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1 Brave / Super Cub! October Pack Meeting Great Salt Lake Council Deseret Peak District 8 Roundtable September 1, 2015 Cubmaster Section CUBMASTER SECTION STAFF Cory Murray (435) accmurray@hotmail.com Brendon Hatch (435) hatchbrendon@yahoo.com Brenda Oliphant (435) bobosolo44@outlook.com Dennette Anderson (435) dennette667@gmail.com Agenda: Arrow of Light Ceremony (15 min) Discussion Topic: Using cheers, stunts, & applauses (5 Min) (Cory, Brenda, Brendon & Dennette) New Leader Questions (5 min - can meet afterward too) Scout Law: A Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent. DISCUSSION TOPIC: Using Cheers, Stunts, and Applauses Suggest scattering these elements throughout the pack meeting. Use applauses to recognize dens for their contributions. Remind leaders to keep everything positive in nature. Review the Positive Values section at the beginning of Group Meeting Sparklers. As a ready-made source, suggest creating a box, bucket, or special bag full of cheers and applauses that can be drawn out and performed by the audience at any pack gathering. Provide various containers and have the Cubmasters make their own bucket of cheers. ACTIVITY Practice some of the cheers and applauses found in Group Meeting Sparklers or some cheers of your own. A SCOUT IS BRAVE A Scout can face danger even if he is afraid. He stands for what is right even if others laugh at him. HOW DOES SUPER CUB! RELATE TO THIS POINT OF THE SCOUT LAW? Superheroes are known for facing danger although they are afraid. A Scout, like a superhero, has the courage to stand for what he thinks is right even if others laugh at him or threaten him. NOTE TO CUBMASTER Pack Meeting Plans: October: Brave Super Cub! Pack meetings are best when they are no more than one and a half hours in length. Pack meeting plans are guides and can be adjusted to fit the needs of your pack. You might consider setting up tables or areas for each den to display pictures and items made during this month s adventure. One option for the gathering activity is for the Webelos den to help the younger Scouts by guiding them through a fitness game or games. This would complete requirement 5 for the Stronger, Faster, Higher required adventure.

2 GATHERING FROM SUPERHERO TO SUPER SCOUT Give each Cub Scout a piece of regular white paper and have them fold the paper into four squares. In the first square, they can draw a favorite superhero or write something about that hero. In the second square, each boy can feature a famous real-life hero; you may want to talk about some examples, such as Mother Teresa or Martin Luther King Jr. In the third square, have everyone choose a favorite community hero this could be a teacher, a firefighter, or even a parent. In the last square, have them draw or write about themselves. Later in the meeting, talk about the hero squares. Let each boy explain who he included and why they are heroes. Gathering Fitness Game Pack Meeting Plans: October: Brave Super Cub! The Webelos den leads the gathering activity by leading a fitness game or games. Superhero Cape Gathering Pack Meeting Plans: October: Brave Super Cub! Materials: Lightweight plastic tablecloths in many different colors cut into four equal rectangles (Prepare one cape per Scout before the meeting.)- Enough tables for the Cub Scouts to spread out the capes - Covering for tables - Permanent markers - Poster with superpower descriptions Have each Cub Scout and his family make a superhero cape with an emblem to represent the Scout s superpower. They will get one rectangle of plastic and some permanent markers to make the capes. Make sure to cover the table with newspaper, butcher paper, bulletin board paper, or some sort of covering to protect the table from the pens. Have the Scouts try on the capes before drawing to see where to place the emblem. They will then spread the cape out on a table to draw the emblem. Once they have finished their capes, have the Scouts discuss with each other their superpowers and how the emblem represents this power guests in our meeting place. Please check with the host to see whether it is OK to tape things on the wall.) A trip to the DOCTOR S office Pow Wow Book Mixed up Nathan is going to the Doctor. He needs to tell the doctor which part of his body choose from the clues below. top of a hill. a place of worship. to keep tools in. edge of a saw. a school child. sometimes it locks. tropical tree. weapon of war. what you put to the wheel. what a dog buries. what the tortoise raced. a river part. a kind of macaroni. what a carpenter uses. what you should keep out of other people s business. what a clock has. what is heard when Congress takes a vote. (Answers: crown, temple, chest, teeth, pupil, jaw, palm, arms, shoulder, bone, hair, mouth, elbow, nail, nose, face or hands, eyes.) DUTY TO GOD (PRAYER) / DEVOTIONAL Lord, give us strength and courage to do the right things, following in the footsteps of the heroes we celebrate today. Protect our families and our friends through both difficult and good times. Help us to learn from our heroes, whether they save lives and planets or simply make people s lives better in small ways. Opening Prayer Pack Meeting Plans: October: Brave Super Cub! Help us realize the power we each have inside of us to make the world a better place by remembering to do our best each and every day. 2

3 WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS Welcome and Introductions Pack Meeting Plans: October: Brave Super Cub! The Cubmaster, may want to wear a superhero cape in keeping with the theme, welcomes new families,visitors, and those who helped prepare pack meeting. DEN DEMONSTRATIONS Den Demonstrations Pack Meeting Plans: October: Brave Super Cub! Ask each den in turn to talk about their adventures during the last month. Pick a representative from each den. OPENING / FLAG CEREMONIES HEROES FLAG CEREMONY The colors advance in the normal manner. A spotlight shines on the flag while a hidden narrator speaks. Narrator: Heroes, with help from God, have kept me flying even when I am faced with threats and challenges to the democratic way of life I represent. I symbolize all the achievements of a great nation founded for freedom. I am the last hope of peace on Earth. I am the American Flag. Cubmaster: Will the audience please rise and join me in the Pledge of Allegiance to be followed by singing God Bless America. IS THERE A SUPER HERO IN THE HOUSE: Pow Wow Book Have each cub come dressed as a super hero, and describe the good deeds he would be able to do if his character were a real person. Then have a real hero speak to the boys about what he did to become a hero. He or she can be a firefighter, a scout who saved a life, conservation or service project, a police officer or a clergyman. Help the Cubs realize they can be heroes in a very real sense, by obeying the MOTTO and Scout LAW. Now you can have them repeat the Pledge of Allegiance and the Scout Law and Oath. ADVANCEMENT & RECOGNITION Recognition Adventure Loops and Pins: Pack Meeting Plans: October: Brave Super Cub! (Note: Adventure loops and pins can be presented at a meeting or as immediate recognition in the den.) By den, call the names of those Cub Scouts who have completed the month s adventure to come forward. Have the den leader pass out the awards to the boys as they receive a Cub Scout handshake from the Cubmaster. If time allows, invite the den leader or den chief of the den to speak about the adventure work done for that month and have the den stand and be recognized. Use a positive cheer to recognize their accomplishments. Other options: Have the den stand and be recognized or come forward to receive certificates for the adventure they have completed. This option would be appropriate for a den that has already received the adventure loop or pin. Adapt the advancement ceremony for the month s theme into an adventure loop presentation if no rank badges are being presented. 3

4 Rank advancement Pack Meeting Plans: October: Brave Super Cub! LOCAL HERO ADVANCMENT Materials: medals of honor made from construction paper, labeled HERO, and attached to loops of crepe streamer to hang around the Cub Scouts necks Cubmaster: Often we hear of professional athletes being called sports heroes. That s a colorful description, but all they are really doing is playing a game to entertain us. Some of these people really are heroes, but that comes from things they do off the playing field to help their communities. A hero is a person who is not afraid to do what he believes is right. He wants to make things better for other people. He is usually prepared and trained to do the job. And he will do his best, even if he is afraid, because it is important to him to do what is right. The following boys are heroes to me. They have chosen to work hard and prepare themselves in life by learning Cub Scouting ideals. They are learning to be independent and successful, and they happen to have a lot of fun along the way. Please join me in congratulating the heroes who have earned their Bobcat rank. (Call out names of boys and their parents. Then present rank awards and have the parents place medals around their sons necks. Continue in a similar manner for each of the other ranks.) CUBMASTER S MINUTE ONE DROP OF BLUE Materials: blue food coloring and a 1-gallon clear glass jar filled with water The Cubmaster puts one drop of the food coloring into the water. Have everyone watch as the blue color disperses until it is almost entirely diluted but still visible. Note: Practice ahead of time and keep your water volume such that a tinge of blue remains. (continued on next page ) Cubmaster: The one little drop of blue did its best and succeeded in filling the whole big jar. In the same way, one Cub Scout in blue can influence all those around him by his actions and words. Cubmaster s Minute Pack Meeting Plans: October: Brave Super Cub! A hero is a person who is admired for his character, his achievements, and his example to others. Let us honor all the real heroes in our world today and our own Super Cub heroes, who are growing into the heroes of our future. (I like the idea of putting these 2 together for the Cubmaster minute, not just one or the other) CLOSING / FLAG CEREMONIES Materials: large cards spelling out H-E-R-O, with lines on the back for Cub Scouts to read as they hold up their signs: Cub #1: H - Help is on the way. A hero is someone who helps. Cub #2: E - Everyone can be a hero. You just have to be prepared and know that you can make a difference. Cub #3: R - Remember that even brave people can be afraid. It is taking action even when you are scared that makes you brave. Cub #4: O - One person can make a difference. One person who helps can change someone s world. 4

5 SONGS HELP Cub Scouting and Boy Scouting Roundtable Planning Guide Tune My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean Emergencies they all will answer, They re always a phone call away They come when they re needed most promptly And for you they will surely stay. Chorus: Nine-one-one, Nine-one-one We call on them when we need H E L P. Nine-one-one, Nine-one-one We call on them when we need help! Medics are your friends and my friends. They answer their calls, oh so fast. They come when we need them so greatly And always will stay to the last. (Repeat chorus.) The firemen, too, answer your calls. A fire is scary to see. But when they show up, oh so quickly They put out the fire with glee. (Repeat chorus.) Whenever you need a policeman A phone call will get them there quick Be sure that you know your home address And they ll be there lickety-split. (Repeat chorus.) Heroes In a Book Pow Wow Book (She ll Be Coming Round the Mountain) Cub Scouts learn a lot from heroes in a book. Cub Scouts learn a lot from heroes in a book. Cub Scouts learn a lot from heroes oh they learn a lot from heroes, oh they learn a lot from heroes In a Book. 2. You can climb the highest mountain In A Book. 3. You can visit Mars and Venus In A Book. 4. Fight the dragon, save the damsel In A Book. 5. You can go and solve a mystery In A Book. 6. You can save the world from evil In A Book. 7. Visit great men in our history In A Book. 8. So let's keep reading and learning, Read a Book. HOMETOWN HEROES Pow Wow Book (Yankee Doodle) This month we ve learned of local heroes, And we would like to shout it That heroes and Cubs are much alike And don t you ever doubt it! Hometown heroes and Cub Scouts too, Both promise they will live right When they do the things they should, Their memory makes the day bright. GAMES & ACTIVITIES WHAT HERO AM I? Make stickers with the names of famous heroes (e.g., presidents, superheroes, sports figures). As each person enters the room, put a sticker on his or her back. The object of the game is to learn the identity of the hero on your back. Each player is permitted to ask a set number of yes or no questions of other players as they greet each other and shake hands. Once a person discovers his or her identity, he or she announces it, and the sticker can be removed. RING THE LIBERTY BELL Pow Wow Book (materials needed: Bell, wire coat hanger, heavy cord or rope, small rubber ball) Bend the coat hanger into a hoop, with the hook at the top. Hang the bell in the middle of the hoop with the rope and then tie the hoop from a low tree branch ( or hook if available for inside use.) Individuals or teams can play this game. The players take turns trying to throw the ball through the hoop. Each player throws the ball once per turn and gets five turns total. Have a person stand on the other side of the hoop to catch the ball. Keep score. Each time the bell is rung, the player gets three points. If the ball goes through the hoop, but doesn t touch the bell, he scores two points. If the ball hits the outside of the hoop, the player scores one point. After everyone is finished, add up the number of points scored by teams or individuals. The person or team with the highest score is the winner. 5

6 Snacks NOTE: Be aware of food allergies and diet restrictions. Make Hero Sandwiches (Submarine or Hoagie) Make sugar cookies and let the boys decorate them like their Super Cub Heroes Edible play dough that the boys can form into their Super Cub Heroes is on page 18 of this cookbook Cub Grub Cookbook Baloo's Bugle June 2011 Courage This is a really great cookbook for Cubs - You can save a copy on your PC by selecting File, Save As...in your web browser's menu bar. TRAINING Character Compass In the former Cub Scouting program, each month focused on a Core Value. In the new program, points of the Scout Law are assigned to each month instead. How handy that there happen to be 12 points of the Scout Law one for each month of the year! There will also be supplemental theme ideas available online for use in pack meetings, just as there were before. If you sit down and really compare them, you will find that the 12 points are not really that different from the old Character Connections. Some of them (almost half) already relate almost directly: Courage and Brave, Honesty and Trustworthy, Compassion and Kind, Positive Attitude and Cheerful, Cooperation and Helpful. Others can be taught and thought of in a similar manner: Respect and Courteous, Health & Fitness and Clean, Resourcefulness and Thrifty. When you look at the big picture, the end result is the same: We will be helping boys become men of character. Character Compass Points Scouting works toward three aims. One is growth in moral strength and character. For Cub Scouts, the Scout Oath and Scout Law begin to instill character values at a young age. The Character Compass used throughout the youth handbooks and Den Leader guides is a tool to help guide the boys. The Character Compass emphasizes one or more of the 12 points of the Scout Law in each of the adventures for each rank. This will remind the youth and den leaders how the activities in each adventure are related to the Scout Law. It will also help the youth to think about how the points of the Scout Law guide them in Cub Scouting and in their daily lives. In the Den Leader guides, information is given to help focus den meetings on the 12 points in a natural and subtle way. The points are by no means meant to be drilled into the boys minds or into the den meeting plans. That is one of the wonderful things that happens in Scouting: We teach character development naturally through our adventure and advancement! WEB RESOURCES BSA Pack Meeting Plans: Pack Meeting Plans: October: Brave Super Cub! : 6

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