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NOVEMBER THEME
HEROES IN BOOKS
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The key word in this theme is
"books." We want to encourage Cub
Scouts to become readers and to look to
books, as well as to television, for their
heroes.
Dens may visit a public library as a
group, or parents may be asked to take
their sons to the library. Den meetings
will feature preparation of a puppet show
on heroes the boys have read about.
The pack meeting highlight will be a
show of shows with puppets.
This theme is designed to achieve Cub
Scouting's purposes of:
• Developing habits and attitudes of
good citizenship.
• Improving understanding within the
family.
• Fostering a sense of personal achieve-
ment by developing new interests and
skills.
• Providing fun and exciting new things
to do.
PLANNING THE PACK MEETING.
Appoint an arrangements committee to
assist Cub Scout dens, if necessary, mak-
ing and setting up their puppet stages.
The committee might also gather a col-
lection of juvenile books about heroes for
a special display. You might include
books about current entertainers and
sports figures as well as books about
great presidents, scientists, explorers,
and pioneers.
Also appoint a program committee of
parents. This committee should prepare
EXPLORERS
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the "Who Am I?" preopening mixer for
adults and the "Match the Heroes"
interden game. See page CUB 3 NOV 90.
DEN PROJECTS
If your local elementary school has a
librarian, she or he would be a valuable
resource this month. The librarian will
be able to tell you what books about
heroes are available to your Cub Scouts in
school. Perhaps you will be able to bor-
row a few for a short time.
Another important resource is the
juvenile section of the public library. Talk
with the librarian there, too, and borrow
a few books on heroes for at least your first
den meeting this month.
Biographies, by the way, are not the
only sources for heroes. You will also
find them in library catalogues under
such listings as "Explorers" and "Astro-
nauts."
A den visit to the public library is sug-
gested for the second week this month.
(Invite parents to come along.) If a den
visit to the library is not practical,
encourage the parents to take their sons
on their own.
Let the boys choose the heroes they
want to read about. In a well-stocked
town library, they might find juvenile
books about heroes like this list:
• Astronauts, by Norman Barrett, 1986.
• Dan Beard: Scoutmaster of America, by
Wyatt Blassingame, 1972.
• Christopher Columbus, Who Sailed
On, by Dorothy F. Richards, 1978.
• Bill Cosby: Making America Laugh and
Learn, by Harold and Geraldine Woods,
1983.
• Explorers, by Dennis Fradin, 1984.
• The Picture Life of Michael Jackson, by
Warren Halliburton, 1984.
• Thomas Jefferson, Father of Our
Democracy, by David A. Adler, 1987.
• Captain John Paul Jones, by Ronald
Syme, 1968.
• Tecumseh: The Story of an American
Indian, by Anne Schraff, 1979.
Most libraries will also have several
biographies of Washington, Lincoln,
Buffalo Bill, Davey Crockett, and other
figures from America's past.
Probably most of your den members
are second or third graders. Focus on
books that are written for those grade
levels. But this does not mean that they
should not take out books for a higher
grade level. If a boy is interested in, say,
Daniel Boone, and the only available
biography is for seventh graders, ask the
boy's parents to read it with him. The
important thing is to get the Cub Scout
excited about books.
Making Puppets and Creating Skits. For
advice on making puppets and stages
and developing a skit, read Chapter 5 of
the Cub Scout LeaderHow-To Book. Also
see the puppet and marionette ideas on
these pages.
If all of your den members agree to pick
one or two heroes for their skit, it will be
easy to outline the plot and write the
script. Just choose an event in the hero's
life and tell the story with puppets. If the
boys don't agree on their heroes, you can
use a skit like the one below. This skit,
adapted from the 1986 Pow Wow Book of
the W.D. Boyce Council, Peoria, 111., can
be used when the den has a variety of
heroes and stories to tell.
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HAND PUPPET. Simple hand puppet
made with Ping-Pong ball and old sock
or bit of cloth.
HEROES IN BOOKS SKITS
Setting: A boy is seated at table next to his
den's puppet stage. He is reading a book.
BOY: This is really an interesting book
on famous Americans. It would have
been great to have lived in those days and
met them. I wish I could be famous some
day, too, so people would read about me.
CUB 1 NOV 90
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