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Canada and the World is a big place to learn about. Here's a good place to start you on your way.
PURPLE
STAR
ABORIGINAL
AWARENESS BADGE
CANADIAN
HERITAGE BADGE
INTERNATIONAL
TRADE BADGE
SPACE
EXPLORATION BADGE
WORLD
RELIGIONS BADGE
WORLD
CUBBING BADGE
CUB
INDIVIDUAL SPECIALTY BADGE
PACK
SPECIALTY BADGE
LANGUAGE
STRIP
RELIGION
IN LIFE EMBLEM
WORLD
CITIZEN AWARD
PURPLE
STAR
To earn the Purple Star, choose and do any six of the A requirements and
a minimum of five of the B requirements:
A. Requirements
1. Give the history and draw a picture of the Canadian
flag. Also draw the flags of two other
countries.
2. Recite or sing "0
Canada", our national anthem.
3. Draw or trace a map of Canada and include such
features as provincial and territorial boundaries,
capital cities, your home location, occupations
common to the various regions and natural features.
4.
Make a simple scrapbook describing the life of
one or more important Canadians of your choice.
5. Discuss with your leader the benefits you and
your community receive from doing community
service projects.
6. Discuss with an adult what some of our Rights and Freedoms are as
Canadians. Also discuss what
freedom and prejudice mean to you.
7. Make a chart of your pack or six and see how
many cultures are represented.
8. Participate in an activity which explores the traditions of your own faith.
9. Participate in an activity which explores the traditions of a religion other than your own.
10. Participate in an activity where you explore the
traditions of a culture or country other than your
own.
11.
Look through a catalogue, newspaper or magazine for products which are made in another
country and sold in Canada. Find products made
in Canada that are sold in other countries.
12. Make a presentation describing Canadian
technology and travel.
B. Requirements
1. Participate in a local food bank drive.
2. Participate in a project to collect items for the
needy, such as clothes or toys.
3.
Assist a Service Agency in a service project. (e.g.
Red Cross, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, etc.)
4.
Participate in providing service for your place of
worship.
5. Participate in any environmental cleanup or beautification project.
6. Participate in an Adopt-a-Friend project for a special person, group, community or environment.
7. Participate in providing service to your Sponsor
or assist your Sponsor in any community service
project.
8. Make a gift and donate it to a worthy cause.
9.
Participate in any project which improves access
for or awareness of the disabled.
10. Participate in providing service to your school.
11. Assist a Colony as a Keo for three months.
12. Participate in a project that supports the Canadian
Scout Brotherhood Fund or Community Development Projects.
13.
Participate in a community service project not listed above.
BADGE ACTIVITIES
ABORIGINAL
AWARENESS BADGE
Do any four of the following requirements:
1. Tell about or show four or more items that were invented by Aboriginal people and which we still use today.
2. Make a list of Aboriginal words that are used as names
of places, such as provinces and territories, cities,
towns, parks, roads and waterways. Discover the Aboriginal meaning of these words.
3. Learn about some of the Aboriginal people who first
lived in your area. Using historical information and
designs, make a model or display that shows their dwellings, how they traveled, their writing and art
forms, and objects used for daily living.
4.
Learn an Aboriginal game, song, dance or story and
share it with your six or pack.
5. Tell how an Aboriginal people's way of life is affected
by the part of the country in which they live.
6. Discover and tell how Aboriginal people helped early
explorers and pioneers to settle in Canada.
7. If possible, arrange to visit with an Aboriginal person.
Find out how that person's life is similar to or different
from how Aboriginal people lived long ago.
CANADIAN
HERITAGE BADGE
Do any seven of the following requirements:
1. Learn a Canadian folksong and its origins, and then sing it with your six or pack.
2. Make a scrapbook about a famous Canadian, telling
when he or she lived, and what his or her accomplishments were.
3. Learn a Canadian legend or folktale. Tell it to your six
or pack.
4. Do either (a) or (b):
a) Visit another part of Canada and
make a collection of things that
you see there. Present your collection to your six or pack
b) Make a presentation about a city
in Canada other than where you
live. How big is it? When was
it founded? What is it famous
for? What is Canada like near
that city? Hint: Write to the
Chamber of Commerce or Tourism Board to get answers.
5. Visit a local museum. Draw a picture of some of the
exhibits or things you see. Show your pictures to your
six or pack, and tell them what you liked about the
museum and what you learned from visiting it.
6.
Tell your six or pack about a cultural group in Canada.
What are their traditions? What languages does the
group speak? How
has this cultural group contributed to
Canada's culture?
7.
Make a presentation about Aboriginal people in Canada.
Meet with an Aboriginal person if possible, to learn
more about the history, traditions and contributions of
local Aboriginal people.
8.
Contact a Cub in another part of
Canada. Ask the Cub
what Canada is like there and what the people like to do.
9. Draw or trace a simple map of Canada, showing the
provinces and territories, capital cities, and other main
features you can discover.
10. Learn the Wolf Cub Promise, Law and Grand Howl in another language of your choice.
INTERNATIONAL
TRADE BADGE (Updated November 1999)
Do any five of the following requirements:
1. Make a list of at least eight items around your home (e.g. groceries,
clothes, electronics, etc.) that were grown or produced outside Canada. What
countries did they come from? Locate these countries on a map, and find out how
the items got to Canada.
2. Pick any five spices (e.g. cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, pepper, turmeric).
Where did they come from? Find out their history and how they first arrived in
other parts of the world.
3. Identify at least two different gem stones. Where did they come from?
Find out how they have been traded through history.
4. Find a business in your area that exports or imports products to or
from other countries. Find out where these products have come from, and/or where
they are going. How were they transported?
5. Find out how airplanes carry both cargo and passengers at the same
time. Explain why there are special rules for shipping dangerous goods on
airplanes.
6. Identify four different types of cargo ships and what each has been
specially designed to carry.
7. List six things that Canada produces or grows that other countries may
want. In return, what things might these other countries trade with us because
we don’t produce or grow them?
8. Learn about the currencies of at least two other countries (e.g.
Malaysian ringgits, Chinese yuan, Russian rubles) and compare their value to
Canadian currency.
9. Many famous explorers went on their voyages looking for new trade
routes and new lands. Learn the story of one explorer. Share with your six or
leader what the explorer went looking for and what they discovered.
SPACE
EXPLORATION BADGE
Do any four of the following requirements:
1. Discuss the importance of space technology in
Canadian living. This could include:
a) weather forecasts
b) communications
c) search and rescue operations
d) map making
e) promoting international cooperation between
Canada and other countries
2. Make a drawing or model of a satellite, such as
Canada's first satellites Alouette I and II, ISIS or Hermes, or another satellite of your choice.
3. Make a presentation about the Space
Shuttle,
including the Canadarm.
4. Design and build a space
station. Include living
requirements, such as water, air and food supplies,
power sources, communications and describe
what peaceful activities the space station can be
used for.
5.
Draw or make a model of a rocket, or of a space craft of your own design. Tell about any special features you have included in your model.
6.
Draw or make a space suit currently in use or one
of your own design. Tell about any special features
you have included in your model.
7. Make a report on or a scrapbook about an astronaut, mission team or space mission of your choice.
WORLD
RELIGIONS BADGE
With your parent's or guardian's permission and assistance from your
leader, complete the following requirements:
1. Do either (a) or (b):
a) Visit a place of worship other than your own
faith and find out some information about its
structure, its contents and the form of worship
conducted there
b) Meet with a knowledgeable adult who belongs
to a denomination or religion other than your own and discover how that person puts their
faith into practice in daily life
2. Find out about a religion other than your own and
tell your leader about any of its sacred books, holy
places, religious customs and special festivals or
holidays.
3. Discuss with your leader what values many of the
world's religions have in common.
WORLD
CUBBING BADGE
1. Find out how Scouts Canada helps developing
countries to improve their living conditions. (Ask
a leader about the Canadian Scout Brotherhood
Fund's Community Development Program and
Scoutrees For Canada, or contact your local Scout
office.)
2. Make a simple scrapbook of another country, containing pictures, drawings or samples of some of
the following:
a) the country's flag
b) people's daily dress
c) the country's coins and stamps
d) interesting places in the country
e) how people get around
f) people's houses
g) what the weather is like
h) what kind of food people grow and eat
i) the kinds
of things children your age like to do
3. Do either (a) or (b):
a) Make a presentation to your pack or six on the
country you've chosen. Use your scrapbook and talk
about:
the language or languages people speak,
the religions people follow,
the geography and climate,
the main cities in the country,
the size of the country,
the main things people grow and make,
the kinds of things people do at home, school,
work, in their places of worship, and in the outdoors
b) Learn where the people in your neighbourhood or their ancestors came from. Make a presentation for your pack or six on one of these
countries, describing:
how people in that country express themselves today (language, beliefs, clothing, religion, ceremonies, etc.)
why some people from the country came to
Canada
some of the country's customs your neighbours have kept (e.g. religion, food, clothing,
games, etc.)
CUB
INDIVIDUAL SPECIALTY BADGE (Updated
August 2002)
Purpose: To provide a way to recognize a Cub who has a special
interest. Requirements:
A Cub may propose a subject and requirements for this badge, or may
develop them in cooperation with other members of the pack, the leaders and/or
parents. The requirements should be presented to the Sixers’ Council and
leaders for review. Topics selected for this badge should not be covered by
any other badges or stars. A Cub may hold only one Individual Specialty Badge
at a time. A Cub may choose a new Individual Specialty once a year.
PACK
SPECIALTY BADGE (Updated August
2002)
Purpose: To provide a way to recognize a pack that has a special
interest. Requirements:
The pack will identify all requirements for this badge with the
guidance of leaders. A pack may have only one Specialty Badge at a time. A
pack may change its Specialty Badge once a year if it wishes.
LANGUAGE
STRIP i.e. Je Parle Francais and Parlo Italiano
Demonstrate that you can communicate in a second language with others in and around your community.
You wear the Language Strip on the sash. There are Language Strips available for many languages, including sign language and braille. Ask one of your leaders about them.
RELIGION
IN LIFE EMBLEM
If the requirements for the Religion in Life
Emblem have been set by your religious organization,
ask your spiritual advisor or leader to help you earn
this award
AWARDS
WORLD
CITIZEN AWARD
To achieve this award you must complete the
following:
1. Earn the Purple
Star.
2. Earn a total of three of the Canada and the World
related badges as follows:
a) The World Religions Badge or the Religion in Life
Emblem,
b) The Aboriginal Awareness Badge or the
Canadian
Heritage Badge,
c) One other badge of your choice excluding the Language Strip,
3. Choose a current affairs topic of your choice and
follow it in the news for at least one week. Report
on what had happened and how people were involved.
4. Participate in a pack meeting which highlights
Canada's role in the United Nations, such as a
U.N. night.