| Tiger Cubs Tiger Cubs -- A school-year program for first-grade (or 7-year-old) boys and their adult partners that stresses simplicity, shared leadership, learning about the community, and family understanding. Each boy/adult team meets for family activities, then once or twice a month all the teams meet for Tiger Cub group activities. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tiger Cubs BSA gives parents an opportunity to provide their children with a safe, structured, and nurturing environment. Tiger Cubs and their adult partners have fun together while developing closer family relationships. Scouting can provide positive, enriching experiences and activities to complement a child's formal classroom education. Scouting and education share the common goal of helping young people grow into self-reliant, dependable, and caring adults. Tiger Cubs BSA is a simple, fun, easy-to-operate program that helps a boy and his adult partner gain a better understanding of and an appreciation for the community environment in which they live, and even the world at large. Tiger Cubs BSA offers an opportunity for boys to enter the Scouting family at an important age. Research has shown that early involvement in values-based programs is vital to strong character development. The longer a boy stays in Scouting, the more likely he is to develop the values and skills needed to become an ethical and productive citizen. The Tiger Cub dens are a part of the Pack. Tiger Cub dens meet twice a month and attendance at all pack meetings is urged. There are Tiger Cub resource books and program helps available for the Tiger Cub Den Leaders. Tiger Cubs BSA introduces boys and their adult partners to the excitement of Cub Scouting as they "Search, Discover, and Share" together. TIGER 2001 These are the requirements as they appear in the 2001 edition of the Cub Scout Tiger Cub Handbook, and became effective on June 1, 2001. FIRST EARN TOTEM Tiger Cub Motto Cub Scout Sign Cub Scout Salute NEXT EARN TIGER BADGE 15 required activities in 5 achievements F are family activities D are den activities G are Go See It activities As he completes each Achievement, he is awarded a bead which is hung from the Totem. He earns a WHITE bead for each required FAMILY Activity. He earns an ORANGE bead for each required DEN Activity. He earns a BLACK bead for each required GO SEE IT Activity. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ACHIEVEMENT 1; Making My Family Special 1-Family Think of one chore you can do with your adult partner. Complete it together. 1-Den Make a family scrapbook. 1-Go see it Go to a library, historical society, museum, or historical building or visit an older person in your community. Discover how family life was the same and how it was different many years ago. ACHIEVEMENT 2; Where I Live 2-Family Look at a map of your community with your adult partner. 2-Den Practice the Pledge of Allegiance with your den, and participate in a den or pack flag ceremony. 2-Go see it Visit a police station or a fire station. Ask someone who works there how he or she helps people in your community. ACHIEVEMENT 3; Keeping Myself Healthy and Safe 3-Family(a) With your family, plan a fire drill then practice it in your home. 3-Family(b) With your adult partner, plan what to do if you became lost or separated from your family in a strange place. 3-Den Make a Food Guide Pyramid 3-Go see it Learn the rules of a game or sport. Then, go watch an amateur or professional game or sporting event. ACHIEVEMENT 4; How I Tell It 4-Family At a family meal, have each family member take turns telling the others one thing that happened to him or her that day. Remember to practice being a good listener while you wait for your turn to talk. 4-Den Play "Tell It Like It Isn't" 4-Go see it Visit a television station, radio station, or newspaper office. Find out how people there communicate with others. ACHIEVEMENT 5; Let's Go Outdoors 5-Family Go outside and watch the weather 5-Den With a crayon or colored pencil and a piece of paper, make a leaf rubbing. 5-Go see it Take a hike with your den. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- After completing the fifteen Achievements, the Tiger Cub is awarded the Tiger Cub Patch. The patch is affixed to the reverse side of the Tiger Cub Totem until he advances to the Bobcat Rank and begins working on his Wolf Rank. At that point the Tiger Cub and Bobcat Rank patches are sewn on the Blue Cub Scout Uniform shirt. Also, after completing the achievements, the Tiger Cub can be awarded Tiger Track Beads, which are YELLOW disks attached to the Totem. One bead is awarded for each group of TEN Electives the Tiger Cub completes. A boy can work on both Achievements and electives concurrently, but he can't receive Tiger Track beads until he has earned the Tiger Cub Badge. EARN ELECTIVES Each ten completed earns a gold bead for totem. Electives may be repeated. Think of a time when your family celebrated something, and tell the den about it and how it made your feel. Make a decoration with your family or your den. Display it or give it to someone as a gift. With your family, play a card or board game, or put a jigsaw puzzle together. Make a frame for a family picture. Make a family mobile. Along with your adult partner, teach a song to your family or to your den and sing it together. Make a musical instrument and play it with others. The others can sing or have instruments of their own. Invite a religious leader from your place of worship to your home or to your den meeting. Help a new boy or girl get to know other people. Along with your adult partner, help an elderly or shut-in person with a chore. Help collect food, clothing or toys for needy families with your den or pack. Make at least two cards or decorations and take them to a hospital or long-term care facility. Using US pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters, choose the correct coins to make the following amounts. Together with your adult partner, read a short story or a magazine article. Mix the primary colors to make orange, green and purple. With your den, show or tell about something you like to collect, OR tell your den about a favorite hobby or activity. Make a model. Sew a button onto fabric. Learn a magic trick and show it to your family or den. With your den, make up a PSA kit to tell people about Tiger Cubs. Make a puppet. With your family or with your den, have a picnic -- indoors or outdoors. Find out what kind of milk your family drinks and why. Help the adult who is preparing the family meal to set the table and clean up afterwards. Make a snack and share it with your family or den. With a toy phone, or a disconnected phone, practice making phone calls and answering the telephone. Talk to your adult partner about what to do if these things happened: *The adult who is caring for you becomes ill. *You are alone with someone who makes you feel uncomfortable. With your adult partner, check the batteries in the smoke detector in your home or another building. Talk with your adult partner about when you should use sunscreen. Find out whether you have any in your home and where it is kept. With your adult partner, look at a container of sunscreen and find out whether it still protects you when you are wet. Also find out how long you are protected before you have to put on more. Look for the expiration date and make sure the sunscreen is not too old. Plant a seed, pit, or greens from something you have eaten. Learn about an animal. Make a bird feeder and then hang it outdoors. With your den or family, play Cleanup Treasure Hunt. With your adult partner, think of a way to conserve water or electricity and do it for one week. Play a game outdoors with your family or den. With your family or your den, go see a play or musical performance in your community. Take a bike ride with your adult partner. Visit a bike repair shop. Visit the place where your adult partner or another adult works. Together with an adult partner, go swimming or take part in an activity on water. Visit a train station, bus station, airport or boat dock. Visit a zoo or aquarium. Visit a veterinarian or animal groomer. Visit a dairy, a milk-processing plant, or a cheese factory. Visit a bakery. Visit a dentist or dental hygienist. Learn about what you can recycle in your community and how you can recycle at home. Learn about things that need to be recycled in special ways, such as paint and batteries. Take a ride on public transportation, such as a bus or train. Visit a government office such as the mayor's office, the state capitol building, or a courthouse. Visit a bank. |
| Bobcat Badge 1. Learn and say the Cub Scout Promise Cub Scout Promise I, {Scouts Name} , promise to do my best To do my duty to God And my Country To help other people, and To obey the law of the Pack 2. Say the Law of the Pack. Tell what it means Law of the Pack The Cub Scout follows Akela. The Cub Scout helps the pack go. The pack helps the Cub Scout grow. The Cub Scout gives goodwill. 3. Tell what Webelos means 4. Show the Cub Scout sign. Tell what it means. 5. Show the Cub Scout handshake. Tell what it means. 6. Say the Cub Scout motto. 7. Give the Cub Scout Salute. Say what it means. 8. With your parents or guardian, complete the exercises in the booklet, How to Protect Your Children from Child Abuse |
| The Wolf Trail After your Cub Scout has earned his Bobcat badge, he can start along the Wolf Trail. This is a big adventure for a boy, one the Boy Scouts of America hopes all boys will complete. When you have okayed the tracks your boy has filled in for all twelve achievements, he may become a Wolf Cub Scout. How quickly your boy progresses is up to him and you. He should do his best to complete each track; that's a part of the promise he made to become a Bobcat and it is the Cub Scout Motto - Do Your Best. Don't okay a track if you both know that he can do a better job. Move on to something else, then go back and try again. The important thing is to keep him interested by working on the trail with him as often as possible. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wolf Trail Achievements To earn the Wolf badge, a Cub Scout must complete 49 tasks out of a possible 62 tasks in the book. If the Cub Scout has not previously earned the Bobcat Badge, it must be earned first. These activities are done primarily at home and are signed off by the parent after the Cub Scout has completed each task. The book is then shown to the Den Leader, who records the progress and signs the book. Once all the required achievements have been completed, your Cub Scout will have earned his Wolf badge, which will be presented to him at the Blue and Gold Banquet. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Achievement 1: Feats of Skill (pg.38) You are growing. You are getting stronger. Try these feats of skill. Test your speed. Test your balance. Test your strength. Complete items a through e and any one of f through k. a. Play catch with someone ten steps away. Play until you can throw and catch. b. Walk a line back and forth. Do it sideways, too. Then walk the edge of a board six steps each way. c. Do a front roll. d. Do a back roll. e. Do a falling forward roll. f. See how high you can jump. g. Do the elephant walk, frog leap, and crab walk. h. Swim as far as you can walk in fifteen steps. i. Using a basketball or playground ball, do a baseball pass, chest pass, and bounce pass. j. Do a frog stand. k. Run or jog for 10 minutes. Or jog in place for 5 minutes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Achievement 2: Your Flag (pg. 46) Your flag stands for our country. Learn some ways to honor your flag. Complete all of the following requirements. a. Give the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. Tell what it means. 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. b. Lead a flag ceremony in your den. c. Tell how to respect and take care of the flag. Show three ways to display the flag. d. Learn about the flag of your state or territory and how to display it. http://www.50states.com/ohio.htm e. With the help of another person, fold the flag. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Achievement 3: Keep Your Body Healthy (pg. 56) Be healthy and strong. Learn what to do to be healthy. Keep active to be strong. Complete all of the following requirements. a. Show that you know and follow the seven rules of health. Take baths or showers often - once a day if you can. Use soap. Wash your hands before meals and after using the toilet. Brush your teeth before you go to bed and after breakfast. Brush your teeth or rinse your mouth after eating. Drink lots of water (six to eight glasses a day). Eat different kinds of food. Do most of your eating at mealtime. Stay away from too many sweets. Run and play outdoors. Get the sleep you need. b. Tell four ways to stop the spread of a cold. If you have a cold, stay away from other people. Get lots of rest. Turn your head away from others when you sneeze or cough. Cover your mouth and nose. Wash your hands often, and always wash them after you sneeze. c. Show what to do for a small cut on your finger. Tell a grown-up about the cut. Let the cut bleed a little. Wash it with soap and water. Cover it with a stick-on bandage. For a big cut, get help fast. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Achievement 4: Know Your Home and Community (pg. 60) Sometimes your parents have to be somewhere else, and you must be home without an adult. If you can take care of yourself, no one will worry. You will be safe and happy. Here are some things to do when you are home alone, along with some other things to do to be responsible and helpful in your home. a. Write down the phone numbers you need to have. Put them by your phone. Police Fire Doctor Mother at work, Cell Phone Father at work, Cell Phone Family friend b. Tell what to do if someone comes to the door and wants to come in. c. Tell what to do if someone calls on the phone. d. When I leave our home I will ... Turn off the lights. Close and lock the windows. Turn off the water. Take care of pets. Have my key. Lock all of the doors. e. Talk with others in your home about helping. Agree on the home jobs you will do. Make a list of your jobs. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Achievement 5: Tools for Fixing and Building (pg. 64) You can make something if you know how to use tools. You can fix things that are broken. a. Point out and name eight tools. Do this at home, or go to a hardware store with a grown-up. Tell what each tool does. Plane to smooth wood Hacksaw to cut metal Handsaw for straight cuts in wood File to smooth metal Claw hammer to drive nails and pull them out C-clamp to hold things in place Coping saw for cutting curves in wood Plunger to open clogged drains Awl to punch holes Adjustable Wrench to turn bolts or nuts b. Show how to use pliers. Slip-joint pliers for small jobs and for large jobs. c. Use a screwdriver to drive a screw. Start a hole in the wood with an awl or a nail. A screw with soap on it is easier to turn. Twist the screw into the hole. Pick the right screwdriver to fit the screw. Turn the screw until the head is in the wood. d. Show how to use a hammer. Tap a nail to get it started. Lift up the hammer and drop it on the nail. Let the hammer do the work. If you bend the nail, pull it out using the claw end and a block of wood to rest the hammer on. e. Use a pattern or a plan to make a birdhouse, a set of bookends, or something else useful. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Achievement 6: Start a Collection (pg. 70) You can collect almost anything. Put your collection together so that you can show it to your family, den, and pack. a. Make a collection of anything you like. Start with ten things. Put them together in a neat way. b. Show and explain your collection to another person. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Achievement 7: Your Living World (pg. 74) Our world is the only one we have. Take care of it. There are many ways you can help. This achievement is also part of the World Conservation Award. a. Land, air, and water can get dirty. On a sheet of paper, list ways this can happen. b. It takes a lot of energy to make glass, cans, and paper products. You can help save energy by collecting these items for use again. Write the name of the recycling center closest to you. Find out what items you can save and send to this center. c. With a grown-up, pick up litter in your neighborhood. Wear gloves to protect your hands against germs and cuts from sharp objects. d. With a grown-up, find three stories that tell how people are protecting our world. Read and discuss them together. e. Besides recycling, there are other ways to save energy. List three ways you can save energy, and do them. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Achievement 8: Cooking and Eating (pg. 78) It's fun to be the cook. The cook fixes the meal and might not use a stove. You won't need a stove for sandwiches and salads. a. Study the Food Guide Pyramid. Name some groups from each of the food groups shown in the pyramid. b. Plan the meals you and your family should have for one day. List things your family should have from the food groups shown in Food Guide Pyramid. At each meal, you should have foods from at least three food groups. c. Help fix at least one meal for your family. Help set the table, cook the food, and wash the dishes. d. Fix your own breakfast. Wash and put away the dishes. e. With a grown-up, help to plan, prepare, and cook an outdoor meal. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Achievement 9: Be Safe at Home and on the Street (pg. 82) You can be careful and safe and still have fun. It's a lot more fun if you and other people don't get hurt. Let's learn how to be safe at home, and outside too. a. WITH A GROWN-UP, check your home for things that may help keep you safe. b. WITH A GROWN-UP, check for danger from fire. c. Practice good rules of street and road safety. d. Know the rules of bike safety. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Achievement 10: Family Fun (pg. 88) Here are some things to do that are fun for everyone. There are games to play, places to go, and things to do with your family. a. Make a game like one of these. Play it with your family. (Eagle Golf, Beanbag Archery.) b. Plan a walk. Go to a park or wooded area, visit a zoo or museum with your family. c. Read a book or Boys' Life magazine with your family. Take turns reading aloud. d. Decide with Akela what you will watch on television or listen to on the radio. e. Attend a concert, a play, or other live program with your family. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Achievement 11: Duty to God (pg. 92) A Cub Scout promises to do his duty to God. What is your duty to God? How do you do it? Your family can help you learn about God. This will help. a. Talk with your folks about what they believe is their duty to God. b. Give some ideas on how you can show your religious beliefs. c. Find out how you can help your church, synagogue, or religious fellowship. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Achievement 12: Making Choices (pg. 96) We have to make choices all the time. What to do. Where to go. Who to be with. Doing these requirements with your parent will help you learn how to make the best choices. a. There is an older boy who hangs around Jason's school. He tries to give drugs to the children. What would you do if you were Jason? b. Mel is home alone. The phone rings. When Mel answers, a stranger asks if Mel's mother is home. She is not. Mel is alone. What would you do if you were Mel? c. Justin is new to your school. He has braces on his legs and walks with a limp. Some of the kids at school tease him. They want you to tease him, too. What would you do? d. Juan is on a walk with his little sister. A car stops and a man asks them to come over to the car. What would you do if you were Juan? e. Matthew's grandmother gives him money to buy an ice-cream cone. On the way to the store, a bigger boy asks for money and threatens to hit Matthew if he does not give him some money. If you were Matthew, what would you do? f. Chris and his little brother are home alone in the afternoon. A woman knocks on the door and says she wants to read the meter. She is not wearing a uniform. What would you do if you were Chris? g. Sam is home alone. He looks out the window and sees a man trying to break into a neighbor's back door. What would you do if you were Sam? h. Mr. Palmer is blind. He has a guide dog. One day as he is crossing the street, some kids whistle and call to the dog. They want you and your friends to call the dog too. What would you do? i. Some kids who go to Bob's school want him to steal candy and gum from a store, which they can share later. Bob knows this is wrong, but he wants to be popular with these kids. What would you do if you were Bob? |
| Bear Badge Any boy may earn Bear achievements and electives if he is in the third grade, or is nine years old. To earn the Bear badge, a boy must complete 12 of the 24 specified achievements listed below. He can select the ones he wants to do from four different groups: God, Country, Family, and Self. The Progress Towards Ranks badge is available as an incentive during the Bear program to encourage a Cub on his achievement work. Details regarding the completion of the achievements and associated electives can be found in the BSA Bear Cub Scout Book (No. 33107, 1998.) When a boy finishes an achievement, he will need to have an adult member of his family sign and date his book. He will then take the book to the next den meeting and his den leader will record it on the Cub Scout (Den) Advancement Chart and initial his book. When he has done 12 Bear achievements, he becomes a Bear Cub Scout. A boy may count any extra achievement requirements he earns as arrow point credits. If a Bear-aged boy is new to Cub Scouting, he must complete the Bobcat trail before beginning work on the Bear achievements. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Achievement 1: Ways We Worship (p 25) Practice your religion as you are taught in your home, church, synagogue, mosque, or other religious community. Achievement 2: Emblems of Faith (p 27) Earn the religious emblem of your faith. As a Cub Scout a boy promises to do his duty to God. This means he promised to practice his religion at home and at his place of worship. Participation in the religious emblems program provides the cub with an opportunity for spiritual growth and to increase his religious knowledge. Most major religious organizations and denominations have a religious education program that award a religious emblem when completed. For an index of religious emblems offered to cubs check out the BSA index of religious emblems. Cubs that attend St. Charles will complete the requirements for the Parvuli Dei. Achievement 3: What Makes America Special? (p 30) DO THESE: a. Write or tell what makes America special to you. DO THREE OF THESE: b. With the help of your family or den leader, find out about two famous Americans. Tell the things they did or are doing to improve our way of life. c. Find out something about the old homes near the place where you live. Go and see two of them. d. Find out where places of historical interest are located in or near your town or city. Go and visit one of them with your family or den. e. Choose a state; it can be your favorite one or your home state. Name the state bird, tree and flower. Describe its flag. Give the date it was admitted to the union. f. Be a member of the color guard in a flag ceremony for your den or pack. g. Display the U.S. flag in your home or fly it on three national holidays. Achievement 4: Tall Tales (p 36) DO THESE: a. Tell in your own words what folklore is. List some folklore stories, folk songs, or historical legends from your own state or part of the country. b. Name at least five stories about American folklore. Point out on a United States map where they happened. c. Read two folklore stories and tell your favorite one to your den. Achievement 5: Sharing Your World With Wildlife (p 44) DO FOUR OF THESE: a. Choose a bird or animal that you like and find out how it lives. Make a poster showing what you have learned. b. Build or make a bird feeder or bird house. c. Explain what a wildlife conservation officer does. d. Visit one of the following: Zoo, Nature center, Wildlife refuge, Game preserve. e. Name one animal that has become extinct in the last 100 years. Tell why animals become extinct. Name one animal that is on the endangered species list. Achievement 6: Take Care of Your Planet (p 50) DO THREE OF THESE: a. Save 5 pounds of glass or aluminum, or 1 month of daily newspapers. Turn them in at a recycling center or use your community's recycling service. b. Plant a tree in your yard, or on the grounds of the group that operates your Cub Scout pack, or in a park or other public place. Be sure to get permission first. c. Call city or county officials or your trash hauling company and find out what happens to your trash after it is hauled away. d. Do a water usage survey in your home. Note the ways water is used. Look for any dripping faucets. e. Discuss with one of your parents the ways your family uses energy. f. Find out more about your family's use of electricity. Achievement 7: Law Enforcement is a Big Job (p 58) DO FOUR OF THESE: a. Make a set of your own fingerprints. b. Make a plaster cast of a shoe print. c. Check the doors and windows of your home. d. Visit your local sheriff's office or police station. e. Be sure you know where to get help in your neighborhood. f. Be sure fire and police numbers are listed by the phone at your home. g. Know what you can do to help law enforcement. Achievement 8: The Past is Exciting and Important (p 64) DO THREE OF THESE: a. Visit your library or newspaper office. Ask to see back issues of newspapers or an almanac. b. Find someone who was a Cub Scout a long time ago. Talk with him about what Cub Scouting was like then. c. Start or add to an existing pack scrapbook. d. Trace your family back through your grandparents or great-grandparents; or talk to a grandparent about what it was like when he or she was younger. e. Find out some history about your community. f. Keep a journal for two weeks. Achievement 9: What's Cooking? (p 70) DO FOUR OF THESE: a. With an adult, bake cookies. b. With an adult, make snacks for the next den meeting. c. Prepare one part of your breakfast, one part of your lunch, and one part of your supper. d. Make a list of the 'junk' foods you eat. Discuss "junk" food with your parent or teacher. e. Make some trail food for a hike. f. Make a dessert for your family. Achievement 10: Family Fun (p 78) DO THESE: a. Go on a trip with members of your family. b. Have a family "make-and-do" night. Achievement 11: Be Ready! (p 82) DO THESE: a. Tell what to do in case of an accident in the home. A family member needs help. If someone's clothes catch on fire. b. Tell what to do in case of a water accident. c. Tell what to do in case of a school bus accident. d. Tell what to do in case of a car accident. OPTIONAL e. Have a health checkup by a physician. Achievement 12: Family Outdoor Adventure (p 90) DO THREE OF THESE: a. Go camping with your family. b. Go on a hike with your family. c. Have a picnic with your family. d. Attend an outdoor event with your family. e. Plan your outdoor family day. Achievement 13: Saving Well, Spending Well (p 96) DO FOUR OF THESE: a. Go grocery shopping with a parent or other adult member of your family. b. Set up a savings account. c. Keep a record of how you spend money for 2 weeks. d. Pretend you are shopping for a car for your family. e. Discuss family finances with a parent or guardian. f. Play a board game with your family that involves the use of play money. g. With an adult, figure out how much it costs for each person in your home to eat one meal. Achievement 14: Ride Right (p 102) DO THESE: a. Know the rules for bike safety. If your town requires a bicycle license, be sure to get one. DO THREE OF THESE: b. Learn to ride a bike, if you haven't by now. Show that you can follow a winding course for 60 feet doing sharp left and right turns, a U-turn, and an emergency stop. c. Keep your bike in good shape. Identify the parts of a bike that should be checked often. d. Change a tire on a bicycle. e. Protect your bike from theft. Use a bicycle lock. f. Ride a bike for 1 mile without rest. Be sure to obey all traffic rules. g. Plan and take a family bike hike. Achievement 15: Games, Games, Games! (p 108) DO TWO OF THESE: a. Set up the equipment and play any two of these outdoor games with your family or friends. (backyard golf, badminton, croquet, sidewalk shuffleboard, kickball, softball, tether ball, horseshoes, volleyball) b. Play two organized games with your den. c. Select a game your den has never played. Explain the rules. Tell them to play it, and then play it with them. Achievement 16: Building Muscles (p 112) DO THESE: a. Do physical fitness stretching exercises. Then do curl-ups, push-ups, the standing long jump, and the softball throw. b. With a friend, compete in at least six different two-person contests. (Many examples in book.) c. Compete with your den or pack in the crab relay, gorilla relay, 30-yard dash, and kangaroo relay. Achievement 17: Information, Please (p 118) DO THESE: a. With an adult in your family, choose a TV show. Watch it together. DO THREE OF THESE: b. Play a game of charades at your den meeting or with your family at home. c. Visit a newspaper office, or TV or radio station and talk to a news reporter. d. Use a computer to get information. Write, spell-check, and print out a report on what you learned e. Write a letter to a company that makes something you use. Use E-mail or the U.S. Post Office. f. Talk with a parent or other family member about how getting and giving facts fits into his or her job. Achievement 18: Jot It Down (p 122) DO FIVE OF THESE: a. Make a list of the things you want to do today. Check them off when you have done them. b. Write two letters to relatives or friends. c. Keep a daily record of your activities for 2 weeks. c. Write an invitation to someone. e. Write a story about something you have done with your family. f. Write a thank-you note. g. Write about the activities of your den. Achievement 19: Shavings And Chips (p 128) DO THESE: a. Know the safety rules for handling a knife. b. Show that you know how to take care of and use a pocketknife. c. Make a carving with a pocketknife. Work with your den leader or other adult when doing this. d. Earn the Whittling Chip card. Achievement 20: Sawdust and Nails (p 134) DO THESE: a. Show how to use and take care of four of these tools. (Tools listed in book.) b. Build your own toolbox. c. Use at least two tools listed in requirement a to fix something. Achievement 21: Build a Model (p 138) DO THREE OF THESE: a. Build a model from a kit. b. Build a display for one of your models. c. Pretend you are planning to change the furniture layout in one of the rooms in your home. d. Make a model of a mountain, a meadow, a canyon, or river. e. Go and see a model of a shopping center or new building that is on display somewhere. f. Make a model of a rocket, boat, car, or plane. Achievement 22: Tying It All Up (p 142) DO FIVE OF THESE: a. Whip the ends of a rope. b. Tie a square knot, bowline, sheet bend, two half hitches, and a slip knot. Tell how each knot is used c. Learn how to keep a rope from tangling. d. Coil a rope. Throw it, hitting a 2-foot square marker 20 feet away. e. Learn a magic rope trick. f. Make your own rope. (Instructions given in book.) Achievement 23: Sports, Sports, Sports (p 150) DO THESE: a. Learn the rules and how to play three team sports. b. Learn the rules and how to play two sports in which only one person is on each side. c. Take part in one team and one individual sport. d. Watch a sport on TV with a parent or some other member of your family. e. Attend a high school, college, or professional sporting event with your family or your den. Achievement 24: Be a Leader (p 154) DO THREE OF THESE: a. Help a boy join the Cub Scouts, or help a new Cub Scout through the Bobcat trail. b. Serve as a denner or assistant denner. c. Plan and conduct a den activity with the approval of your den leader. d. Tell two people they have done a good job. e. Leadership means choosing a way even not everybody likes your choice. |
| Webelos Achievements -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Webelos stands for "WE'll BE LOyal Scouts." Webelos Scouts are Cub Scouts preparing to be Boy Scouts. The Webelos Scouts learn about Boy Scouts and may participate in Boy Scout meetings and activities. Their den meetings are typically held on evenings or Saturdays. They do not follow the monthly theme of the Pack, but have their own program. They are the oldest Scouts in the Pack and as such carry the responsibility of being good role models to the younger Cub Scouts. It falls upon the Webelos Scouts to help explain what exciting activities await the younger Cubs and to help the Cubs during Pack activities. The den is central to Webelos Scouting. Webelos Scouts take more responsibility for the running of their den. And they do more things as a den. The emphasis shifts from home-centered activities to group-centered activities similar to those they will encounter in Boy Scouting. The major goal of Webelos Scouting is to give the Scouts a taste of what it is like to be a Boy Scout and to get them use to how Boy Scouting is structured. Webelos Scouts learn that it is their responsibility to earn their activity badges. They are helped by their den leaders and Activity Badge Councilors (adults who volunteer to host an activity badge) and it is the den leaders who pass the Webelos Scout on the requirements. Parents play a new, more supportive, and less directive role with Webelos Scouts. The den conducts some projects that can be credited towards the ranks and activity badges that the boys earn, but not all of the requirements are addressed at den meetings. This is deliberate. The Webelos Scouts learn that if they wish to advance, they are responsible for meeting the requirements outside den meeting times. This is patterned after the merit badge and advancement process in a Boy Scout Troop. The activities, themselves, are designed to appeal more to the older boy and are patterned after Boy Scout merit badge requirements. It is in Webelos that world of outdoor Scouting begins to open up. With their parents, the Webelos are able to camp and go on other outdoor activities with their den and with Boy Scout Troops. They also may participate in Boy Scout Troop meetings and other Scouting events. In short, Webelos Scouting is the transitional program between Cub Scouting and Boy Scouting. Webelos are still under the direction of the Cub master, but hold their own activities and do many things too advanced for younger boys. At the end of the Webelos program, the Scouts truly have a taste for what Boy Scouting is all about and have a head start in proceeding through the Boy Scout program. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Webelos Badge Requirements As with all Cub Scout ranks, you must first earn the Bobcat Badge to be eligible to work for this award. Also, your Webelos Den Leader will now sign off your activities (your parent or guardian does not sign off the activities as they did when you were a Wolf or Bear). 1. Have an adult member of your family read and sign the Parent Guide in this book. 2. Be an active member of your Webelos den for 3 months (attendance, den dues, den projects). 3. Know and explain the meaning of the Webelos badge. 4. Point out and explain the parts of the Webelos Scout uniform. Tell when to and when not to wear it. 5. Earn Fitness and two other activity badges - one from each of two different activity badge groups. (shown as * in Webelos Activities section). 6. Plan and lead a flag ceremony in your den. 7. Show that you know and understand the requirements to be a Boy Scout. a. Understand and intend to live by the: Scout Oath or Promise, Scout Law, Scout Motto, Scout slogan b. Know the following and when to use them: Scout salute, Scout sign, Scout handclasp c. Understand and agree to follow the Outdoor Code. 8. Earn the religious emblem of your faith.- OR - DO TWO OF THE FOLLOWING: a. Attend the church, synagogue, mosque, or other religious organization of your choice, talk with your religious leader about your beliefs, and tell your family and Webelos den leader about what you learned. b. Tell how your religious beliefs fit in with the Scout Oath and Scout Law, and discuss with your family and Webelos leader what character-building traits your beliefs and the Scout Oath and Scout Law have in common. c. With your religious leader, list and do two things you think will help you draw nearer to God. (1)________________________________ (2) ________________________________ d. Pray to God daily as taught by your family, church, synagogue, or other religious brotherhood. Do this for at least 1 month. e. Under the direction of your religious leader, do an act of service for someone else. Talk about your service with your family and Webelos leader. Tell them how it made you feel. f. List at least two ways in which you believe you have been a good example and lived in accordance with your religious beliefs. (1) _______________________________ (2) _______________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMPASS EMBLEM AND POINTS REQUIREMENTS After earning the Webelos badge, a Webelos may earn the compass points emblem. It is awarded after the Webelos earns four more activity badges in addition to the three he had earned for the Webelos badge. This is a total of seven activity badges. The compass points emblem is worn attached to the button on the right pocket of the Webelos uniform shirt. After the compass points emblem is earned, the Webelos Scout may earn a metal compass point for each four additional activity badges he earns. There is a maximum number of 3 metal compass points that may be earned. (This makes a total of 16 activity badges beyond the 3 required for the Webelos badge to earn all parts of the compass points emblem and its 3 metal compass points.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARROW OF LIGHT AWARD REQUIREMENTS This is the highest award that you can earn in the Cub Scout program and it is one of only TWO awards that may be worn on your BOY SCOUT uniform when you become a Boy Scout. (The only other item that may be carried over to the Boy Scout uniform is the RELIGIOUS EMBLEM if you received that as a Cub Scout or Webelos Scout.) 1. Be active in your Webelos den for at least 6 months since completing the fourth grade (or for at least six months since becoming 10 years old), and earn the Webelos badge. 2. Show your knowledge of the requirements to become a Boy Scout by doing all of these: a. Repeat from memory and explain in your own words the Scout Oath or Promise and the 12 points of the Scout Law. Tell how you have practiced them in your everyday life. b. Give and explain the Scout motto, slogan, sign, salute, and handclasp. c. Understand the significance of the Scout badge. Know its parts and tell what each stands for. d. Tell how a Boy Scout uniform is different from a Webelos Scout uniform. 3. Earn five more activity badges for a total of eight. (You already earned three for the Webelos badge. The total of eight must include Citizen, Fitness, Readyman, and at least one from the outdoor group, one from the mental skills group, and one from the technology group.) 4. With your Webelos den, visit at least one Boy Scout troop meeting, and one Boy Scout-oriented outdoor activity. 5. Participate in a Webelos overnight campout or day hike. 6. After you have completed all five of the above requirements, and after a talk with your Webelos leader, arrange to visit, with your parent or guardian, a meeting of a Boy Scout troop you think you might like to join. Talk to the Scoutmaster. Then get an "Application to Become a Boy Scout," fill it out and have your parent or guardian sign it. Show it to your Webelos leader and talk about your interest in becoming a Boy Scout. |