Welcome to Webelos

Welcome to Webelos Presented by Dan Scotti Eagle Scout - 1987 Cub Master Pack 147 Oxford MA September 9, 2010

What is Webelos? • Webelos Stands for We’ll beloyal scouts • The Webelos Scout program, for boys who are in the fourth or fifth grade, is filled with activities and outdoor fun. Everything in the Webelos Scout program is more challenging than the things the younger boys in the pack do. Webelos Scouts are still in Cub Scouting. They take part in Cub Scout pack meetings, events, and outings. But the Webelos den also makes its own plans and enjoys many activities that the younger Cub Scouts don't get to do.

What is Webelos? • Instead of working on achievements and electives as other boys in Cub Scouting do, Webelos Scouts work on activity badges and the Arrow of Light Award, which is a bridge to Boy Scouting. The Webelos Handbook has sections that cover the 20 activity badges, divided into five groups: • Physical SkillsMental SkillsCommunityTechnologyOutdoor

Major Milestones • The Webelos program has two major milestones • The Webelos rank badge to be earned around February of 4th grade. • The Arrow of Light to be earned around February of 5th grade. • The final part of Webelos is bridging over into a Boy Scout troop selected individually by the scout.

Important Differences • Webelos is a 18-20 month program for 4th and 5th grade boys to prepare to join a Boy Scout troop. A well-run group of Webelos is a gradual change from being an 'adult-run' den to being a 'boy-run' patrol ready to fit right into an adventurous scouting troop. This migration requires the parents and den leaders to give the scouts more and more control, decision-making power, and responsibility as they progress in skills, abilities, and maturity.

Important Differences • Advancement Sign Off - each Webelos scout is supposed to take his handbook to the den leader or assistant den leader for sign off when a requirement is completed. This is a change from having a parent sign off every activity. This change prepares the scout to have a ScoutMaster sign off each advancement requirement in Boy Scouts. There is more responsibility put on the scout to remember and bring his handbook to meetings and get it signed. Tip: Help the scouts along until they get the routine. Have them bring their Webelos handbook to every meeting and reward them for bringing them until they get it. Have a list of activity badge requirements that you plan on completing at a meeting so you, your assistant, or a parent on your behalf can sign off those that are completed right away. This will help the scouts understand the importance of the handbook. • Webelos Activity Badges - Webelos moves closer to the Boy Scout merit badge system with a recognizable pin for each activity badge earned. Individual scouts may earn different badges at different times and there are only a couple badges that are mandatory to earn ranks. This change gives the scout more control over his advancement and lets him choose areas he enjoys more.

Important Differences • Camping - Webelos dens should Camp! Cub Scouts can camp as a pack, but Webelos should go out as a den as much as possible to give the scouts opportunities to learn and use their Outdoorsman, Naturalist, Forester, and Readyman skills. Each Webelos scout needs to have an adult responsible for him on each camping trip. Campouts in the backyard with dinner and s'mores made on a gas grill can be a great way to ease your scouts into the world of camping. Taking your den to a district or council organized summer Webelos camp should be a required part of your program. Most councils have a one or two day overnight camp every summer for Webelos. • Patrols - a patrol is just another name for the den but it does have some significance. Boy Scouts are organized into Patrols, each with their own name, flag, yell, leader, and emblem. As Webelos, a den can begin to operate as a patrol and select an emblem for their uniform, make up a yell, name, and flag. This can really get the scouts to become a team. Taking their flag along on a campout or hike and announcing themselves with their yell is pretty fun.

Important Differences

Physical Skills • AQUANAUT • ATHLETE • FITNESS • SPORTSMAN

Mental Skills • ARTIST • SCHOLAR • SHOWMAN • TRAVELER

Community • CITIZEN • COMMUNICATOR • FAMILY MEMBER • READYMAN

Technology • CRAFTSMAN • ENGINEER • HANDYMAN • SCIENTIST

Outdoors • FORESTER • GEOLOGIST • NATURALIST • OUTDOORSMAN

Webelos Virtues • Wisdom - I will listen, watch, and learn. I will use what I learn to help others and set a good example. • Courage - I will lead group activities, go places with my den without a parent, and sleep outside. • Self-Control - I will be responsible for my actions and not blame others. I will stop playing when it is time to work. I will treat others with respect. • Justice - I will not lie, cheat, or steal. I will include everyone when I play and I will play fair. • Faith - I will say Grace before each meal. • Hope - I will look forward to tomorrow and new adventures. • Love - I will show love by obeying my parents, helping my friends, and respecting others.

Boy Scouts • Ranks – Scout, Tenderfoot, Second Class, First Class, Star, Life and Eagle • Merit Badges – Approximately 130 of them.

Merit Badges • American BusinessAmerican CulturesAmerican HeritageAmerican LaborAnimal ScienceArchaeologyArcheryArchitectureArtAstronomyAthleticsAtomic EnergyAutomotive MaintenanceAviationBackpackingBasketryBird StudyBuglingCampingCanoeingCarpentryChemistryCinematographyCitizenship in the CommunityCitizenship in the NationCitizenship in the WorldClimbingCoin CollectingCollectionsCommunicationsComposite MaterialsComputersCookingCrime PreventionCyclingDentistryDisabilities AwarenessDog CareDraftingElectricityElectronicsEmergency PreparednessEnergyEngineeringEntrepreneurshipEnvironmental ScienceFamily LifeFarm MechanicsFingerprintingFire SafetyFirst AidFish and Wildlife ManagementFishingFly FishingForestryGardeningGenealogyGeocachingGeologyGolfGraphic ArtsHikingHome RepairsHorsemanshipIndian LoreInsect StudyInventingJournalismLandscape ArchitectureLawLeatherworkLifesaving

Merit Badges • Mammal StudyMedicineMetalworkModel Design and BuildingMotorboatingMusicNatureNuclear ScienceOceanographyOrienteeringPaintingPathfindingPersonal FitnessPersonal ManagementPetsPhotographyPioneeringPlant SciencePlumbingPotteryPublic HealthPublic SpeakingPulp and PaperRadioRailroadingReadingReptile and Amphibian StudyRifle ShootingRowingSafetySalesmanshipScholarshipScouting HeritageScuba DivingSculptureShotgun ShootingSignalingSkatingSmall-Boat SailingSnow SportsSoil and Water ConservationSpace ExplorationSportsStamp CollectingSurveyingSwimmingTextileTheaterTrackingTraffic SafetyTruck TransportationVeterinary MedicineWater SportsWeatherWhitewaterWilderness SurvivalWood CarvingWoodworking

Activity Badge vs. Merit Badge • Aquanaut Requirements • Do These: • Jump into water over your head. Come to the surface and swim 100 feet, at least half of this using a backstroke. • Stay in the water after the swim and float on your back and your front, and demonstrate survival floating. • Put on a personal floatation device (PFD) that is the right size for you. Make sure it is properly fastened. Wearing the PFD, jump into water over your head. Show how the PFD keeps your head above water by swimming 25 feet. Get out of the water, remove the PFD, and hang it where it will dry.

Activity Badge vs. Merit Badge • And Do Three of These: • Do a front surface dive and swim under water for four strokes before returning to the surface. • Explain the four basic water rescue methods. Demonstrate reaching and throwing rescues. • With an adult on board, show that you know how to handle a rowboat. • Pass the BSA "Swimmer" test: • Jump feet-first into water over the head in depth, level off, and begin swimming. • Swim 75 yards in a strong manner using one or more of the following strokes: sidestroke, breaststroke, trudgen, or crawl. • Then swim 25 yards using an easy, resting backstroke. • After completing the swim, rest by floating. • While you are a Webelos Scout, earn the Cub Scout Sports belt loop for swimming. • Note: For requirement 8, you must earn the Swimming Belt Loop while you are a Webelos Scout. (even if you earned it while in a Cub Scout Den).

Activity Badge vs. Merit Badge • Swimming Merit Badge Requirements • Discuss the prevention and treatment for health concerns that could occur while swimming, including hypothermia, dehydration, sunburn, heat exhaustion, heatstroke, muscle cramps, hyperventilation, spinal injury, stings and bites, and cuts and scrapes. • Do the following: • Identify the conditions that must exist before performing CPR on a person. Explain how to recognize such conditions. • Demonstrate proper technique for performing CPR using a training device approved by your counselor. • Before doing the following requirements, successfully complete Second Class rank requirements 7a-7c and First Class rank requirements 9a-9c.Second Class rank requirements:(7a) Tell what precautions must be taken for a safe swim.(7b) Demonstrate your ability to jump feetfirst into water over your head in depth, level off and swim 25 feet on the surface, stop, turn sharply, resume swimming, then return to your starting place.(7c) Demonstrate water rescue methods by reaching your arm or leg, by reaching with a suitable object, and by throwing lines and objects. Explain why swimming rescues should not be attempted when a reaching or throwing rescue is possible, and explain why and how a rescue swimmer should avoid contact with the victim.

Activity Badge vs. Merit Badge • First Class rank requirements:(9a) Tell what precautions should be taken for a safe trip afloat.(9b) Before doing the following requirements, successfully complete the BSA swimmer test: Jump feetfirst into water over your head in depth, swim 75 yards in a strong manner using one or more of the following strokes: sidestroke, breaststroke, trudgen, or crawl; then swim 25 yards using an easy, resting backstroke. The 100 yards must be swum continuously and include at least one sharp turn. After completing the swim, rest by floating.(9c) With a helper and a practice victim, show a line rescue both as tender and as rescuer. The practice victim should be approximately 30 feet from shore in deep water. • Demonstrate survival skills by jumping feetfirst into deep water wearing clothes (shoes, socks, swim trunks, long pants, belt, and long-sleeved shirt). Remove shoes and socks, inflate the shirt, and show that you can float using the shirt for support. Remove and inflate the pants for support. Swim 50 feet using the inflated pants for support, then show how to reinflate the pants while still afloat. • Swim continuously for 150 yards using the following strokes in good form and in a strong manner: front crawl or trudgen for 25 yards, back crawl for 25 yards, sidestroke for 25 yards, breaststroke for 25 yards, and elementary backstroke for 50 yards.

Activity Badge vs. Merit Badge • Do the following: • Float faceup in a resting position for at least one minute. • Demonstrate survival floating for at least five minutes. • While wearing a properly fitted personal floatation device (PFD), demonstrate the HELP and huddle positions. Explain their purposes. • Explain why swimming or survival floating will hasten the onset of hypothermia in cold water. • In water over your head, but not to exceed 10 feet, do each of the following: • Use the feetfirst method of surface diving and bring an object up from the bottom. • Do a headfirst surface dive (pike or tuck) and bring the object up again. • Do a headfirst surface dive to a depth of at least 5 feet and swim underwater for three strokes. Come to the surface, take a breath, and repeat the sequence twice. • Do ONE of the following: • Demonstrate snorkeling and scuba diving knowledge: • Demonstrate selection and fit of mask, snorkel, and fins; discuss safety in both pool and open-water snorkeling. • Demonstrate proper use of mask, snorkel, and fins for underwater search and rescue. • Describe the sport of scuba diving or snorkeling, and demonstrate your knowledge of BSA policies and procedures relating to that sport.OR • Demonstrate the following competitive swim skills: • Racing dive from a pool edge or dock edge (no elevated dives from racing platforms or starting blocks) • Racing form for 25 yards on one competitive stroke (front crawl, back crawl, breaststroke, or butterfly) • Racing turns for the stroke you chose in 8b2, OR, if the camp facilities cannot accommodate the racing turn, repeat 8b2 with an additional stroke. • Describe the sport of competitive swimming.

Activity Badge vs. Merit Badge • Following the guidelines set in the BSA Safe Swim Defense, in water at least 7 feet deep, show a standing headfirst dive from a dock or pool deck. Show a long shallow dive, also from the dock or pool deck. • Do the following: • Explain the health benefits of regular aerobic exercise, and explain why many people today do not get enough of the beneficial kinds of exercise. • Discuss why swimming is favored as both a fitness and a therapeutic exercise. • Write a plan for a swimming exercise program that will promote aerobic/vascular fitness, strength and muscle tone, body flexibility, and weight control for a person of Scout age. Identify resources and facilities available in your home community that would be needed for such a program. • Discuss with your counselor the incentives and obstacles for staying with the fitness program you created in requirement 10c. Explain the unique benefits that could be gained from this program, and discuss how personal health awareness and self-discipline would relate to your willingness and ability to pursue such a program.

Webelos Badge Requirements • Have an adult member of your family read and sign the Parent Guide in the front of the Webelos Scout Book. • Be an active member of your Webelos den for 3 months. • Know and explain the meaning of the Webelos badge. • Point out and explain the three parts of the Webelos Scout uniform. Tell when to wear the uniform and when not to wear it. • Earn the Fitness and Citizen activity badges and one other activity badge from a different activity badge group. • Plan and lead a flag ceremony in your den that includes the U.S. flag. • Show that you know and understand the requirements to be a Boy Scout. • Demonstrate the Scout salute, Scout sign, and Scout handshake. Explain when you would use them. • Explain the Scout Oath, Scout Law, Scout motto, and Scout slogan. • Explain and agree to follow the Outdoor Code.

Webelos Badge Requirements • FaithAfter completing the rest of requirement 8, do these (a, b, and c): • Know: Tell what you have learned about faith. • Commit: Tell how these faith experiences help you live your duty to God. Name one faith practice that you will continue to do in the future. • Practice: After doing these requirements, tell what you have learned about your beliefs.

Webelos Badge Requirements • And do one of these (d OR e): • Earn the religious emblem of your faith* • Do two of these: • Attend the mosque, church, synagogue, temple, or other religious organization of your choice, talk with your religious leader about your beliefs. Tell your family and your Webelos den leader what you learned. • Discuss with your family and Webelos den leader how your religious beliefs fit in with the Scout Oath and Scout Law, and what character-building traits your religious beliefs have in common with the Scout Oath and Scout Law. • With your religious leader, discuss and make a plan to do two things you think will help you draw nearer to God. Do these things for a month. • For at least a month, pray or meditate reverently each day as taught by your family, and by your church, temple, mosque, synagogue, or religious group. • Under the direction of your religious leader, do an act of service for someone else. Talk about your service with your family and Webelos den leader. Tell them how it made you feel. • List at least two ways you believe you have lived according to your religious beliefs.

Arrow of Light Requirements • Be active in your Webelos den for at least six months since completing the fourth grade (or for at least six months since becoming 10 years old), and earn the Webelos badge. • Show your knowledge of the requirements to become a Boy Scout by doing all of these: • Repeat from memory and explain in your own words the Scout Oath or Promise and the 12 points of the Scout Law. Tell how you have practiced them in your everyday life. • Give and explain the Scout motto, slogan, sign, salute, and handshake. • Understand the significance of the First Class Scout badge. Describe its parts and tell what each stands for. • Tell how a Boy Scout uniform is different from a Webelos Scout uniform. • Tie the joining knot (square knot) • See the Boy Scout Study Guide.Use this handy Memorization Wheel to learn and review the Scout Oath, Law, Motto, Slogan, and Outdoor Code. • Earn five more activity badges in addition to the three you already earned for the Webelos badge. These must include: • Fitness (already earned for the Webelos badge) • Citizen (already earned for the Webelos badge) • Readyman • Outdoorsman • At least one from the Mental Skills Group • At least one from the Technology Group • Two more of your choice (One already earned for Webelos Rank badge)

Arrow of Light Requirements • With your Webelos den, visit at least • one Boy Scout troop meeting • one Boy Scout-oriented outdoor activity. (If you have already done this when you earned your Outdoorsman activity badge, you may not use it to fulfill requirements for your Arrow of Light Award.) • Participate in a Webelos overnight campout or day hike.(If you have already done this when you earned your Outdoorsman activity badge, you may not use it to fulfill requirements for your Arrow of Light Award requirements.) • After you have completed all five of the above requirements, and after a talk with your Webelos den leader, arrange to visit, with your parent or guardian, a meeting of a Boy Scout troop you think you might like to join. Have a conference with the Scoutmaster. • Complete the Honesty Character Connection. • Know: Say the Cub Scout Promise to your family. Discuss these questions with them. What is a promise? What does it mean to keep your word? What does it mean to be trustworthy? What does honesty mean? • Commit: Discuss these questions with your family. Why is a promise important? Why is it important for people to trust you when you give your word? When might it be difficult to be truthful? List examples. • Practice: Discuss with a family member why it is important to be trustworthy and honest. How can you do your best to be honest even when it is difficult?

Eagle Scout Requirements • Be active in your troop, team, crew, or ship for a period of at least six months after you have achieved the rank of Life Scout. • Demonstrate that you live by the principles of the Scout Oath and Law in your daily life. List the names of individuals who know you personally and would be willing to provide a recommendation on your behalf, including parents/guardians, religious, educational, and employer references. • Earn a total of 21 merit badges (10 more than you already have), including the following: • First Aid • Citizenship in the Community • Citizenship in the Nation • Citizenship in the World • Communications • Personal Fitness • Emergency PreparednessORLifesaving(You must choose only one of these two merit badges. If you have earned more than one of the badges listed, choose one and list the remaining badge to make your total of 21.) • Environmental Science • Personal Management • SwimmingORHikingORCycling(You must choose only one of these three merit badges. If you have earned more than one of the badges listed, choose one and list the remaining badges to make your total of 21.) • Camping • Family Life

Eagle Scout Requirements • While a Life Scout, serve actively for a period of 6 months in one or more of the following positions of responsibility: Boy Scout troop: Patrol leader, Venture patrol leader, assistant senior patrol leader, senior patrol leader, troop guide, Order of the Arrow troop representative, den chief, scribe, librarian, historian, quartermaster, junior assistant Scoutmaster, chaplain aide, instructor, webmaster, Leave No Trace trainer.Varsity Scout team: Captain, co-captain, program manager, squad leader, team secretary, Order of the Arrow team representative, librarian, historian, quartermaster, chaplain aide, instructor, den chief.Venturing Crew / Sea Scout Ship: President, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, den chief, quartermaster, historian, guide, boatswain, boatswain's mate, yeoman, purser, storekeeper.Lone Scout: Leadership responsibility in his school, religious organization, club, or elsewhere in his community. • While a Life Scout, plan, develop, and give leadership to others in a service project helpful to any religious institution, any school, or your community. (The project must benefit an organization other than Boy Scouting.) The project plan must be approved by your Scoutmaster and troop committee, by the council or district, and by the organization benefiting from the effort before you start. You must use the Eagle Scout Leadership Service Project Workbook, BSA publication No. 512-927, in meeting this requirement. You can download the Eagle Project Workbook. • Take part in a Scoutmaster conference (with Scoutmaster, Coach, or Advisor). • Successfully complete an Eagle Scout board of review.

Eagle Scout Facts • In 2009, 52,470 Scouts earned the rank of Eagle Scout. • Around 5 percent of all Boy Scouts earned the Eagle Scout rank in 2009. • In 2009, the average age of boys earning the Eagle Scout rank was 17.3 years of age. • From 1912 to 2009, 2 million Boy Scouts earned the Eagle Scout rank.

Some Famous Eagle Scouts • Arthur Eldred - First Eagle Scout • Henry Aaron - Baseball player, home run king • Neil Armstrong - astronaut, first man on moon • Albert Belle - baseball player • Michael Bloomberg - Mayor of New York City, founder of Bloomberg News • Bill Bradley - Pro basketball star • James Brady - Press Secretary to President Reagan • Stephen Breyer - US Supreme Court Justice • William Devries - M.D., transplanted first artificial heart • Gerald Ford - U.S. President (1st Eagle to be President) • James Lovell - Navy pilot and astronaut

Some more famous Eagle Scouts • J. Willard Marriott, Jr. - President, Marriott Corp • Michael Moore - Author and filmmaker • Jim Mora - NFL football coach • Oswald "Ozzie" Nelson - actor • Jim Rogers - CEO of KOA • Mike Rowe - Star of "Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe" on the Discovery Channel • Steven Spielberg - Movie producer • Sam Walton - Founder, Wal-Mart

The End • Thanks For Coming • Questions? • Invite Mr. Scotti to your Eagle Court of Honor if you make it.

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