Webelos/AOL Elective Adventure: Project Family

Webelos/AOL Elective Adventure: Project Family

Do 1 through 5, then choose two of 6 through 8:

1. Interview a grandparent, another family elder, or a family friend about what life was like when he or she was growing up. Share his or her story with another family member.
1. I think this is a perfect opportunity for a phone call to any and all Grandparents for some cool family stories, and stories about life when they were kids....
2. Talk with members of your family about your family name, history, traditions, and culture. Create a family tree of three generations or make a poster or Web page that shows the origins of your ancestors. Or choose a special celebration or holiday that your family participates in, and create either a poster, picture, or photo slideshow of it. Share this project with your den.
1. Online family tree maker
2. Downloadable family tree form
3. Show your understanding of your duty to family by creating a chart listing the jobs that you and other family members have at home. Choose three of the jobs you are responsible for, and chart them for two weeks.
1. Bunch of printable 1 week chore charts, print two.
4. Select ONE of the jobs below that belongs to another family member, and help that person complete it:
   1. Create a grocery shopping list for the week.
   2. Complete the laundry for your family one time.
   3. Help prepare meals for your family for one day.
      
5. Create a list of community service or conservation projects that you and your family can do together, and present it to your family. Select one project, plan it, and complete it with your family.
1. 35 service ideas
2. 1K+ Service Ideas
3. More ideas
4. Even more
5. This is just my personal advice, but look for something, small, concrete and achievable either in the course of something you do already (like at church or or school) or able to be completed in 1 trip/day. 
1. Examples: 
1. Be extra diligent about recycling for a week, take the recycling to the bin when it's full.
2. Take a walk with a bag and pick up all the trash you see
3. Plant a plant or tree in your Yard.
4. Volunteer to help out at church for several services(4?)
5. Etc...
6. With the help of an adult, inspect your home and its surroundings. Make a list of hazards or security problems that you find. Correct one problem that you found, and tell what you did.
1. Some household hazards
2. Red cross home safety worksheet to teach about home safety
3. Personally, talk with your kids about this and then walk around together and take photos on your phone of the safety hazards, then sit down together, review the photos on your phone and make the list. If you correct any problems as you go, take an "after" photo as well.
7. Hold a family meeting to plan an exciting family activity. The activity could include:
   1. A family reunion
   2. A family night
   1. Personally I'd have a family night with popcorn and movies or board games.
   1. 50 movies kids should watch before they turn 12
   3. A family outing
   1. Always good too..
8. Have your family event. Afterward, tell your parent or guardian what you liked best about the event.

Workbook for use with these requirements: PDF Format DOCX Format