Citizenship was Re: Eagles easier now?
Andrew Heath (HEATHA@YVAX.BYU.EDU)
Fri, 28 Jul 1995 10:27:41 -0600
>The memory dims, and I don't have my handbooks from days of yore, but
> I do have my Merit Badge cards (they were better looking
> then, multi colored, classier) from 40+ years ago, and I
> earned "Citizenship in the Home". Can anyone compare the
> requirements of that to Family Life?
From 'Citizenship' MB Book 1965 Printing (c)1953 - page 92
Citizenship in the Home
1. Discuss with your parents (or guardians) and your Merit Badge Counselor:
a. The meaning of citizenship.
b. The importance of your home in your training for citizenship.
2. Submit a statement from your parents (or guardians) ans evidence that you
practice good citizenship at home by being courteous, fair, and helpful to
other members of your family.
3. Prepare a list of your regular home duties or chores (at least five) and,
for at least one month, keep a record of how often you do them.
4. Discuss with your family the rights and obligations you have in a democracy
as compared with those under a dictatorship.
5. a. Make a health and safety checkup of your home and help your family
correct as many hazards as possible.
b. Work out with your family a plan of escape in case of fire in your home.
c. Tell how to get help in case of accident, illness, fire, and other
emergencies in your home.
6. Do at least one major "Good Turn" for your home (not simply routine duties).
7. Make a budget and keep a record of your own income and expenses for two
months.
8. Submit a report on a family group activity which you helped to plan, prepare
for, and carry out.
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NOTE: Merit Badge Counselors may adapt these requiremnts as necessary to meet
special situations, such as not living in a family group.
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From 1993-95 'Boy Scout Requirements' book (c)1993 - page 57
Family Life
1. Prepare an outline and discuss with your merit badge coounselor what a
family is and how the actions of one member can affect other members.
2. List 10 reasons why you are important to your family. Review these points
with your parents or guardians and with your merit badge counselor.
3. Prepare a list of your regular home duties or chores (at least five) and do
them for 90 days. keep a record of how often you do each of them.
4. With the approval of your parents/guardians and your merit badge counselor,
decide on and carry out a project that you would do around the house that
would benefit the family. Submit a report to your merit badge counselor
outlining how the project benefited the family.
5. Plan and carry out a project that involves the participation of your family.
After carrying out the project, discuss the following with your merit badge
counselor:
(a) The objective or goal of the project
(b) How individual members of your family participated
(c) The results of the project
6. Do the following:
(a) Discuss with your merit badge counselor how to plan and carry out a
family discussion.
(b) After this discussion, plan and carry out a family discussion to include
the following subjects:
(1) How to avoid the use of drugs and drug abuse
(2) Understanding the growing-up process, how the body changes, and
making responsible decisions dealing with sex
(3) Personal and family finances.
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Comparison: Cit. in the Home Family Life
1 1 (differs)
2 2 (differs)
3 (One Month) 3 (90 days)
4 - Cit. World MB
5 - Safety MB
6 4 (more detail)
7 - Pers. Mgmt. MB
8 5 (more detail)
- 6 Addition
YiS, Andrew J. Heath (Heatha@yvax.byu.edu)
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