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October 2005 Capital District Roundtable

October 2005 Capital District Roundtable. Citizenship in the Community Chris D Garvin Roundtable Commissioner. OUTLINE. Introduction Merit Badges E.E. Reynolds Teacher’s Guide Sources Questions. Featured Link: http://www.greenbar.ws. Green Bar for Adults

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October 2005 Capital District Roundtable

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  1. October 2005 Capital District Roundtable Citizenship in the Community Chris D Garvin Roundtable Commissioner

  2. OUTLINE • Introduction • Merit Badges • E.E. Reynolds • Teacher’s Guide • Sources • Questions

  3. Featured Link:http://www.greenbar.ws • Green Bar for Adults • Scouting's AimsScouting's MethodsCommon Problems • Something's MissingBe A Quality UnitThe Game of Scouting • Evaluate, Review, Reflect • Green Bar for Scouts • The PatrolThe Patrol LeaderPatrol Spirit • Patrol OrganizationThe Patrol & The TroopPatrol Meetings • Be A Real Patrol • ADHD & Scouting • Green Bar Extras • Green Bar ResourcesTypes of BoysA Patrol Leader's Creed • A Scoutmaster's CreedGet A Round TUIT!Patrol Emblems • Handbooks Thru The Years

  4. Introduction Citizen – a resident of a community Citizenship – the quality of a person’s response to membership in a community. Community – place where people live and work (city or town)

  5. Merit Badges

  6. Merit Badges • Citizenship in the Community Merit Badge • Personal Development Merit Badge Group • Source • www.meritbadge.com/home.htm • Learning Worksheet • Test Your Knowledge

  7. E. E. Reynolds,Boy Scouts, 1944

  8. E. E. Reynolds • “A school of citizenship through woodcraft.” B.P. • “one who is able to look after himself and to live happily with others, and, at the same time, able, as well as willing, to help where help is needed for the good of the community: and, finally, if called upon, willing to sacrifice much, indeed life itself, for the common good.” B.P.

  9. E. E. Reynolds • “Citizenship is not information or intellectual interest, though these are part of it; it is conduct not theory, action not knowledge, and a man may be familiar with the contents of every book on the social sciences without being a good citizen.” Sir Richard Livingstone’ Education for a World Adrift (1943)

  10. E. E. Reynolds • The Scout Law as a Social Code • Doing a Good Deed Daily • Help Others • Development of Character • Self-Reliance (done by the boy) • Powers of Observation and Deduction • Stories and Games • Without sound character there can be no sound citizenship.

  11. E. E. Reynolds • “Character trains boys to look after their own affairs so that later on they will be able to look after their public affairs.” • Patrol Concept • 6 – 8 Boys • Patrol Leader • Troop oversight

  12. Teacher’s Guide

  13. Teacher’s Guide • 1) Understand that being a good citizen is an important aspect of making a community a good place in which to live. • 2) Realize that there are many ways to be a good citizen and help the community. • a) Volunteer time and abilities. • b) Be obedient to all laws. • c) Voting • d) Reporting emergencies to the proper authorities • E) Recycling certain items • 3) Compare and contrast a Volunteer and a Citizen

  14. Teacher’s Guide • QUESTIONS • Communities are: - - - places where people actively share common interests; This may be liking to do the same things like sports, or going to the same church, or just living close together. .For most of us in the United States, this just means living in the same village, town, or city. • What Do You Know About Your Community? - - - the town in which you live. Talk a little bit about its history, its cultures and ethnic groups, the major places where people work, and what you think it will be like to live there in the future. • Knowing your way around: - - - On a local map of your community (which you can probably get from a place like a chamber of commerce or from one of the agencies of your local government), identify and mark the fire station and hospital which is nearest to where you live. Find and mark your school. Show the major highways and main streets. Find and mark some places of historical interest to your community.

  15. Teacher’s Guide • Who governs your town? - - -Draw a chart of the organization of your community government, name the key members of its local government and tell of which political party they are a member. • How does local government work? - - -Visit a governing board of one of the organizations which regulates your community; something like a park board, a school board, or a community planning council. Or you might like to attend a session of a municipal or county court. Briefly describe what went on at that meeting. • Who pays for government? - - - What does local government cost, where does the money come from and how is it spent? After visiting that government meeting, obtain a copy of that body's published budget. Visit the major sources of income and expenses of that body or government agency. • What does government do? --- List some of the services provided by agencies of your local government in return for the taxes we pay. • Government Represents You! - - - Select a city, county, or school problem-or some other issue which you feel is important to your community. Write a letter to a local political leader which expresses your opinions on this problem or issue.

  16. Teacher’s Guide • What Can You Do To Help? - - - Talk with a parent or teacher about how volunteering to serve your community is an important part of making it a better place to live. Then list five volunteer-based organizations in which people work together for the good of your community. Tell a little bit about what each one does. • Community Emergency Services: - - - Tell how get help in your community in case of an accident or emergency. List the most important emergency telephone numbers. (911, in most places in the United States, is the first number to call in an emergency, but there are other numbers as well.) Police or Sheriff • Emergency Medical Services • Fire • Local Animal Control Agency • Personal Health Care Provider • Others • Citizenship: Being Part of the Solution: - - - By now, you have seen many ways in which citizens of all agencies make our communities work for all of us. List five ways in which you can demonstrate good citizenship in your community, religious organization, school, you youth activity.

  17. Sources

  18. Sources • http://www.meritbadge.com/home.htm • http://www.provo.org/mayor.Citizenship_in_Community_main.html • http://globalindex.com/comindex/welcome1.htm

  19. October 2005 Capital District Roundtable QUESTIONS?

  20. Capital District Roundtable • Chris D Garvin • cdgarvin@yahoo.com • (Home) 890-9537 • (Cell) 890-3222 • Roundtable Archive and Info • www.hillviewscouting.org/~capital_rndtbl/index.htm

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