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FLAGS OF AMERICA
DEN MEETINGS
REVIEW THEME PAGES BEFORE PLANNING DEN MEETINGS.
FIRST WEEK SECOND WEEK THIRD WEEK
FOURTH WEEK
BEFORE
THE
MEETING
STARTS
WHILE
CUB
SCOUTS
GATHER
BUSINESS
ITEMS
AFTER
THE
MEETING
Den leader, den chief, and denner review plans before each meeting and check equipment needed.
Have Softball and bat. U.S
flag, "flags" for Flag Tag
(page CUB 3 JUN); re-
sources on flags and mate
rials to make flags (CUB
3 JUN).
Have U.S. flag, paper and
pencils for notes, Your Flag
booklet or Official Boy
Scout Handbook, materials
for flags, Cub Scout Song-
book.
Have broomsticks or
dowels for Stick Wrestle
(page 61, Games for Cub
Scouts); Flag Quiz (page
CUB 3 JUN); Cub Scout
Songbook.
Let boys play with softball
and bat.
Den leader collects dues.
Den chief officiates for Den chief officiates for
Dual Contests (page 76, Den Stick Wrestle.
Leader's Book).
OPENING Form den in horseshoe for-
mation. Assistant denner
presents colors and denner
leads Pledge of Allegiance.
Assigned boy conducts flag
ceremony.
Each boy responds to roll
call by giving one fact of
U,S. flag history. Denner
leads den yell.
Den leader checks boys' books for passed achievements and electives and
records them on Den Advancement Chart. Boys record own advancement on
den doodle, if den has one
Have boys write notes to
themselves as reminder to
fly U.S. flag at home on
Flag Day, June 14. Suggest
that they ask neighbors to
do the same.
Discuss Flags of America
theme and tell plans for
pack activity. Discuss what
flags stand for. What does
U.S. flag represent? Why
should we honor it?
Prepare den presentation
for pack activity on flag
courtesies or on meaning
and history of flags boys
made.
ACTIVITY Play Flag Tag. Show re-
sources on flags. Have each
boy begin making one his-
toric U.S. flag and one
other (state, marine warn-
ing, Red Cross, military,
etc.) for display at pack ac-
tivity.
Play All Tied Up (page CUB
3 JUN). Den chief demon-
strates U.S. flag courtesies:
display, saluting, folding.
Have Cub Scouts practice.
See Your Flag and Official
Boy Scout Handbook. Con-
tinue work on flags.
Give boys Flag Quiz.
Rehearse presentation for
pack activity.
GO TO
SWIMMING POOL
OR
WATERFRONT.
HAVE
INSTRUCTION
FOR
NONSW1MMERS
AND PLAY
WATER GAMES
(page CUB 3 JUN).
USE
SAFE SWIM
DEFENSE PLAN.
CLOSING Assign boy working on
Wolf Flag achievement to
prepare and conduct open-
ing flag ceremony next
week. Form living circle.
Denner leads Cub Scout
Promise.
Boy who conducted open-
ing ceremony retires colors
and folds flag with help of
denner or den chief. Sing
"God Bless America" (Cub
Scout Songbook).
Sing "America, the Beau-
tiful" (Cub Scout Song-
book). *
Denner supervises putting away equipment. Den leader, den chief, and denner review
the meeting and check details for next meeting.
Den leader fills out ad- Set for summer? Call on
vancement report for pack parents to plan and run
leaders' meeting. activities.
FOR MORE PROGRAM AIDS READ BOYS' LIFE AND ATTEND YOUR DISTRICT ROUNDTABLE.
CUB 2 JUN 81
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