Summary

Walking to Webelos is a session aimed to help new Webelos scouts work towards the requirements of earning their Webelos patch.  This is day 2 of our Walking to Webelos activities at day camp for 2013.  The opening exercises are shared between Walking to Webelos and Aiming for Arrow (aimed at Webelos 2 scouts).

Supplies

• Rope
• Coat hangers
• Bells
• Balls or bean bags

Requirements covered and activities for each requirement

Opening exercises: Know your states

Note this comes from:

• UsScouts
• Circle Ten Council

DO YOU KNOW YOUR STATES?

1. Which state has a ton?
2. Which state starts with a pen?
3. Which state has an Indian?
4. Which state has a tuck in the middle?
5. Which state has a ham?
6. Which state is cut on the end?
7. Which state has a tan?
8. Which state is a color?
9. Which state has ore in it?
10. Which state is an island?
11. Half of which state is land?
12. Which state starts with ten?
13. Which state greets you with “Hi”?
14. The first thing you see in two states is a “Miss”.

ANSWERS:

1. Washington
2. Pennsylvania
3. Indiana
4. Kentucky
5. New Hampshire
6. Connecticut
7. Montana
8. Colorado
9. Oregon
10. Rhode Island
11. Maryland
12. Tennessee
13. Ohio
14. Missouri & Mississippi

Webelos 1’s only (Aiming for Arrow splits off and works on their session now)

Citizen 1. With your parent, guardian, or Webelos den leader, complete the Citizenship Character Connection.

Know: List some of your rights as a citizen of the United States of America. Tell ways you can show respect for the rights of others.

Commit: Name some ways a boy your age can be a good citizen. Tell how you plan to be a good citizen and how you plan to influence others to be good citizens.

Practice: Choose one of the requirements for this activity badge that helps you be a good citizen. Complete the requirement and tell why completing it helped you be a good citizen.

• Discuss duty versus right and then do the following exercise as a group

Every Citizen has … exercise

This comes from:

• Boy Scout Trail
• Mac Scouter

Every Citizen has …

Complete each statement by inserting duty or right in the blank.

1. the __________ to obey all laws.
2. the __________ to equal protection of laws and equal justice in the courts.
3. the __________ to respect the rights of others.
4. the __________ to inform yourself on issues of government.
5. the __________ to be free of arbitrary search and seizure.
6. the __________ to equal education and economic opportunity.
7. the __________ to serve on a jury if called.
8. the __________ to vote.
9. the __________ to own property.
10. the __________ to vote in elections.
11. the __________ to serve and defend your country.
12. the __________ to free speech, press, and assembly.
13. the __________ to assist agencies of law enforcement.
14. the __________ to a lawyer of your choice and a prompt trial if accused of a crime.
15. The __________ to practice and teach the principle of good citizenship in your home.

Answers

1. the __duty__ to obey all laws.
2. the __right__ to equal protection of laws and equal justice in the courts.
3. the __duty__ to respect the rights of others.
4. the __duty__ to inform yourself on issues of government.
5. the __right__ to be free of arbitrary search and seizure.
6. the __right__ to equal education and economic opportunity.
7. the __duty__ to serve on a jury if called.
8. the __right__ to vote.
9. the __right__ to own property.
10. the __duty__ to vote in elections.
11. the __duty__ to serve and defend your country.
12. the __right__ to free speech, press, and assembly.
13. the __duty__ to assist agencies of law enforcement.
14. the __right__ to a lawyer of your choice and a prompt trial if accused of a crime.
15. The __duty__ to practice and teach the principle of good citizenship in your home.

Play the Liberty Bell game

• Liberty bell instructions: Hula hoop suspended from something (we used a tree) with a bell hanging from the middle.  Throw bean bags at the bell.  10 points for hitting the bell.  1 points for going through the hoop or hitting the hoop.  5 points for hitting the line holding the bell. 0 for everything else.  Instructions are here.

Analysis (Start/Stop/Continue)

• Start: NOTE: This was not enough material for the 70 minutes (even with filler).  Likely because one of the exercises listed at the end was accidentally in the wrong syllabus and was missed.  It would take care of the extra time.
  • Filler exercises: they sang lots from the book and worked on knots (square knots and two half hitches)
  • Suggestion (this was supposed to be in the syllabus for this day but got accidentally put in a different session where it wasn’t done since it wasn’t in the right spot): Citizenship BL #2: Have the boys make a poster showing things that they can do to be a good citizen.
• Stop: Nothing to stop.  What we did went well.
• Continue: Continue the day as planned but insert the remaining exercise.