Scouting, Volume 61, Number 8, November-December 1973 Page: 8
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Cedar
Norway Spruce
Elm
Lombardy Poplar
WEBELOS FORESTER
FIRST WEEK
SECOND WEEK
THIRD WEEK
FOURTH WEEK
BEFORE
THE
MEETING
STARTS
Supplies: rope and weight
(beanbag) for jump the
shot, Webelos Den
Leader's Book; U.S. flag;
tree guidebook; jar.
Supplies: Cub Scout
Songbook, materials for
mounting leaves and
making charts.
Supplies: crosscut saw
and logs for two-man
crosscut saw contest,
Webelos Den Activities;
materials for posters;
Cub Scout Songbook.
Supplies: Cub Scout
Songbook, logs of
various sizes (or use
pictures, if necessary).
GATHERING Play jump the shot.
(Keep early
arrivals*
busy)
Have den chief lead game
of O'Grady says, Games
for Cub Scouts.
Play who am I?, Games
for Cub Scouts, using only
questions on trees.
Play rooster fight, Den
Chief's Denbook.
OPENING
(Ceremony)
Form den In horseshoe Denner leads den yell,
formation. Denner presents Sing "Scouting We Go,'
colors at open end and Cub Scout Songbook.
leads Pledge of Allegiance.
Have den's senior member
give and explain the first
point of the Scout Law:
"A Scout is trustworthy."
Brief Business Period—Roll Call, Dues, Uniform Inspection
For roll call, each boy
names one tree and a
product that comes from
it. Sing "Old MacDonald
Had a Farm," Cub Scout
Songbook.
ACTIVITY
BADGE
FUN
(Instruction,
practice,
games and
contests
related to
Webelos
Skills)
Go on a tree walk. Use a
guidebook to identify at
least six trees. With
permission, collect leaves
and twigs from each kind.
Mount leaves and twigs
collected last week. Then
have a leaf identification
contest.
Instruct in use of saw
and play two-man cross-
cut saw contest.
Play hop and turn,
Games for Cub Scouts.
Examine logs to deter-
mine ages, climatic
conditions during lives
of the trees.
PREPARATION
(Making props
and equipment.
Getting set for
future Special
Events)
Put twigs with buds in
water to watch develop-
ment for the rest of the
month. Discuss display for
pack meeting.
Check twigs in water.
Make charts showing how
water and minerals are
used by a tree.
Check twigs in water.
Make posters on life
history of a tree.
Check twigs in water.
Complete exhibits based
on Forester requirements
for pack meeting.
CLOSING Webelos Scouts salute as
denner retires U.S. flag.
(Announce- Each boy gives Cub Scout
ments, handshake to Den Leader
Ceremony) and leaves quietly.
Denner reads Outdoor
Code from the Scout
Handbook. Den hums
or sings "Taps."
Denner calls boys to
attention, leads them in
Scout Oath. Sing "We're
on the Upward Trail."
Sing "America, the
Beautiful," Cub Scout
Songbook.
DEN MEETING CLEANUP UNDER SUPERVISION OF DENNER
FOR MORE PROGRAM AIDS, CHECK YOUR LATEST COPY OF BOYS' LIFE.
CUB 8 FEB
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Boy Scouts of America. Scouting, Volume 61, Number 8, November-December 1973, periodical, November 1973; New Brunswick, New Jersey. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth353646/m1/40/: accessed May 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Boy Scouts of America National Scouting Museum.