the ends of a rope is important. Engage Scouts in a discussion about when these things will be important for them to know. Also, what they can be used for. Demonstrate: Show the Scouts how to do the square knot, two half hitches, taut-line and whipping and fusing the ends of the rope. Square knot: Hold one rope end in each hand. Pass the right end over the left end. Wrap it under the rope in your left hand. Pull it snug. Next, pass the rope now in your left hand over the one now in your right. Tuck the new left end under the one now in your right. Pull it snug. If done correctly, the knot will slide loosely back and forth. Remember: RIGHT OVER LEFT, LEFT OVER RIGHT.

Two Half Hitches: Used to attach a rope to a tree or post. Pass the end of the rope over a pole. Bring the short end under the pole and back over the top of the long end (also called the standing end) of the rope. The rope should now look like a large number “4” with the pole through the open part of the “4”. Tuck the short tail of the rope up through the opening of the “4”. Make another “4” with the rope just below the first one. This one will likely be much smaller than the first one. Make sure the short end of the rope is on top of the long end. Tuck the short tail of the rope through the opening of the “4”. This is called two half hitches. Taut line hitch: A taut line hitch is used to keep a line tight or “taut”. Use it to loosen or tighten the ropes on your tent or dining fly at summer camp. Pass the rope around a tent stake or other secure object. Bring the short end under the long end attached to the tent. Wrap the short end around the long end (passing through the opening) twice. Bring the short end over the top of the long end, and tuck the short end through the new opening. Be sure to keep the knot neat while doing this so it will grip tightly, Pull it tight. The knot will now adjust up or down to tighten up the tent.

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Whip the ends of a rope to keep them from unraveling. Use a piece of twine at least 2 feet long. Make it into a loop and place this at the end of the rope. Wrap the twine around the rope. When the whipping is as wide as the rope is thick. Tuck the end that has been wrapped around the rope through the loop at the end, pull the ends of the twine hard. Trim off the excess twine. Whip the other end of the rope. Fuse the ends of braided or synthetic rope by melting the ends over a can-dle to prevent the rope from fraying. WARNING!!! The rope will be very hot and could catch fire. Do not touch it or another Scout until cooled for several minutes. If the end of the rope is placed in the flame or held too close causing the end of the rope to turn black. Burning plastic can also give off toxic fumes. If the end of the rope is held above the flame, unburned carbon particle will be deposited on the melted plastic causing it to turn black. A candle flame will generate enough heat to fuse the end of a rope up to about one inch in diameter. ATTENTION: Although there is little or no danger, it best to inform the school manager before doing this activity indoors. Because of the use of fire / flame, locations may ask that this activity be done outdoors. Guide: Partner the Scouts together and have them practice tying the square knot and two hitches. Once each Scout have attempted tying these knots, have the Scouts try the taut-line and whipping and fusing the ends of the rope. Enable: Ask for one Scout to volunteer and show the large group how to tie the square knot and two half hitches.

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Activity: Telephone Have Scouts form a line. Whisper a message to the first Scout in line (Such as “Boy Scouts Rocks”). The next Scout must then whisper it to the next Scout and so on. The Scout at the end of the line must say what he heard out loud. See how close it was to the original sentence. Try this one or two more time. Discussion Discuss how the Scouts had to trust that their fellow Scout members would not change up the message before it got to the end of the line. Next, discuss what form of communication they used. Discuss and make a list of other ways to com-municate with others. Pick two or three responses from the list and discuss when that might not be appropriate or effective form of communication.

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Materials: Paper, Markers, Pencils, Magazines and Glue. Activity: Creative Expression Have Scouts think of a creative way to express who they are to the large group. For example, a collage, a short story, drawing, song or a poem. Give Scouts time to create how they would like to express themselves to the large group. Once Scouts are done, have them present what they came up with to the large group. Scoutmaster Conference: While each Scout is working on their presentation of themselves, take time to meet with each Scout. Go over what the Scout is do-ing well on, how the Boy Scout program is going for him and ask the Scout if there is anything that he wants to do that he has not had the opportunity to do as of yet. This meeting should be done in viewing and hearing distance of all Scouts. At a table in the open will work just fine. *Remember leaders are to NEVER have one on one contact with Scouts! Have Scouts plan a Court of Honor for next week meeting. Pick one Scout to serve as master of ceremonies. Help guide Scouts on what should be included in the ceremonies.

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Reminders:

1. Get Boy Scout Badges for next week Court of Honor Ceremony.

2. Popcorn Sale!

3. Phase I

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Contact parents of Scouts that have earned their Boy Scout badge and inform the parents that they are invited to the Court of Honor Ceremo-ny. Arrange room accordingly and gather all supplies needed for this meeting. Lay out the attendance sheet and a pen. Read requirements number 7,8,9 and 10a on pages 7 and 8 in the Boy Scouts Requirement book. Also read page 75, requirements 7c and 9 in the Boy Scouts Requirement book.

Required Material


�� Pencils

�� Boy Scout Badges

�� 3 Marshmallows per Scout

�� Measuring tape

Opening and Opening Activity: All Scouts and leaders join in the Pledge of Allegiance, the Scout Oath and Scout Law.

Materials: Worksheet for Tenderfoot Requirement 10a Opening Activity Have Scouts do the following Push-ups, Pull-ups, Sit-ups, Standing long jump and ¼ mile walk/ run. Scouts should fill out the their current results on the worksheet. Inform Scouts that they will be working on these things for 30 day and will record their final results then.

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Discussion Go over the Scouts Oath, Law, motto and slogan and then have the Scouts explain what they all mean. Have Scouts come up with a patrol name, a patrol yell and create a flag to represent their patrol.

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Name:______________

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Name:_______________

Date:________________

Push-ups

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1/4 mile walk /run

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Materials: 3 marshmallows per Scout Activity: Marshmallow Kick, Throw and Blow Disclaimer: Make sure Scouts do not eat the marshmallows before, after or during. The Scouts will have had their hands feet and germs all over the marshmallows making it very unsanitary for them to eat. Set up the kicking, throwing, and blowing stations separately so groups can rotate through them with minimized waiting. Kick: Each Scout stands at the kicking line and kicks one of his marshmallows as far as he can. His distance is measured and tallied. You might have a rule that a Scout can have a second attempt if it is missed or goes less than 1 foot. Throw: Each Scout stands at the throwing line and throws one of his marshmal-lows as far as he can. His distance is measured and tallied. Blow: Each Scout stands at the blowing line and puts a marshmallow in his mouth. He blows it as far as he can. His distance is measured and tallied. The winner is the one with the farthest combined distances. Or, do as a patrol com-petition and add up the Kick, Throw and Blow scores for each patrol member. Di-vide by number of patrol members to reach an average. Patrol with the highest score wins.

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Discussion Have the Scouts discuss sportsmanship and being friendly. Then have the Scouts describe what a bully is and how they should respond to one. Next have the Scouts produce a bro-chure, a newsletter, flyer, or other printed material for the group. The Scouts must include one article and one photo-graph or illustration.

Discussion: Have the Scouts make a list as a class about 3 career opportunities in commu-

nication. Have them choose one and find out about the edu-cation, training, and experience required for this profession. Have them explain why that profession may interest them. Discuss with the Scouts about upcoming camping opportuni-ties see if any Scouts have ever been camping and go over some of the rules and guidelines when camping.

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Court of Honor: Welcome to all our guests, especially the parents of the Scouts of Troop ____ (troop number). We are here today to recognize these Scouts for several weeks for hard work. They have learned the ideals of Scouting – the Scout Oath and Scout Law and they are still learn-ing. They have learned about teamwork and they are still learning. They have learned about responsibility and they are still learning. They have learned about leadership and they are still learning. You probably noticed that one of our Scouts opened the meeting. He is Scout (name of Senior Patrol Leader). He is our Senior Patrol Leader – the senior Scout in the troop, elected by his fellow Scouts. This leader-ship position will rotate twice a year to allow all the Scouts an oppor-tunity to lead. By the power invested in me by the Boy Scouts of America, I hereby convene this Court of Honor to recognize these Scouts. Boy Scout rank The Boy Scout badge is the first step along the trail to that of Eagle Scout. It is not an easy trail, but it is one that is attainable. To reach this first step, these Scouts had to learn the Scout Oath, Scout Law, Scout handshake, Scout sign, Scout salute, and the Pledge of Alle-giance. They also had to each participate in a personal growth agree-ment conference in which they set goals and plans for future achieve-ments. Would Scout (call a Scout’s name) please come forward. Are your parent’s here to join you? Parents, please come up here, too. Parents, please pin your son’s Boy Scout badge on his left shirt pocket. Call each Scout forward one at a time and complete the same process. Also have individual awards as well as participation awards. CLOSING Senior Patrol Leader calls the troop to attention. All Scouts give the Scout sign and recite together the Scout Law. The Senior Patrol Leader reads the points of the Scout Law with the Scouts repeating each point, as below: Senior Patrol Leader: A Scout is trustworthy. Scouts: A Scout is trust-worthy. Senior Patrol Leader: A Scout is loyal. Scouts: A Scout is loyal. Senior Patrol Leader: A Scout is helpful. Scouts: A Scout is helpful.

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Senior Patrol Leader: A Scout is friendly. Scouts: A Scout is friendly. Senior Patrol Leader: A Scout is courteous. Scouts: A Scout is courteous. Senior Patrol Leader: A Scout is kind. Scouts: A Scout is kind. Senior Patrol Leader: A Scout is trustworthy. Scouts: A Scout is trustwor-thy. Senior Patrol Leader: A Scout is obedient. Scouts: A Scout is obedient. Senior Patrol Leader: A Scout is cheerful. Scouts: A Scout is cheerful. Senior Patrol Leader: A Scout is thrifty. Scouts: A Scout is thrifty. Senior Patrol Leader: A Scout is brave. Scouts: A Scout is brave. Senior Patrol Leader: A Scout is clean. Scouts: A Scout is clean. Senior Patrol Leader: A Scout is reverent. Scouts: A Scout is reverent. Scoutmaster: Thank you to our guests for coming.

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�� First Aid Supplies( Gloves, Tape, Adhe-sive Bandages, Sterile gauze Pads)

�� First Aid Worksheet

�� Markers

�� Volleyball


Materials: Volleyball

Opening Activity: Circle Stride Ball

Have the players in a circle with their feet spread and touching the foot of the player on either side. The Scout who is “it” stands in the center with a volleyball. He tries to roll it out of the circle between the feet of any of the players. If he is successful, the person who allowed the ball to go through becomes “it”. The players must use only their hands to stop the ball.

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EDGE: ( Engage, Demonstrate, Guide, Enable) First Aid and Heimlich ma-neuver Engage: Introduce the importance of First Aid. Have a discussion about when and why the Heimlich maneuver is used. Demonstrate: Show the Scouts how to do the Heimlich maneuver. Guide: Have the Scouts show the motion of the Heimlich maneuver. Once the Scouts have the motion down of the Heimlich maneuver have the Scouts practice the Heimlich maneuver on themselves. Make sure the Scouts know that the Heim-lich maneuver is not to be used on others. Enable: Have Scouts discuss what they just have learned. When is the Heimlich maneuver used? ( When food is caught in the throat) Why is it important to know how to do the Heimlich maneuver? (To help the victim get air to their lungs again) What are the steps that are taken before and after doing the Heimlich maneuver? (Ask, “Are you choking?” If the victim nods yes and he cannot speak, cough, or breathe, perform the Heimlich maneuver.) How to prevent the need for the Heimlich maneuver? ( Eat slowly and chew your food)

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Activity: First Aid Worksheet Have Scouts match the symptoms, proper first-aid procedures and possible pre-vention measures to the correct conditions on the First Aid Worksheet. Go over the worksheet with the Scouts and practice the proper first-aid procedures for simple cuts and scratches, blisters on the hand and foot, minor burns or scalds, bites or stings of insects and ticks, poisonous snakebite, nosebleed and frostbite and sunburn.

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First Aid Worksheet A) Hypothermia B) Frostbite C) Dehydration D) Burns and scalds E) Simple cuts and scratches F) Blisters on the hand and foot G) Bites or stings of insects and ticks H) Poisonous snakebites I) Nosebleed J) Sunburn K) Heimlich maneuver *Please place the correct letter next to the right situation below. 1)_________ is the opening of the skin and tissues that can allow germs to enter the body and cause infection. Wash with soap and water. Applying antiseptic can help prevent infection. Keep the wound clean with an adhesive bandage. 2)__________is used when food or objects get caught in the throat. Stand behind the victim. Put your arms around their waist and clasp your hands together. The knuckle of one thumb should be just above his navel but below his rib cage. Thrust your clasped hands inward and upward with enough force to pop loose the obstruction. 3)__________is a mild burn that cause the skin to be tender and it might also become red. Treat immediately by holding the burn under cold water or applying cool, wet compresses until there is little or no pain. 4)__________is a common injury among people who enjoy being outdoors. Prevent this by using plenty of sunscreen with a sun protection factor rating of at least 15. 5)__________are pockets of fluid that form as the skin’s way of protecting itself from friction. Avoid getting these by wearing shoes or boots that fit and by changing your socks if they become sweaty or wet. If you do get these, you can treat them by applying a doughnut bandage to relieve the pressure on your skin. 6)__________can cause sharp, burning pain. Get the victim under medical care as soon as pos-sible so that physicians can neutralize the venom. 7)__________is when moisture is lost through breathing, sweating, digestion, and urination. Can affect you by causing fatigue, confusion, headache and body aches. Prevent this by drinking plenty of fluids. 8)__________Is a danger to anyone who is not dressed warmly enough. Some symptoms of this include feeling cold and numb, fatigue and anxiety, uncontrollable shivering, stumbling and or falling down and loss of consciousness. Treat by taking the victim into a warm place and helping them rewarm to their normal body temperature. 9)__________a victim of this might complain that his ears, nose, fingers, or feet feel painful and then numb. Treat by getting the victim into a building and warming the injury. 10)__________can look bad but usually stops in just a few minutes. Have victim sit up and lean forward to prevent blood from draining into their throat. Pinch the nostrils together to maintain pressure on the flow. 11)__________do not squeeze or scratch the area. To prevent getting this wear proper clothing, thoroughly wash your hands and the area with soap and water.

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Arrange room accordingly and gather all supplies needed for this meeting. Lay out the attendance sheet and a pencil. Read pages 108 to 109 and numbers 1, 2a-d, 3a,d, e and f in the Boy Scouts Requirement book.

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�� Pencils

�� Boy Scouts Require-ment book

�� 10 foot rope for each Scout

�� Blanket

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Opening Activity:

Discuss with Scouts the first aid requirements for Tenderfoot, Second Class and First Class ranks. Next explain how you would obtain emergency medical assis-tance from your home, on a wilderness camping trip, and during an activity on open water.

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Discussion Discuss with the Scouts the term triage and the standard precautions as applied to blood borne pathogens. Have the Scouts prepare a first aid kit for their home. Discuss what action you should take for someone who shows signals of shock, for someone who shows signals of a heart attack, and for someone who shows signals of stroke. Show the steps that need to be taken for someone suffering from a severe cut on the leg and on the wrist. Tell the dangers in the use of a tourniquet and the conditions under which its use is justified.

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Activity: Healing Ground Mark out a 50 to 100 foot long play area. Objective: Heal everyone in your patrol as fast as you can. Scenario: Your patrol has contracted a strange, paralyzing sickness from the food prepared for breakfast. This sickness causes paralysis from the shoulders down. Luckily, your patrol leader seems to be immune. He has found a mineral deposit that sucks the poison from your body and allows you to walk again. The patrol leader must transport someone across. Then, that Scout can help bring others across using proper carrying methods. Proper carrying methods include Fireman carry and Two person lift. You may use an optional rule that the Scout being transported must be completely off the ground to be moved - he cannot be dragged. Reflect: What was the plan used to solve the problem?

�� How did you all come to that plan?

�� How was Trust needed in this activity?

�� How did you show you could be trusted? Allow the Scouts to try again this time choosing the first immune Scout they want.

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Activity: Ice Rescue Place equipment in a pile for each patrol in the back of the room. Patrols form a line at one end of the room. One Scout from each patrol is volunteered to be the victim that has fallen through thin ice. He goes to the far end of the room to meet with a game leader. The game leader tells them the scenario, that they have fallen through the ice and are very cold. If they are rescued from the ice, they still need to act cold and weak best acting gets 2 bonus points for their patrol. The victims lay down on their stomachs facing the rest of their patrols. Explain the situation to the patrols that some people have fallen through the ice and they need to each save one of them. They have about 2 minutes before it will be too late to save them. Judges will determine if any of the rescuers also be-come victims and if a victim is saved or not. (If someone walks out to the victim or gets too close, he falls through also.) The patrols should notice and use the equipment -staff to reach, rope to tie bow-line and throw to victim, blanket to warm victim once recovered. As patrols walk or crawl out, judges should give indications such as "You hear the ice cracking." Patrols should lay flat and crawl out and then reach. Once recovered, patrol should warm with blanket, treat for shock, and call for medical help. Questions: If they do not get the victim out in time, does a person go in after him and then get rescued? Do they do artificial respiration if needed?

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�� Pencils

�� The Boy Scout Hand-book

�� First Aid Supplies( Tri-angular bandages, La-tex gloves, Roller bandages, bandages)

�� Beanbags

�� Small container

�� Plastic bowls

�� Pitcher of Beads

�� Small cup



Materials: Beanbags

Opening Activity: Sorry You Missed

Have the Scouts stand in a small circle while each tries to toss a beanbag into a small container in the center of the circle. If the Scout misses, he must drop out. Each time around the Scouts take a step back.

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Activity: The Bucket Story Cont. {Hold half-filled bucket over your head as example.} Owen’s father said that for every unkind word or action, beads was taken out or put into another person’s bucket. Owen was late for the bus, so he didn’t give it much thought. However, when he got on the bus, he tripped over the step, an older kid made a snide remark. {Take the cup and take a cupful of beads out of “Owen’s” pitcher.} Then, he forgot his homework in first period and the teacher embarrassed him in front of the class. {Take another cupful out of Owen’s pitcher.} At reading class, he was called on to read in front of everyone, but he wasn’t a strong reader. And, so, when he stumbled over the words, the guy beside him snickered at his mistake. {Another cupful out.} Later, Jack said he wasn’t Owen’s best friend anymore but that the new guy was instead. {Another cupful out.} At lunchtime, Owen was feeling depressed and moody and angry. But as he sat down at the lunch table, he remembered what his dad said about the buckets of water, and he started wondering if maybe it were a bit true. He fig-ured his own bucket was by this point pretty low, but as he started looking around him in the lunchroom, he began to notice that other kids probably had low bead levels, too. He saw a boy that was new to school sitting by himself at the next table, so Ow-en invited him over to his group. {Pour beads from Owen’s pitcher into the sec-ond pitcher. Then pour a large cupful of beads from the supply bowl back into Owen’s pitcher.} At recess, Owen noticed that a girl had fallen and hurt her hand. He was one of the first ones to go get the teacher and tell the girl he was sorry she was hurt. {Scoop of beads from Owen’s bucket into third jar. Scoop cupful of beads from supply bowl back into Owen’s pitcher.} {Continue with ex-amples of kind acts Owen did throughout the day. Each thing he does for others, take beads from his bucket and put it into another bucket. But, also, be sure to fill up Owen’s bucket with beads from the big bowl. By the end of the activity, have Owen’s bucket be filled to the top, if possible.} Owen quickly realized that the more he chose to fill up other people’s buckets, the more beads he got himself. Doing kind things for others made him feel happy, confident, and less lonely. In filling other’s buckets, he was really filling his own.

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�� The Boy Scout Re-quirement book

�� Long rope 50 to 75 feet

�� Paper



Opening Activity: Sorry You Missed

Using the EDGE method, teach the Scouts how to tie the square knot then have them demonstrate with a partner. Explain the rules of safe hiking, both on the highway and cross-country, during the day and at night. Explain what to do if you are lost.

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Activity: Knot or Not Cont. The group of scouts can request the leader to shrink the knot, if they want. This re-sults in the leader carefully pulling 2 feet out on each end of the rope and adding 1 minute to the total time. Some groups might just take a guess right away, gambling that they will win big or totally lose. Others might request many pulls right away until the knot is obvious, ensuring they are correct but receiving large penalties. Or, they may investigate, try to figure it out, then ask for a few pulls through the process, burning time, but minimizing penalties. It's good to reflect on how the decision was made. Do we jump in with both feet, be overly cautious, or somewhere in between? You could use 20-30 feet of string in-stead as a smaller version and have troops compete against each other.

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Activity: Know Your Leaf (Emphasize leaf identification and speed to recognize and match items) It would be good to have a presentation or training about trees before this activi-ty. Divide Scouts into two teams. Give teams 5 minutes to gather a single leaf from as many different trees as they can. Emphasize that their entire team needs to be back when the 5 minutes is up or they will lose points for every second they are late. You may emphasize that only leaves and needles from plants with woody trunks are allowed. No flowers, weeds, or grasses. Arrange groups in a large circle, providing a place for each of them to organize their leaf collections. Have team one hold one of their leafs up and team two tries to identify the leaf. That patrol receives 10 points. Next it is team two turn. The first Scout on the other team that holds up the same kind of leaf receives 6 points for his team. The competition continues in this manner. If a leaf is held up and incorrectly identified, the team receives no points, but the first team to hold up and correctly identify the same leaf in their collection receives the 10 points. 6 points can be awarded to the other team if they have the same leaf. If a team holds up and correctly identifies a leaf that no other team has, they re-ceive their 10 points.

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�� Butter knifes

�� Dried Beans

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Materials: Basketball or Rubber ball

Opening Activity: Keep Away Divide the group into two teams. Give one team a basketball or rubber ball, which they pass among themselves, counting one point for every completed pass. When the other team intercepts, its players do the same. The leader keeps track of the number of passes. Winner is the team with the most points after a set time.

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Materials: Computer with Internet, Paper and Pencils Activity: School Board Meeting Go to the Anoka-Hennepin school district website at http://www.anoka.k12.mn.us/education/district/district.php?sectionid=10298. Click on school board. On the left hand side of the page, click on watch school board meetings. Pick a meet-ing to watch with the Scouts. Have Scouts take notes on what is being discussed and what issue stands out to them. Once the meeting is over, engage Scouts in a discus-sion about what they heard and what they

thought about the meeting. Ask the Scouts if the Anoka-Hennepin school district is being thrifty. If so, in what ways?

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�� Boy Scouts Require-ment book

�� Bucket

�� Tin can with 4 dots on it

�� Dummy doll for CPR

�� (4) 15ft ropes

�� (3) 10ft ropes

�� (3) 6-8ft poles



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Identify the conditions that must exist before performing CPR on a person. Then demonstrate proper technique in performing CPR using a training device ap-proved by your counselor. Explain the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED).

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Activity: Bomb Squad Preparation: Place the bomb disposal unit about 30 feet or so away from the bomb. Notes: Players will need to problem solve and figure out how to get two players to hold onto the bomb and not touch the ground so the bomb can be moved. A mad bomber has placed a bomb by the flagpole and your team is the bomb squad called in to dispose of it. The bomb has 5 triggers: one trigger on the bottom and 4 triggers on the sides. If the bomb is lifted from the ground, it will explode. If the 4 side triggers are held all at the same time, then the bomb can be safely lifted. If someone holds a trigger and touches the ground, the bomb will short out and explode. Your bomb squad must deposit the bomb safely inside the bomb disposal unit so it can be detonated. Discussion: Have the Scouts discuss what was hard about this activity and what was easy about this activity. Have them discuss what they would change about the activity if they could. Discuss and describe the symptoms, proper first-aid procedures, and possible prevention measures for the following conditions: con-vulsions/seizures, bruises, strains, sprains, abdominal pain, broken, chipped, or loosened tooth, knocked out tooth and muscle cramps.

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�� Glue

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�� Hangers

�� Magazines

�� String

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Opening Activity: Think Fast

Divide into two groups. Ask the following questions and after each question score a point to the side that gives the correct answer first. Pick a letter that the answer has to start with for the Scouts to get the points. What is a beverage that starts with the letter__? What is a bird that starts with the letter__? What is a vegetable that starts with the letter__? What is a body of water that starts with the letter__? What is a candy name that starts with the letter__? What is a brand that starts with the letter__? What is a book that starts with the letter__? What is a TV show that starts with the letter__? What is a sport that starts with the letter__?

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Activity: What is a Family? Materials: Paper and Pencils Have Scouts discuss what is family? A group of people who care for one another and share their lives and their love. Print pictures or cut them from magazines of fami-lies and have Scouts decided if they are a family and have them explain why or why not. Discussion: Have Scouts discuss why they think families are important to individuals and to society. Next discuss reasons the Scouts are important to their family. Have Scouts prepare a list of duties or

chores that the Scouts can work on to help their family. Have Scouts pick their own five duties or chores from the list and write them down. Inform Scouts that they should do these duties or chores for 90 days and keep track of how often they do their duties.

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1. Phase II

2. Winter Camp

3.Check with sites for appropriate topics.

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�� Long candles

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�� Lighter

�� Water supply

�� Flipchart with one list written on each page



Opening Activity: Discussion

Discuss with the Scouts a project that they would do around the home that would benefit their family. Have the Scouts decide on a project that they will do. Have them submit a report to their merit badge counselor outlining how the project benefited their family.

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Materials: Long candles, Squirt bottles, Lighter and Water supply Activity: Candle Duel Position duelists about 10-15 feet apart, depending on the range of squirt bottle. Stand a candle on the ground by each duelist and light it. On "Ready - Aim - Fire!", each Scout shoots at his opponent's candle one time. Repeat until the first to extinguish the candle is the winner. You can have a com-petition within each patrol to determine the patrol champion and then have them represent their patrol in a troop championship. You can have duel winners ad-vance to determine the troop champion in a single-elimination tournament. You can have each patrol duel every other patrol once and keep track of overall win-lose record to determine the champion patrol. A different Scout in the patrol gets to do each duel so everyone gets a try. Discussion: Have the Scouts talk about what was hard about the activity and what was easy. Ask the Scouts if they would change anything about the game. Have the Scouts plan and carry out a project that involves the participation of their family. After completing the project, discuss with the group in the next class the objective or goal of the project, how individual members of your family participated and the results of the project.

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Discussion Ask the Scouts what they learned playing Family Feud and was it a helpful re-fresher. Have the Scouts define obedient (complying or willing to comply with orders or requests; submissive to another's will ). Have Scouts discuss how they can be obedient at home, school and other public places. Discuss with your Scouts how to plan and carry out a family meeting. After this discussion, plan and carry out a family meeting to include the following subjects: Avoiding substance abuse, including tobacco, alcohol, and drugs, all of which negatively affect your health and well-being. Understanding the growing-up process and how the body changes, and making responsible decisions dealing with sex. Personal and family finances.

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Spring Semester Date Week # Activities Materials Needed

13 And Grab it, Brushing up on Respect

Writing utensils, Clothespins, Paper, Popsicle stick, Markers, Breath Mints, Toothpaste, Index card and Toothpick.

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Be Prepared, Hide and Seek

Writing utensils, Sticky notes, Poster Board, Tape and Colored paper.

15 Time Bomb, Movie Writing utensils, Tennis Balls and mov-ie

16 Citizenship Football, Flag Football

Writing utensils, Green poster board, and football worksheet.

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Call Soccer, School Board meeting, State and Local Gov.

Writing utensils, Soccer Ball, Comput-er with Internet, Paper, Pencils and Gov. Worksheet.

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Team Challenge Game, Getting involved with the Community

Paper and writing utensils

19 Blind Observation, Charita-ble Organizations, Fight for Attention

Blindfolds, Paper, Writing utensils, Computer with Internet, Information on Charitable Organizations

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Patrol Spirit Competition, Public Presentation

Writing utensils, Flag, Computer with Internet, Paper.

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Spring Semester Date Week # Activities Materials Needed

21 Trash Ball Game, Map Quest, My Map , Tic Tac Toe

Writing utensils, Map Quest Work-sheet, Markers, Wastebasket, Tennis ball and Chairs.

22 North by Northeast, Compass point exchange,

Writing utensils, Compasses, Straight poles.

23 Mousetrap War, Stretching, Bounce Bowling, Mine field

Plain paper, Writing utensils, Blind-folds, paper cones Ball, Chairs, Tennis ball, Cardboard boxes, Newspaper, and Mouse Traps.

24 Indoor Miniature Golf, Pass-ing Race,

Writing utensils, Toilet paper role, Ping pong ball, Paper Plate, Wooden dowel

25 SWAMP, Nature Poems Paper , Writing utensils.

26 Taste Test, Exercise Relay, Growing your own food

Packages of carrot seeds, Planting pots, Premix food items

27 Making a Healthy Snack, Fruit Salad

Apples, Cream Cheese or Peanut But-ter, Raisins, Chocolate Chips and Chairs.

28 Secret Good Deed, Who did the Good Turn,

Scouts names inside a bag, Index cards, Pencils, Sticks, Scissors, rope.

29 Get your heads together, You’re part of the family

Paper cups, Pencils, Paper, Timer

30 Court of Honor Badges, Certificates, and Merit Badg-es.

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14 Family Life: 6b, 4 and 5

15 Citizenship in the Communi-ty: 5 and 6

16 Citizenship in the Community: 1,2a: 1-2 and 3

17 Citizenship in the Community: 2b, 3a and b

18 Citizenship in the Community: 4a,b and c

19 Citizenship in the Community: 7a and b

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�� Paper

�� Small tube of tooth-paste

�� (1) 4 by 6 index card

�� Makers

�� (1) Popsicle stick

�� (1) toothpick

�� Breath mints



Materials: Clothespins

Opening Activity: And Grab It

Arrange the Scouts in a circle and on the floor in the center, place one less clothespin than the number of Scouts. Choose one to serve as the storyteller. He will start his story and whenever he says the word “and” all the players grab for a clothespin. Everyone expect the Scout who was too late gets a point. Change storytellers so that all have a chance and encourage them to make their stories interesting and appropriate.

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Discuss what reverent means ( feeling or showing deep and solemn respect). Have Scouts go around the room and say a time they had to be reverent.

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Brushing Up on Respect by Barbara Gruener Materials: Tube of toothpaste, a 4 by 6 index card, a marker, a popsicle stick, a toothpick and breath mints. Tell Scouts that today everyone is going to brush up on respect. Start by asking these three questions: “How does respect look? How does respect sound? How does respect feel?” Allow for five to ten minutes of discussion. Using the marker, draw a big “R” on the 4 by 6 card. Let Scouts know that the “R” represents “respect”. Talk about what respect looks like when it comes out of our mouths. Talk about the words, the tone, the facial expressions and even the body language people use to show respect. Tell Scouts they’re going to freshen their words by covering that “R” with tooth-paste. A volunteer takes the tube and squeezes paste out of it to paint the “R”. As your volunteer is making sure it’s completely covered, help Scouts make a connection between fresh breath and speaking good words, using good manners and maintaining a friendly tone of voice. Then tell the Scouts you’ve made a terrible mistake. You’ve just realized that this “R” actually stands for “rude.” Invite a volunteer to help you take the word back. Challenge your volunteer to put the toothpaste back into the tube. On the first attempt, your volunteer may try to retrace with the tube itself, hoping that the toothpaste will go back in. When that doesn’t work, offer your volunteer a popsi-cle stick or toothpick to keep trying, all the while discussing how it’s impossible to take “disrespectful, hurtful” words back. This serves as an excellent visual demonstration of the power of words because in the end, it’s very messy. Use that as a springboard to discuss the mess that ugly words can cause. Follow up by brainstorming ways in which a student could fix a mess like that. Discuss the steps you’d have to take to right the wrong. And, of course, give everyone a breath mint to remind them that what comes out of their mouths matters. Discussion Have Scouts discuss their understanding of what makes an effective father and why? Then have Scouts discuss their thoughts on the father role in the family. Finish discuss-ing what the Scouts feel are responsibilities of a parent.

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�� Paper

�� Colored construction paper

�� Tape

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Opening Activity: Be Prepared : Run

Tell Scouts that there are many pieces of paper around a designated area with ideas for BEING PREPARED for Scouting. When the leader says, GO... BE PREPARED.., the Scouts will run and grab just ONE slip of paper each and run quickly back to the bulletin board or a large poster board on the wall and tape that paper to the board and then they may run around the room once again to find another and another and another, but each time, running the paper back and taping on the BE PRE-PARED board. When the time is up and all the pa-pers have been found and placed on the board,

Scouts can sit in a circle around the BE PREPARED board and read the slips of paper together. (Ideas for BEING PREPARED - obeying parents, telling others about Scouting, not swearing, not lying, visiting elder adults).

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Discussion Discuss what they learned from the be pre-pared activity. Have them decide if this ac-tivity was helpful or not. After this discus-sion, plan and carry out a family meeting to include the following subjects: A crisis situation within your family and the effect of technology on your family.

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Divide Scouts into 2 teams. Number the Scouts on each team. When the game be-gins, Scout #1 on team 1 will SEEK the Scout #1 on the other team, etc. All Scouts on one team will hide. The Scouts from the other team will shout -- READY OR NOT... HERE I COME (after counting to 50 or 100). After each Scout has FOUND his classmate (#1 finds #1, #2 finds #2, etc.), then the teams will reverse and the other team will HIDE. Make sure Scouts know where their bounda-ries are.

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Before the meeting: Read page 65 in the 2010 Boys Scouts Requirements book. Pick a movie to watch that shows how the actions of one individual or group of individuals can have a positive effect on a community. (Remember the Titans, Coach Carter, Pay It Forward (2000), Lean on Me, Radio, Mr. Holland's Opus, Follow Me Boys, Stand and Deliver, 12 Angry Men). Arrange room and gather supplies as needed and lay out the attendance sheet with pencil/pen.

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�� Tennis Ball

�� Paper and Pencils

Opening: Lead the Pledge of Allegiance, Scout Oath and Scout Law with all Scout participants. Have Scouts place their right hand over their hearts since they are not in uniform.







Opening Activity: Time Bomb

Materials: Tennis Ball

Have Scouts sit (facing inwards) in a circle. You will need a tennis ball to be the ‘bomb’. A Scout is selected to start with the ‘bomb’. He then has to call

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Discussion: Discuss some of the services (such as the library, recre-ation center, public transportation and public safety) the community provides that are funded by taxpayers. Have Scouts discuss why these services are important to the community.

Materials: Movie

Activity: Have Scouts watch a movie that shows how the actions of one individual or group of individuals can have a positive effect on a community. Have Scouts dis-cuss what was learned from the movie about what it means to be a valuable and concerned member of the community.

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Before the meeting: Arrange room accordingly, gather all supplies and ma-terials needed. Lay out attendance sheet and a pen or a pencil.

Required Material :

�� Pen/pencil

�� Attendance sheet

�� Boy Scouts Module

�� Green poster board with a

football field drawn on it in chalk

�� Questions (see attached worksheet

�� Extra point questions (see attached worksheet)

�� Yard tags (see attached worksheet

�� Football markers (see at-tached worksheet

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Materials: Go to this link to print out all worksheets needed for this activity. http://scoutermom.com/wp-content/uploads/Citizenship-Football-Game1.pdf

Opening Activity: Citizenship Football

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Discussion: Discuss with your counselor what citizenship in the community means and what it takes to be a good citizen in your community. Discuss the rights, du-ties, and obligations of citizenship, and explain how you can demonstrate good citi-zenship in your community, Scouting unit, place of worship, or school.

Materials: Football and a Flag for each player.

Activity: Flag Football Set up game boundaries with a center line. A football field sized area is good. Create 2 teams. A coin is tossed prior to the opening kick-off to determine which team will kick-off first and which goals teams will defend. Teams change ends at half-time. Play begins with a kick-off at the start of each half and after a score. There are no free kicks in flag football; all kicks are done by punting. Players can kick, carry, and the throw the ball to move it up the field.

A defender may knock down a pass that’s in the air.

If the player with the ball has his flag pulled or if he goes out of bounds, he is called “down” and the ball is dead.

A down is the period of time that begins when the center puts the ball into play un-til the ball becomes dead.

When a team has the ball, it has 4 downs to advance the ball 10 yards or score. Each time it moves the ball 10 yards down the field, it’s awarded a new set of 4 downs. If it fails to advance 10 yards, the ball is given to the other team at the point it became dead at the end of the 4th down.

Points can be scored in the following manner:

Touchdown = 6 points: When a player carries the ball into the opponent’s end zone or catches a pass while in the end zone.

Extra Points: After a team scores a touchdown, they get the opportunity to earn extra points by placing the ball on either the 3, 10, or 20-yard line, lining up for scrimmage, and getting it into the end zone again either by a run or pass.

Extra point = 1 point (if successful from the 3-yard line)

Extra point = 2 points (if successful from the 10-yard line)

Extra point = 3 points (if successful from the 20-yard line)

carries or passes the ball across their goal line, they receive 3 points.

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Required Material :

�� Computer with Internet

�� Paper

�� Pencils

�� Soccer Ball


Opening Activity: Call Soccer

Materials: Soccer Ball

Divide the players into two teams and line them up facing each other about 30 feet apart. Number the players on each team from opposite ends of the line. Place the ball midway between the two lines. The leader calls a number, and the two players having that number run to the ball, each trying to kick it back to his goal line. The players who kicks it to his goal line scores two points for his team. Then the leader calls another number, and two more players begin. The first team to ten points wins.

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Discussion: Have Scouts discuss what it means to have a positive attitude. Have Scouts discuss a time when they had a positive attitude when it was difficult.

Materials: Computer with Internet, Paper and Pencils

Activity: School Board Meeting

Go to the Anoka-Hennepin school district website at http://www.anoka.k12.mn.us/education/district/district.php?sectionid=10298. Click on school board. On the left hand side of the page, click on watch school board meetings. Pick a meeting to watch with the Scouts. Have Scouts take notes on one of the issues being discussed during the meeting. When meeting is over, have Scouts discussed what they agree with and why.

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What are the branches of the U.S. Govern-ment?

Congress Executive

Legislative The Courts

President Judicial

What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress? The Senate and House of Representatives

How many U.S. Senators are there? 100

We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years? 6

Who is your state’s U.S. Senators now? Find your U.S. Senator that is currently in term

We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years?

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Name your U.S. Representative. Find your U.S. Representative that is currently in term

We elect a President for how many years? 4

What is the name of the President of the Unit-ed States now?

Barack Obama

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What is the name of the Vice President of the United States now?

Joe Biden

What are the branches of the Federal Govern-ment?

Executive Branch

Judicial Branch

Legislative Branch

What does Elected mean? choose (someone) to hold public office or some other position by voting

What does Appointed mean? decided on beforehand; designated

Who can be appointed in the U.S. Govern-ment?

US Supreme Court

What are the elected offices in the U.S. Gov-ernment?

Federal Officials Senators

State Officials Representatives

Local Officials Governors

What does the Judicial Officials of the State Government do?

Judges in the State courts interpret state laws.

What does the Legislative Officials in the State Government do?

State Legislatures enact laws that apply to their state.

What is the highest court in the United States? The Supreme Court

How many justices are on the Supreme Court? 9

What are the two major political parties in the United States?

Democratic and Republican

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Opening Activity: Team Challenge Game

Materials: Paper and pencil for each patrol

Each patrol has 5 minutes to come up with 5 challeng-es for all the patrols to try. You should come up with a challenge you believe your patrol can do well. For example, 'Carry 5 scouts by one scout', or 'Answer any ad-dition or subtraction problem in less than 10 seconds'.

Once challenges are ready, take turns with each patrol explaining one of their challenges. That patrol then demonstrates it and all other patrols get to try it.

Patrols earn 2 points if they do their challenge and no other patrol can, 1 point for completing another patrol's challenge, 3 points for winning a 'best' challenge. (such as 'say the alphabet fastest' or 'run 50 yards fastest').

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Discussion: Discuss if the patrols felt they worked to-gether well. Did different patrol members have differ-ent useful talents?

Activity: Getting involved with the community

Choose an issue that is important to the citizens of your community; then do the following:

1. Find out which branch of local government is responsible for this issue.

2. With your leader's and a parent's approval, interview one person from the branch of government you identified in requirement 4a. Ask what is being done about this issue and how young people can help.

3. Share what you have learned with your leader.

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Required Material :

�� Computer with Internet

�� Paper

�� Pencils

�� Things that make noise

�� Things that smell

�� Information on charita-ble organizations

Opening: Lead the Pledge of Allegiance, Scout Oath and Scout Law with all Scout participants. Have Scouts place their right hand over their hearts since they are not in uniform. Opening Activity: Blind Observations Game

Materials: Blindfold for each Scout, Paper, Pencil and Various other Items

Give each Scout a paper and pencil, then have Scouts sit down and blindfold eve-ryone.

1. Noise Identification: Have Scouts write down what they think the noise is. After all the noises, remove blindfolds and each Scout creates a master list of all noises in proper order and turns it in. First list turned in gets 5 points bonus. 3 points for each correct noise. 1 point extra if it is in the correct order. Possi-ble noises to use: Tapping a pencil, popping a balloon, pouring a glass of water, zipping a zipper, ripping open velcro, crumbling paper, plastic water bottle, breaking a stick and tearing paper.

2. Smell Identification: all blindfolded Scouts stand in a long line or large circle. An item is carried around the circle pausing under each Scout's nose. As above, each Scout writes down guess and master list is turned in. Possible smells to use: coffee, vinegar, onion, garlic, mint, orange, dirt, crushed pine needles.

3. Member Identification: All blindfolded Scouts sit down. Write down the name and one thing they have learned about each Scout. Turn in lists - 1 point for each name and fact.

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Activity: Charitable Organizations

Materials: Information on charitable organizations, Computers with Inter-net, Pencil and Paper

Have Scouts discuss what a charitable organization is and what they do. Next, have Scouts research and choose a charitable organization outside of Scouting that inter-est the Scouts and bring people in their community together to work for the good if their community. After Scouts choose a charitable organization, have them find out more information on the charitable organization. They can use newspapers, fliers, the Internet and employees of the organization to find out more information.

Discussion: Have Scouts discuss what leadership means (the action of leading a group of people or an organization). Have Scouts discuss ways that they can show their leadership at home, school, with their peers and in public.

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Opening : Lead the Pledge of Allegiance with all Scout participants. Have Scouts place their right hand over their hearts since they are not in uniform.

Opening Activity: Patrol Spirit Competition

Materials: Flag for each group if more than 10 kids if less than 10 kids only 1 flag is required

Patrols accumulate points over a 3 month period to determine the top patrol in the troop. Points are received for the activities and events listed below. At the end of the term, points are tallied and the top patrol is determined. The top pa-trol has the choice of rewards from a list agreed to by the troop committee.

The goal is to help each patrol become a unit with goals and have each patrol member participate and support the patrol. There may be a concern that the older scouts will have a huge advantage in winning any competition with young-er scouts, but most activities to gain points are based on participation and not on beating other patrols.

Troop games and skill contests should keep patrol members together whenever possible. Unless there are such lopsided teams that it would make the game no fun, each patrol should be a separate team. If only two teams are needed, en-tire patrols should be combined and not split unless absolutely necessary.

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Patrol Activities:

Patrol Flag: 3 points for each troop meeting/camping at which a patrol displays its flag. If a patrol does not have its flag present, it can receive no other points for that meeting or event.

Patrol Yell: 3 points for each troop meeting/camping at which a patrol gives its yell for attendance.

Troop Meeting: 1 point per 10% of patrol attendance. 100% = 10 points (regardless of attendance patrol size)

Troop Camping: 1 point per 10% of patrol attendance. 100% = 10 points attendance

PLC Meeting: 5 points for Patrol Leader or substitute in attendance

Uniform: 0 to 3 points per scout, determined by inspector, at each uniform inspection.

Troop Games: 1 to 10 points for participating in and winning troop games at meetings and outings.

Leading Activities: 1 to 10 points for preparing and leading new games, songs, skits or activity.

Patrol Meetings: 1 point per 10% attendance at patrol meetings – turn in attendance sheet and meeting minutes for verification.

Patrol Good Turn: 5 to 30 points. Document project and member attendance.

Some Possible Rewards:

�� Scoutmaster cleans patrol box after next campout.

�� Patrol pizza party, plan date/time and Scoutmaster will deliver pizza and pop.

�� Patrol gets smores, stuffed apples, banana boats, or dutch oven pie on next campout

�� Custom Choice request something else and see if the SM goes for it.

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Discussion: Ask the Scouts to explain what they learned from this activity. Dis-cuss with the Scouts if this activity was helpful or not helpful. Ask them if they could change anything about this activity what would it be.

Activity: Public Presentation

Materials: Access to a computer for each Scout, If needed a projector screen to see presentation.

Develop a public presentation (such as a video, slide show, speech, digital presen-tation, or photo exhibit) about important and unique aspects of your community. Include information about the history, cultures, and ethnic groups of your commu-nity; its best features and popular places where people gather; and the challenges it faces.

Then have the Scouts stage their presentation in front of a group, such as your pa-trol or a class at school.

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Before the meeting: Read page 67 in the Boy Scout Handbook. Arrange room accordingly, gather all supplies and material needed. Lay out attendance sheet and a pencil.

Required Material :

�� Maps of Minnesota

�� Local maps

�� Pencils

�� Paper

�� Map Quest worksheet

�� Markers

�� Tennis balls

�� Wastebasket


Opening Activity: Trash Ball Game

Materials: A wastebasket, 1 or 2 tennis balls, nerf balls, or similar

Everyone stands in a circle around the wastebasket, facing inward. A Scout tries to make a basket. If he makes a basket, he gets 1 point. If he misses, he loses 3 points. But, he can get those three points back by immediately doing 3 sit-ups, 3 push-ups, or running 1 lap around the circle of Scouts. First Scout to a specified score is the winner.

Discussion

Have a discussion with the Scouts using the following discus-sion points.

1. Why do you think it is important to know how to read a map?

2. What other ways do people find their way besides maps?

3. What types of maps have you used?

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Materials: Map Quest Worksheet, Markers and Pencils.

Activity: Map Quest

Hold up flash cards of different map symbols and have Scouts fill out the Map Symbols worksheet. If the Scout know what the symbol is, he should write it down on the work-sheet. As a group go over the answers. Have each Scout correct their own worksheet. Next discuss the following things with the Scouts.

Directions: North is toward the top of most maps. The bottom is south, the left side is west and the right side is east. A map often will have a true-north arrow in its margin.

Distances: Bar scales can be used for measuring feet, meters, and miles on a map.

Scale: The scale of a map compares its size to the size of the area it represents. A map scale shown in the margin as 1:24,000 means that one unit of distance on that map.

Date: A map’s date tells when it was drawn or last revised. An older mao will not show new buildings, roads, trails, or other changes on the land.

Green: Green indicates heavy vegetation- areas covered with forests, woodlands, or or-chards.

White: White is used for areas that are mostly clear of trees. A white area on a map might be a field, meadow, rocky slope, or other form of open country.

Blue: Blue means water. A large patch of blue is usually a pond or a lake. A blue band is a river, and a blue line is a stream. If the line is broken, the stream it represent doesn’t flow all of the time. Marshes and swap are drawn with broken blue lines and tufts of grass. Names of all water features are given in italic type.

Black: Black ink is used on a map to show anything that is the work of humans. Rail lines, bridges, boundaries, and the name of landmarks are printed in black. Roads are shown as parallel black lines- solid for paved and gravel ( improved) roads, broken for dirt ( unim-proved) roads. A single broken line is a hiking trail.

Black squares and rectangles are buildings. Those that are solid black are inhabited- hous-es, schools, churches. Those that are just outlined in black are barn, sheds and other out-building.

Brown: Brown is used for contour lines. Maps are flat, but the areas they represent might be full of hills, valleys, mountain and planes. Each contour line represents a specific eleva-tion above sea level; that is, elevation remains the same at all points along any one con-tour line. Contour lines allow mapmakers to show the shape of the land.

Activity: My Map

Have Scouts draw a map of their community using the things they learned about maps in the Map Quest activity. The following things should be included in the map.

Scouts house

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Materials: Chairs

Activity: Tic Tac Toe

9 chairs are set up: 3 rows of 3 chairs. There are 2 teams each with 3 players. Here are the Tic Tac Toe rules: One players out of team one sits on a chair of his choice, then someone from team 2 does the same. Then team one goes again etc. When both teams have ‘placed’ their 3 players, they can swap amongst themselves but always alternating between teams 1 and 2!The winner is he who is first manages to place his players into a row (diagonally, horizontal-ly) or diagonally. The important thing! No one is allowed to say a word, not even the bystanders. If a participant says something, the team loses! The players al-so have to communicate using sign language. Goal: Communicating without speaking!

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Before the meeting: Read page 70-74 in the Boy Scout Handbook. Arrange room accordingly, gather all supplies and material needed. Lay out attendance sheet and a pencil.

Required Material :

�� Compasses

�� 8 staffs or straight poles


Materials: Compasses

Opening Activity: North by Northeast

The leader gathers the group together. Using the compass, they all learn how to determine which direction is north. Someone from the group is asked to se-lect an object that is directly north (e.g. a tree, or a doorstep, or a post ). The group then decides on an object that lies directly south, one that lies directly east, and one that lies directly west.

Everyone assembles in the center of the playing area. The leader calls out one of "NORTH", "SOUTH", "EAST" or "WEST", and everyone runs to touch the ob-ject that lies in that direction. The last person to touch the object is eliminated.

After playing a few rounds of the game, play can stop, and objects for the in-tercardinal points (Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, Southwest) can be added. Every one can begin the game again, as all points are used. A great game to introduce the skill of orienteering!

Discussion: With the Scouts how effective was this activity, what did they learn from this activity and what would they change if we were to do this activity again in the future.

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Materials: (optional) 8 staffs or straight poles

Activity: Compass Point Exchange Activity

Lay staffs in a star shape radiating out from a center point, or draw lines in the dirt or with chalk. These are the N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW points of a compass. Mark one pointer as NORTH.

One scout stands at the end of each point, noticing his location.

A leader calls out two points, such as Northwest and South. The two scouts at those points must immediately leave their spot and run around the outside of the circle of Scouts to their new location.

A scout that does not move when he should or one that moves when he should not is out. The last two scouts win.

You can run 3, 4, or more compasses at once, having one or two patrol members from each patrol on each compass. The last two scouts on a compass get points for their patrol.

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Before the meeting: Read page 385 in the Boy Scout Handbook. Arrange room accordingly, gather all supplies and material needed. Lay out attendance sheet and a pencil.

Required Material :

�� Newspaper

�� 8 Mouse Traps

�� Four Tennis Balls

�� Five or Six Cardboard Boxes of Various Sizes

�� Blindfolds

�� Balls

�� Paper cones


Materials: Newspaper, 4 Mouse Traps Per Team

Opening Activity: Mousetrap War Game �

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Team One sets its 4 traps in a line and places its pile of newspaper behind the traps.

Team Two sets its traps in a line parallel to and about 15 or 20 feet from Team One.

Half the Scouts of Team One sit at least 5 feet from their traps - their rears must stay on the ground. The other Scouts stand behind their traps - they must stay behind the traps.

On "GO", the standing Scouts each grab one sheet of newspaper and wad it into a ball. They each throw their ball at the opposing team traps, trying to spring one.

The sitting Scouts in the middle try to deflect the thrown balls. They can toss deflected balls back to their own side, but not towards the opposing side. The standing Scouts can not interfere with thrown balls. The standing scouts can pick up and reuse papers. If a trap springs for any reason, it is sprung no resets. The last team with an unsprung trap wins the round.

Discussion: With the Scouts how effective was this activity, what did they learn from this activity and what would they change if we were to do this activity again in the future.

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Materials: None

Activity: Stretching

Have Scouts lead the following stretching techniques:

Thigh Stretch: Place your left hand on a wall for support. Grab your right ankle with your right hand and gently pull your heel up toward your buttocks. Hold for 30 seconds, then repeat with your left ankle.

Achilles Tendon and Calf Stretch: To stretch your calf muscles and Achilles ten-dons, stand about three feet from a wall and place your palms flat against it. Keep your heels on the floor and your back straight, as you lean closer to the wall. Hold that position for 30 seconds.

Straddle Stretch: Sit on the floor and spread your legs out flat. Lean forward as far as you can, sliding your hands on the floor. Hold the position for 30 seconds. The straddle stretch is good for the muscles in your back and the back of your legs.

Discussion: Ask the Scouts to explain what it mean to be physically and mentally healthy? (When your body feels good and you aren’t sick you are physically healthy. When you are happy, enjoy being with other people, and deal with change and other difficult situations easily you are mentally healthy.)

What sports and activities does everyone enjoy with friends or competitive-ly?

What athletes most excite you?

What athletes are best to watch?

What are your favorite teams?

How do you think these athletes got to be where they are now?

( Healthy habits, balanced nutrition and regular exercise.)

Materials: Four Tennis balls, Five or six cardboard boxes of various sizes.

Activity: Bounce Bowling

Scouts should try to bounce the balls into the box. Smaller boxes yield higher scores. Before game, mark how many points the box is worth in bold on the box. Draw a throwing line for players which players must stay behind. Arrange boxes about 8-10 feet from players. One by one, players bounce balls toward boxes, scor-ing points as shown on the boxes. Repeat for 5-10 turns; winner has the highest score.

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Materials: Blindfolds, Paper Cones, Ball and Chairs.

Activity: Mine Field

First, draw a square-shaped area for playing the game. This area is nothing but the mine field. Decide the size of the minefield depending upon the number of players. Then, make use of balls, pins, paper cones, etc., as mines and spread them in the mine field. Make pairs of the players and blindfold one player of each pair. The blindfolded player of each pair has to enter the minefield and has to cross the minefield without touching any of the items spread in the mine field. The blindfolded player will be guided by the player standing outside the minefield. The pair that will cross the minefield without touching any of the mines, wins the game. The game restarts for a pair, if the blindfolded player bumps on any of the mine.

Discussion: How did it feel to be blindfolded and relying on your partner to help get you to the other side? What made this activity easy or hard?

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Before the meeting: Arrange room accordingly, gather all supplies and material needed. Lay out attendance sheet and a pencil.

Required Material :


�� Pen or Pencil

�� Boy Scouts Handbook

�� Enough empty toilet paper rolls for multiple teams

�� 3 foot wooden dowel

�� Ping Pong Ball

�� Paper plate with a Number

written on the bottom

�� 3 inch hole cut out

�� Blank index card for score-card

�� Scotch Tape


Materials: toilet paper roll, wooden dowel, ping pong ball, paper plate & scorecards

Opening Activity: Indoor Miniature Golf Activity

This activity has 3 parts - build your equipment, design your golf hole, and play the game. Each team is given their toilet paper roll, wooden dowel, ping pong ball, and paper plate.

They should create a golf club from the dowel and toilet paper roll by cutting two holes in the roll and taping it to the dowel. They should customize their golf ball with markers.

Each team is given one section of the play area. They are re-sponsible for creating a golf hole in their

area. The paper plate should be set upside down - this is the golf hole. The tee-off location needs to be defined and obsta-cles placed strategically to make the hole challenging.

Once the golf course is complete, each team starts at any open hole. You can have one member of a team take all the shots at a hole and then another mem-ber do the next hole. Or, have each member take one shot and then pass the club to the next member. Teams track their score on each hole and move on to the next hole.

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Discussion: Ask the Scouts what they learned from playing this activity? Have the Scouts explain whether or not it was hard to work as a team or would they prefer doing this activity on their own? Have the Scouts discuss what it means to be athletic and why it is im-portant to be athletic.

Activities: Passing Race

1 ball per patrol, Scouts create two parallel lines about 5 feet apart, facing each other. First scout in one line has the ball. He throws the ball to the first in the other line, then runs behind his line to the end of it. Each Scout does the same thing.

There are many ways to play:

Have each patrol divide into two lines. Define a start and finish line. The first patrol to move their entire group across the finish line by throwing the ball is the winner.

When a patrol drops the ball, they are out. See which patrol can go the longest while a leader ensures they are moving farther and farther apart. Have everyone create just two lines. Time how long it takes to get the ball back to the first scout. Try to better the group's time. Use two or three different sized balls all going at once.

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Theme for this meeting: Great Outdoors

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Before the meeting: Arrange room accordingly, gather all supplies and mate-rial needed. Lay out attendance sheet and a pencil.

Required Material :

�� Large Paper

�� Pencils

�� Markers


Materials: Large Paper and Pencils

Opening Activity: SWAMP

S=Stars

W=Weather

A=Animals

M=Minerals

P=Plants

Divide the Scouts into two teams. Give each team a piece of large paper and a pencil. On “Go”, each teams writes down a many words as they can think of that relates to the word STARS. The only stipulation is that the team must be able to see what they write down from where they are sitting. Each team has five minutes to write down as many words as possible. The next five minutes is de-voted to the next word and so on. At the end of the writing session, the leader tallies the number of words to see what team is the winner.

Discussion: On a 10- 15 minutes nature walk in the community. Have Scouts point out things they see, hear and smell. Once the group returns, have Scouts discuss in a large group what they saw, heard and tasted on the nature walk.

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Materials: Pencil, Paper

Activity: Nature Poems

Have Scouts write a poem about nature. Have a couple of Scouts share their po-ems with the large group.

Poem Title: Nature

Nature is mighty

Nature is strong

Nature is usually always right

Nature is rarely ever wrong

Nature is beauty

Nature is moody

Nature is smart

Nature always has the greater part

Nature is blue

Nature is green

Nature is every color possibly seen

Nature is true

Nature is beaming

Nature is dreaming

Nature is in every place

Nature is always with grace

Nature is true

Nature is you

Nature is me

Nature will forever be free.

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Theme for this meeting: Staying Healthy

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for this meeting. Lay out the attendance sheet and a pencil.

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�� Pencils


�� A bag for each group to put the pieces of paper in

�� Pieces of paper with differ-ent exercises written on them

�� Package of carrot seeds, big carrots with tops still on

�� A small planting pot for each Scout

�� Enough dirt to fill each Scouts pot

�� Packages of radishes for each Scout

�� Pictures, posters or articles on famous people exercis-ing and staying physically fit


Materials: A dozen of different liquid flavors in baby food jars ex. (grape, cherry, lemon, vanilla and almond extract), index cards numbered 1-12 and a box of

toothpicks

Opening Activity: Taste Test

Premix a dozen different flavors in liquid form and have them in small sampling jars, such as mason jars or baby food jars. Flavors can include extracts (like vanilla and almond), drink flavors (like cherry and grape juices), diluted vinegar, etc. Place the flavors at numbered stations and hand out cards with the numbers next to blank lines. Have plenty of toothpicks at each station so that each person

can use a different toothpick for the flavors. Let everyone try each flavor and identify as many as they can. The winners are those that identify the most fla-vors.

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Materials: A bag for each group to put paper in, pieces of paper with different ex-ercises written on them

Activity: Exercise Relay Game

Place papers at a point 30 feet or more from the team.

Each team needs an area in which to do exercises. Each team has a bag of paper slips about 30 feet from their area. On 'Go', the first scout of each team runs to their bag, pulls out one slip of paper, and runs back to the team. Everyone on the team performs the exercise. When the judge signals completion, the next scout runs to the bag, brings back a paper, and the team does it. Continue until the first team has completed a set number of exercises.

Sample Exercises:

5 sit-ups

5 push ups

5 jumping jacks

5 toe touches

5 one-legged hops

5 mountain climbers

5 deep knee bends

run in place for 10 seconds

5 calf raises

5 head-hip-ankle touches

Discussion: Have the Scouts discuss physical fit-ness and the importance of physical fitness. Then have the Scouts look at these (show pictures, post-ers, articles, etc.). These people have made it by be-ing physically fit. They work out. They get the proper amount of rest. They eat balanced meals. It is noth-ing they have done overnight. It takes a long time to get in the shape that these people are in.

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Materials: Package of carrot seeds and carrots with tops still on them, planting pots for each Scout, carrot packages for each Scout and dirt for each planting pot.

Activity: Growing Your Own Food

(Show package of carrot seeds.) Inside this package are tiny carrot seeds. They don’t look

like much because they are tiny and fragile. But if we plant them in good soil and we make sure they get plenty of sunlight, air, and water, they will grow to be big healthy carrots like these. (Show some carrots.) Boy Scouts are like carrots, they also need certain things to grow, like good food, rest and exercise.

Next have the Scouts grab a planting pot and put some soil in the pot. Next have the kids pour some seeds into the pot and water the pot. The Scouts will be al-lowed to take their pot home and watch it grow. Remind Scouts they need to wa-ter their pot frequently but do not soak the soil. Let the Scouts know that in less than 21 days they will be able to harvest their carrots.

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Theme for this meeting: Healthy Eating

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for this meeting. Lay out the attendance sheet and a pen or pencil.

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�� Apples

�� Peanut Butter

�� Cream Cheese

�� Raisins

�� Dried Fruit

�� Chocolate Chips

�� Apple Corer

�� Sharp Knife


Discussion: Have Scouts discuss what ways they can eat more healthy. Go over the food pyramid with Scouts. Have Scouts plan a week’s worth of healthy meals and snacks on the Healthy Meals worksheet.

Materials: Apples, Peanut Butter, Cream Cheese, Raisins, Dried Fruit, chocolate chips

apple corer, sharp knife, spreading knife and cutting board

Opening Activity: Making a Healthy Snack-Tricks on a Toilet Seat

Help Scouts prepare a healthy snack. Use a corer that takes out just the core. Do not use the kind that also cuts wedges apples. Use a sharp knife to slice the apples crosswise to form 1/2" apple slices. (This is your toilet seat : a circle with a hole in the middle.) Spread peanut butter or cream cheese on top of slices. (PB sticks better than CC.) Cover with chocolate chips, raisins, and/or other small dried fruit pieces. Depending on the size of your apples, you should get 3 or 4 decent slices per apple. As a snack, most scouts will eat 2 slices each.

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Discussion: Discuss the process of making the healthy snack with the Scouts. Get feedback from Scouts about was the process easy? How does the snack taste? What would they do different if they were making this snack at home?

Service Project Prep: Have Scout dis-cuss service projects that they can do in their school or community. Make a list of ideas and pick one to do next week for Service week. Some ideas in-clude: Picking up trash around the school or community. Cleaning off the lunch room tables at the end of the day.

Materials: Chairs

Activity: Fruit Salad

Have everyone sit in a chair, arranged in a circle facing inwards. Select one per-son to be in the middle and remove his or her chair from the circle. Explain the rules: The person in the middle needs to say something that applies to at least 2 people in the circle. For example, “Anyone who has a pet”, “Anyone who is

wearing jeans”, “Anyone who has a brother or sister”, “Anyone wearing the color pur-ple”. If the person’s statement applies to someone sitting in the circle, that person has to move from his or her seat and sit in a different chair. If the person says "Fruit Salad", then everyone needs to move to a different chair. The person in the middle tries to sit down. There'll be one person left without a chair- this person will be the next person in the middle of the circle. The standing person starts a new round by say-ing a different statement.

Note: People cannot move to seats on their immediate left or right. For example, a person is allowed sit two seats away, but they cannot move to the left or right of their current chairs.

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Before the meeting: Arrange room accordingly and gather all supplies needed for this meeting. Lay out the attendance sheet and a pencil.

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�� Pens or Pencils


�� A bag with every Scouts name inside the bag

�� A 3x5 card for each Scout participating with 6 names, 6 locations, and 6 scout items listed

�� 6 extra 3x5 cards with lists

�� Rope

�� Sticks

�� Scissors neckerchiefs

�� Pictures of animal tracks

Opening : Lead the Pledge of Allegiance with all Scout participants. Have Scouts place their right hand over their hearts since they are not in uniform. Materials: A Bag with all Scouts name inside

Opening Activity: Secret Good Deed Activity

Put all Scout's name in a bag, each Scout pulls out a name and memorizes it. When all names are pulled out, put them all back in. Every Scout has the name of a Scout for whom he should do a good deed. When he completes his good deed, he reports what he did to the game leader and then picks another name.

This continues all day or all week with the game leader keeping tally of good turns done. If the leader feels it was not an adequate good turn, tell the Scout to try again. Or, if it was exceptionally good, give extra credit. At the end of the event, add up all the credits for each patrol to determine the Good Deed Patrol.

Service Project: Have Scouts complete the service project they came up with last week.

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Discussion: Have the Scouts discuss what it means to give back to their community and the people in their community. Have the Scouts talk about doing good deeds unto other people and why is that important as well. Have Scouts discuss how the service project made them feel.

Materials Needed: A 3x5 card for each Scout participating with 6 names, 6 loca-tions, and 6 scout items listed. 6 extra 3x5 cards with lists. Pencil for each patrol. Rope, handbook, sticks, scissors, neckerchiefs, pictures of animal tracks, others de-pending on the station skills.

Recruit five people - one to run each station.

Print these three lists on each 3x5 card...

Names Items Locations

Patrol Leader Paul Peterson Mess Kit Beachfront

Tenderfoot Tommy Tomlin Scissors Climbing Tower

Scoutmaster Scott Smith Patrol Flag Dining Hall

Eagle Scout Eddie Edwards Flint-n-Steel Philmont

Instructor Ian Ivanoff Bowline Trading Post

Den Chief Danny Chilton LED Headlamp Campfire

Activity: Who did the Good Turn

Set up 5 stations, each is a different test of a scout skill with various tasks that the sta-tion master assigns.

Example:

Knots - tie a square knot, bowline, or tautline hitch

Ideals - repeat the scout law, scout oath, or outdoor code

First Aid - treat for shock, CPR, severe bleeding

Nature - identify animal tracks, fur, feather, or leafs

Navigation - point north, find 244 degrees, estimate hike time between two points on a

map

On 6 of the 3x5 cards, mark one name, one item, and one location - ensuring you mark a different one on each card, so each name, item, and location are only marked once. Give a card to each person running a station.

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To start the game, announce that a Good Turn has been done but we don't know who did it, how they did it, or where they did it. The first patrol that can figure this out will be the winner.

Each patrol gets a 3x5 card and pencil. The patrol goes to any station it wants. At the station, one scout attempts the skill there. If successful, the patrol asks for the name, item, or location from the station master which they mark on their card. If unsuccessful, the patrol must go to a different station they can return to this station later. The patrol can complete a station three times, retrieving the name, item, or location from the station master each time.

When a patrol feels he knows the identity, item, and location of the Good Turn, they go to the game leader who has the 6th card with the last name, item, and location marked. The first patrol to guess correctly wins.

For a shorter game, each station master can give name, item, and location when the station is completed once. For more patrols, more stations, names, items, and locations can be added.

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Before the meeting: Read pages 354-357 in the Boy Scout Handbook. Ar-range room accordingly, gather all supplies and material needed. Lay out attendance sheet and a pencil.

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Materials: Paper cups

Opening Activity: Get your Heads Together

Divide the Scouts into relay teams, paired according to height. A paper cup is given to each pair of players. The object of the game is to hold the paper cup between the player’s heads without the use of hands and move the preselected distance to the goal line. The distance is selected according to the size and coordination of the Scouts. Once one pair has crossed the goal, the next set goes. Play continues until all of the players have crossed the goal line. If the cup is dropped or touched by the player’s hands, the players must return to the starting line and try again.

Discussion: Ask Scouts to think about and then write down what makes them happy? What do they like to do? Next, discuss ways Scouts can gather information when they do not understand something.

Looking and Listening: Your ears and eyes can be powerful tools of discovery. Pay atten-tion to your surroundings and what’s going on around you.

Asking: When you are curious about something, ask a question. Can you show me how this works? Would you tell me why this happens? Is there a better way to get this done?

Reading: Through the magic of reading, you can do almost anything.

Writing: Keeping a journal can help give you a new way of understanding yourself and your world.

Learning by doing: You try something and grasp a small piece of it. You try again and un-derstand a little more. The key is to keep at it and learn from your successes and from your fail-ures.

Learning by teaching: As you share your knowledge, you’ll find yourself thinking carefully about how to explain it.

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Activity: You’re Part of the Family

Before the activity, put out one sheet of paper for everyone attending - one sheet for each person, with their name written across the top. During the gathering, hand out the pages along with pencils, making sure that no-body gets their own. Tell the group that at no time are you to re-ceive a paper if your name is on it. Give each Scout 40 seconds to write a note to the person at the top of the page. It is not to be signed by the writers. They are to write why they want that person to remain apart of the family. Reasons like "Because your smile is great", "You are a good example of a quiet Scout", or "You are a lot of fun to be around" are all good an-swers. At the end of each 40 seconds blow the whistle and tell the Scouts to ex-change papers. Give Scouts a couple minutes to read over the comments they re-ceived.

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Before the meeting: Arrange room accordingly and gather all supplies needed for this meeting. Lay out the attendance sheet and a pencil. Make sure you have enough belt loops, badges and any certificates you want to hand out to the Scouts.

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Opening : All Scout participants and leaders open with the Pledge of Allegiance, the Boy Scout Oath and the Boy Scout Law. Have the Scouts demonstrate the Boy Scouts handshake, the Boy Scouts salute and the Boy Scouts motto. Have the Boy Scouts demonstrate tying the square knot. Then have the Boy Scouts describe the Scout badge. Scout Oath: On my honor I will do my best To do my duty to God and my to obey the Scout Law; To help other people at all times; To keep myself physically strong, Mentally awake, and morally straight. Scout Law A Scout is: Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Friendly, Courteous, Kind, Obedient, Cheerful, Thrifty, Brave, Clean, and Reverent. Scout motto “Be prepared” Scout slogan “Do a good turn daily.” �

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Court of Honor: Welcome to all our guests, especially the parents of the Scouts of Troop ____ (troop number). We are here today to recognize these Scouts for several weeks for hard work. They have learned the ideals of Scouting – the Scout Oath and Scout Law and they are still learn-ing. They have learned about teamwork and they are still learning. They have learned about responsibility and they are still learning. They have learned about leadership and they are still learning. You probably noticed that one of our Scouts opened the meeting. He is Scout (name of Senior Patrol Leader). He is our Senior Patrol Leader – the senior Scout in the troop, elected by his fellow Scouts. This leader-ship position will rotate twice a year to allow all the Scouts an oppor-tunity to lead. By the power invested in me by the Boy Scouts of America, I hereby convene this Court of Honor to recognize these Scouts. Tenderfoot rank The Tenderfoot rank is the first step along the trail to that of Eagle Scout. It is not an easy trail, but it is one that is attainable. To reach this first step, these Scouts had to present themselves properly dressed, demonstrate how to whip and fuse the ends of a rope, demonstrate how to tie knots and many other challenging skills. They also had to each participate in a personal growth agreement confer-ence in which they set goals and plans for future achievements. Would Scout (call a Scout’s name) please come forward. Are your parent’s here to join you? Parents, please come up here, too. Parents, please pin your son’s Tenderfoot rank on his left shirt pocket. Call each Scout forward one at a time and complete the same process. Also have individual awards as well as participation awards. CLOSING Senior Patrol Leader calls the troop to attention. All Scouts give the Scout sign and recite together the Scout Law. The Senior Patrol Leader reads the points of the Scout Law with the Scouts repeating each point, as below: Senior Patrol Leader: A Scout is trustworthy. Scouts: A Scout is trust-worthy. Senior Patrol Leader: A Scout is loyal. Scouts: A Scout is loyal. Senior Patrol Leader: A Scout is helpful. Scouts: A Scout is helpful.

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Senior Patrol Leader: A Scout is friendly. Scouts: A Scout is friendly. Senior Patrol Leader: A Scout is courteous. Scouts: A Scout is courteous. Senior Patrol Leader: A Scout is kind. Scouts: A Scout is kind. Senior Patrol Leader: A Scout is trustworthy. Scouts: A Scout is trustwor-thy. Senior Patrol Leader: A Scout is obedient. Scouts: A Scout is obedient. Senior Patrol Leader: A Scout is cheerful. Scouts: A Scout is cheerful. Senior Patrol Leader: A Scout is thrifty. Scouts: A Scout is thrifty. Senior Patrol Leader: A Scout is brave. Scouts: A Scout is brave. Senior Patrol Leader: A Scout is clean. Scouts: A Scout is clean. Senior Patrol Leader: A Scout is reverent. Scouts: A Scout is reverent. Scoutmaster: Thank you to our guests for coming.

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Ranks:

Please have all the Scout who have completed the require-ments for The Boy Scout and Tenderfoot Badge come to the front of the room.

(Please allow a few minutes for parents, friends and family members to take pictures, then let the Scouts be seated.)

Merit Badges:

Next please recognize the Scouts who have earned the fol-lowing merit badges, Citizenship in the Community, Commu-nication, Family Life and First Aid Badges. Once all Scouts have been called (Please allow a few minutes for par-ents, friends and family members to take pictures, then let the Scouts be seated.)

Recognition Certificates:

This section will be up to you to decide on whether or not some of the Scouts if not all of the Scouts have did anything outstanding and you want to recognize them. For an example this could be the Participation Award or the Medal of Merit Award or whatever award or recognition you think they de-serve. Once again call Scouts to the front get a brief explana-tion to why they received this recognition and (Please allow a few minutes for parents, friends and family members

to take pictures, then let the Scouts be seated.)

Once the ceremony is completed please have all Scouts proceed to the front for the closing ceremony.

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HAND PUSH Two Boy Scouts stand facing each other with their toes touching and their palms together at shoulder height. In this posi-tion each tries to push the other’s hands until one is forced to step back. The player who forces his opponent back-ward is the winner. GET UP Two Boy Scouts sit on the floor back to back with their arms locked. Without let-ting go, they try to stand erect. This is done by bringing the feet close to the body and pushing back against back. HAND WRESTLE Two Boy Scouts stand facing in opposite direction with the sides of their right feet touching each other. They clasp their right hands directly over the center of their feet. On signal, the wrestlers try to throw each other off balance by pushing, pulling or swinging their hands. A player loses if either foot moves. NO HANDS Boy Scouts fold their arms, lie down on the floor and try to get up without using their elbows or hands. BROOMSTICK TWIST Two Boy Scouts of equal height and weight grasp a broomstick (held horizon-tally) with both hands. Each tries to touch the stick to the floor on his right.

BEAN AND STRAW RELAY Line up the Scouts in relay race fashion. Using a drinking straw, the first Boy Scout in each line picks up a bean by suction, carries it across the room, and deposit it in a bowl or cup. The first team to have all players succeed in carrying a bean wins.

CLOTHESPIN RELAY Give the first Boy Scout on each team five clothespins. On signal, the first play-er attaches a clothespin to the end of each finger on the second player’s left hand. when all five pins are on, the sec-ond player takes the pin off one at a time and puts them on the fingers of the third player’s left hand. This continues until the last player has the five pins on his hand. The team finishing first wins. BEAN-BAG RELAY Divide each team in half, putting one-half on opposite side of the room. The first Boy Scout on the first side throws a beanbag to his first teammate on the other side, who holds the bag until the thrower has run up and tagged him. Then he in turns throws the bag to the second player on his team on the other side of the room, who holds the bag until he is tagged etc., until all have had a turn. The thrower moves to the end of the line after he has tagged his man. The first team with players in reversed position wins.

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Charades: Charades is fun. Boys enjoy both the acting and the guessing. It’s an oppor-tunity for them to use their imaginations. To play charades, divide the group into two teams. One team is given a piece of paper which has a word or title written on it. They leave the room and plan their action. After a quick rehearsal, they re-turn and put on their act for the second team. Each word or each syllable can be acted out separately. Two-syllable words are good to start off with. Try the following list, and let them suggest others: Air Gun Checkbook Billboard Basketball Mousetrap Bookend Fullback Cattail Birdcall Football Downpour Materials: Paper and Pencils

Pantomimes is acting without using words. Facial expressions, hand ges-tures, and body movements tell the sto-ry. To show the Scouts how to panto-mime effectively, let them try some of the following. How would you act: If you had a nail in your shoe? If you were scared? If you slipped on ice? If someone pinched you? How would you lift: A baby? Something very fragile?Something very hot?Something heavy? Something big and bulky? How would you look:If you saw a ferocious lion? If someone gave you a surprise? If your report card was all A’s? If you smelled something bad? If you heard a strange sound? If you were watching an exciting game? If you tasted bitter medicine? If you heard a sudden crash? Materials: None

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ABOVE AND BELOW Arrange the players in a circle. Call out the names of things that are found above the ground or below. For exam-ple: Strawberries grow above the ground and potatoes grow below. When you call something that signifies above, the play-ers stand; if below, they sit down. Failure to do this eliminates the players who miss. The list of things to be named should be carefully worked out in ad-vance to keep the game going smoothly. ANIMAL CALL Form a circle with “it” in the center. Have him walk around and quickly stop before a player and name an animal. The play-er and those on his right and left should then identify the animal by actions. The last one to perform the correct action for the animal named becomes “it”, and the game continues. Use the following animals and actions: Goat----“It” makes a goatee by placing the back of his hand on his chin and ex-tending his fingers forward. The right and left players then place their hands on their hands and extend their index fingers upward to represent horns. Elephant----The center player makes a trunk by leaning forward and placing the palms of his hands together while ex-tending his arms downward. The right and left players must then place their hands on their heads with fingers ex-tended to represent ears.

Animal Call Continued: Kangaroo----The center makes a pouch by leaning forward and interlacing his fingers with his arms extended. The right and left players must hop up and down in place. Seal----The center player barks like a seal. The right and left players must then squat and extend their arms toward the floor with their palms downward to repre-sent flippers. Cow----The center player’s moos like a cow. The right and left players must then squat and use their arms and hands in a milking action. AUTO RACE Have Scouts in a circle with the leader in the center. Have him give each Scout the name of an automobile, being sure to use the same name more than once so that several Scouts will have the same car. The leader should then call a name of an auto, and the first Scout with that car name to touch the leader and return to his place wins the race. The leader should then call another auto as the game continues.

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BAD EGG Have Scouts gather in a circle and give each the name of an animal or insect. Then throw a rubber ball high into the air and at the same time call one of the names. The boy with the name must catch the ball while everyone runs from the circle. When the Scout who was called catches the ball or picks it up he yells, “stop,” and everyone must stop. He may now take three steps toward anyone and try to hit him with the ball. The target may dodge by moving his body but he may not move his feet. If he is hit, he is a “bag egg,” and it becomes his turn to throw the ball up. But if he misses, form the circle again and call another name. Material: Soft Ball BROTHERS Divide the Scouts into groups. Group A forms the inner circle facing outward and group B the outer circle facing inward. Have the players facing each other hold hands to pair off the “brother.” They drop hands and on signal, the circles march in opposite directions. When you shout “brothers” the pairs find each other, hold hands, and kneel down. The last pair to kneel down drops out of the game. Con-tinue until two brothers left.

CIRCLE TREAT Arrange the Scouts in a circle, facing inward. Then start a plate of candy around the circle. At frequent intervals call “stop.” The boy holding the plate should try to answer a question about Boy Scouts. If he gives the right answer, give him a piece of candy. Then contin-ue the plate around the circle. Materials: Candy and a plate COVER THE CHAIR Have the players seated in a circle and select one to be “it.” He stands in the circle leaving his chair empty. When he commands, “Shift to the right!” the per-son who has the empty chair on his right shifts to it, the next person shifts to the chair that vacated, and so on around the circle. “It” tries to get a seat. If he suc-ceeds, the person who should have shifted to that seat becomes “it.” “It” may suddenly call “shift to the left,” and in the confusion he stands a good chance of finding a place. Materials: Chairs

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