Webelos/AOL Elective Adventure: Looking Back, Looking Forward (EASY)

Webelos/AOL Elective Adventure: Looking Back, Looking Forward

Do all of these:

1. Create a record of the history of Scouting and your place in that history.

1. Timelines of scouting history, print one out and have them write a line on it to represent them selves either when they were born on when they joind scouting.... If any of the parents were scouts too, have them put a mark to represent themselves too. Also have boys and parents put a stick for when the turn 18 and "graduate" from scouting.
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2. With the help of your den leader, parent, or guardian and with your choice of media, go on a virtual journey to the past and create a timeline.

1. Video Timeline of Scouting, lots of them
2. Just watch one of the videos.
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3. Create your own time capsule.

1. The lesson/meeting plan link at the bottom contains instruction on making a Time capsule out of a piece of PVC pipe. I'm going to do something similar
2. Another example of a PVC time capsule, I'm thinking about making one like this, but with glue on caps on both ends, and stashing it in my attic instead of burying it. I'm going to put pictures printed out, and on a thumb drive. When John gets eagle we'll dig it out and put it on the table of eagle memorabilia. One of the boys from my older sons Den was an eagle with him in troop 685. So this would be extra cool if one of john den mates sticks it out as well.
3. I'm planning something like this for the boys& myself but not such a long pipe., I'm going to put things in a mylar ziplock bag to protect them from the PVC fumes which break down organics (like paper)
4. We included one of the Time capsule worksheets , and a photo of the den, then told teh boys to add something from home if they wish and to hide it in the bottom of a drawer in their room , so they can discover it years later.

Interesting Resources:
Scouting History Talks about how Baden Powell Taught using Games
Games actually used by Baden Powell, it's a little weird click the links to go to chapters, only then can you go to the actual games. Clicking on the game names doesn't work. My plan is to pick an Baden Powell game play that as the game at the meeting and talk about how Baden Powel taught and used that game from the very first scouting meetings when he was test out his first kid specific version of scouting books.(Flag raiding or as we call it now, capture the flag was created by Baden Powell for scouts)

I whipped up this word doc with a sheet to include in the time capsule to help capture some nostalgia for later.

Workbook for use with these requirements: PDF Format DOCX Format

Meeting Plan for this Elective