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swim fun. Several water games, for
both nonswimmers and swimmers, are
on this page.
Have your Cub Scouts make copies of
several of our nation's historic flags for
a den display at the pack activity. A few
of these flags are shown on these pages.
Your best resource for others is a book-
let titled Your Flag (No. A3188), avail-
able from your Scout distributor or
council service center. This booklet also
covers flag history and courtesy. Ency-
clopedias also have color pictures
showing early U.S. flags, as well as state
flags. Some also show flags of the Red
Cross, marine flags, and other
specialized banners. Your boys may be
interested in looking at them and learn-
ing what they mean.
Probably the simplest method of re-
producing flags is to sketch the designs
on butcher paper or other heavy stock
and then color them with felt-tipped
pens, crayons, or liquid shoe polish. To
ensure-correct proportions, use the grid
method as-shown here. Draw lightly a
scaled grid on your stock and a similar,
smaller grid on tissue paper. Lay the
tissue grid over the flag you are copy-
ing. The distance between lines on
smaller grid must be proportionate to
the larger grid, such as 1:3, etc. This
means one distance on the smaller grid
is equal to three on the larger.
boys to use Your Flag and other re-
sources to find the answers to these
sample questions and others you come
up with.
• The flags of which five nations flew
over our country before the Revolu-
tion? (Spain, France, Holland, Sweden,
England.)
• How many stars and stripes did the
U.S. flag have when Francis Scott Key
wrote "The Star-Spangled Banner"?
(Fifteen of each.)
• When did the U.S. flag get its 50th
star? (On July 4, 1960—the star repre-
sented Hawaii.)
• Where is the U.S. flag placed when it
is in a parade with a group of flags? (On
the marching right, or, when there is a
line of flags, in front of the center of the
line.)
• When was the first official flag
adopted for the U.S.? (June 14, 1777.)
DEN GAMES. FLAG TAG. Give each
player two "flags"—1 x 16-inch strips of
leather, vinyl, or cloth. Players loop
their flags over their belts along the
trouser seams, with only one inch
behind the belt. On signal, each player
tries to grab the others' flags while
protecting his own. Winner is the last
player still in possession of at least one
of his own flags and the one who cap-
tured the most flags.
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******** STATt FLAGS * * * * ** *
Grand Union flag first flew over George
Washington's headquarters in 1776.
Old Glory, the first official U.S. flag,
adopted June 14, 1777.
Star-Spangled Banner, the U.S. flag
when Francis Scott Key wrote our na-
tional anthem. It had 15 stars and 15
stripes.
FLAG QUIZ. Play as a den game. Allow
ALL TIED UP. Here's a just-for-fun
game. Form players in a tight circle,
shoulder-to-shoulder. They put their
hands in the circle and grasp the hands
of two other players, but not the players
next to them. Now ask them to try to
untangle themselves without breaking
their grip by stepping over hands and
arms, ducking under, and pivoting. It's
chaos.
For a Flag Word Puzzle, see page
CUB 7 AUG.
WATER FUN. Following are games for
nonswimmers that may help them
overcome fear of the water.
BALL TAG. Play in waist-deep water.
"It" tries to tag other players by hitting
them with a soft rubber ball. If "It"
misses, the player he threw at tosses the
ball back to him. Establish boundaries
so that distances will not be great.
DUCK TAG. Play in waist-deep water.
A player is safe from being tagged if he
ducks completely underwater for a
second or two when "It" approaches.
TOUCH. Play in chest-deep water.
Divide den into two teams and line
them up in parallel lines five to six feet
apart. The leader calls out the name of
an object that is equidistant from both
teams—diving board, rubber mat, edge
of the pool, a ball. All players rush to
touch the object and return. The team
returning first scores one point.
Games for Swimmers
TREASURE DIVE. Divide swimmers
into teams and have them line up at
opposite ends of the pool. Toss a coin
into the center. On signal, first player on
each team dives in and tries to bring the
coin back to his side. Score one point
for the retriever.
RESCUE RELAY. Divide group into
two teams. First player on each team
stays on shore while the others go into
shoulder-deep water, facing the shore.
On signal, the first player grabs a towel
and runs and swims to his teammates.
He throws an end of the towel to a
teammate who grabs it and is pulled to
shore. The "rescued" boy then runs
back into the water and rescues an-
other. First team finished wins.
CANDLE RACE. Line up players on one
side of the pool. At pool's edge on the
other side, have one candle and
matches for each player. On signal, they
dive in, race across the pool, light a
candle, and return to the starting point
carrying the candle. Winner is the first
one to return with candle lighted.
€AN WE RACE —
PACK ACTIVITY
The arrangements committee should
arrive early to check on equipment
needed for swimming events, and to set
up display areas for den flag exhibits.
CUB 3 JUN 81
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