NEW REQUIREMENT TO BECOME EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2006
Beginning January 1, 2006, an additional requirement
will be added to the requirements for First Class rank in Boy Scouting.
Scouts beginning their First Class requirement work after this date must
complete the new requirement. Scouts working on First Class requirements
prior to this date will have until June 30, 2006 to complete First Class
rank without completing the new requirement.
The new requirement tests the candidate's persuasive
communications skills and can help make Scouting available to more boys.
It reads as follows:
"Tell someone who is eligible to join Boy Scouts,
or an inactive Boy Scout about your troop's activities. Invite him
to a troop outing, activity, service project, or meeting. Tell him
how to join, or encourage the inactive Boy Scout to become active."
The Boy Scout Handbook and 2006 Requirements book will
be updated with this new detail. Scouts can find support for the completion
of this requirement on the Boy Scout membership Web site, www.thescoutzone.org.
These remaining requirements became effective on January
1, 2002.
NOTE: These requirements, and those
for Tenderfoot and Second Class may be worked on simultaneously; however
these ranks must be earned in sequence.
1. Demonstrate how to find directions during the day
and at night without using a compass.
2. Using a compass, complete an orienteering course that
covers at least one mile and requires measuring the height and/or width
of designated items (tree, tower, canyon, ditch, etc. )
3. Since joining, have participated in ten separate troop/patrol
activities (other than troop/patrol meetings), three of which included
camping overnight.
4. a. Help plan a patrol menu for one campout --
including one breakfast, lunch, and dinner - that requires cooking. Tell
how the menu includes the four basic food groups and meets nutritional
needs.
4. b. Using the menu planned in requirement 4a,
make a list showing the cost and food amounts needed to feed three or
more boys and secure the ingredients.
4. c. Tell which pans, utensils, and other gear
will be needed to cook and serve these meals.
4. d. Explain the procedures to follow in the safe
handling and storage of fresh meats, dairy products, eggs, vegetables,
and other perishable food products. Tell how to properly dispose
of camp garbage, cans, plastic containers, and other rubbish.
4. e. On one campout, serve as your patrol's cook. Supervise
your assistant(s) in using a stove or building a cooking fire. Prepare
the breakfast, lunch, and dinner planned in requirement 4a. Lead
your patrol in saying grace at the meals and supervise cleanup.
5. Visit and discuss with a selected individual approved
by your leader (elected official, judge, attorney, civil servant, principal,
teacher) your Constitutional rights and obligations as a U. S. citizen.
6. Identify or show evidence of at least ten kinds of
native plants found in your community.
7. a. Discuss when you should and should not use
lashings
7. b. Demonstrate tying the timber hitch and clove
hitch and their use in square, shear, and diagonal lashings by joining
two or more poles or staves together.
7. c. Use lashing to make a useful camp gadget.
8. a. Demonstrate tying the bowline knot and describe
several ways it can be used.
8. b. Demonstrate bandages for a sprained ankle. and
for injuries on the head, the upper arm, and the collarbone.
8. c. Show how to transport by yourself, and with
one other person, a person: from a smoke-filled room with a sprained
ankle, for at least 25 yards.
8. d. Tell the five most common signs of a heart
attack. Explain the steps (procedures) in cardiopulmonary resuscitation
(CPR).
9. a. Tell what precautions must be taken for a
safe trip afloat.
9. b. Successfully complete the BSA swimmer test.
9. c. With a helper and a practice victim, show
a line rescue both as tender and rescuer. (The practice victim
should be approximately 30 feet from shore in deep water. )
10. Demonstrate scout spirit by living the Scout Oath
(Promise) and Scout Law in your everyday life.
11. Participate in a Scoutmaster conference.
12. Complete your board of review.
NOTE: Alternate Requirements for the First Class rank
are available for Scouts with physical or mental disabilities if they
meet the criteria listed in the Boy Scout Requirements book. (No. 33215E)
Please note that Requirement 12 - (Complete your Board
of Review) MAY be done AFTER the Scout' has reached age 18. All
other requirements must be completed BEFORE the Scout's 18th Birthday.
First Class Rank
Board of Review Sample Questions
By this point the Scout should be comfortable with the
Board of Review process.
The Scout should be praised for his accomplishment in
achieving 1st Class (particularly if he joined Boy Scouts less than a
year ago). In achieving the rank of 1st Class, the Scout should
feel an additional sense of responsibility to the troop and to his patrol.
The 1st Class rank will produce additional opportunities
for the Scout (Order of the Arrow, leadership, etc. ).
Merit badges will begin to play a role in future advancement
to the Star and Life ranks. Encourage merit badge work if it has
not already begun.
The approximate time for this Board of Review should
be 20 minutes.
Sample Questions:
1. On average, how many Troop meetings do you attend
each month?
2. What part of Troop meetings are most rewarding to
you?
3. What is the Scout Slogan? What does it mean for a
1st Class Scout?
4. Tell us about your last campout with the Troop. Where
did you go? How did you help with meal preparation? Did you have a good
time? (If "No", why not?)
5. If you were in charge of planning and preparing a
dinner for your next campout, what would you select?
6. As a 1st Class Scout, what do you think the Star,
Life, and Eagle Scouts will expect from you on an outing?
7. Does your family do any camping? What have you learned
in Scouts, that you have been able to share with your family to improve
their camping experiences?
8. Why do you think that swimming is emphasized in Scouting?
9. Why is it important for you to know how to transport
a person who has a broken leg?
10. Why is it important for you to be able to recognize
local plant life?
11. What did you learn about using a compass while completing
the orienteering requirement?
12. What does it mean to say, "A Scout is Courteous"?
13. Why are merit badges a part of Scouting?
14. How frequently do you attend religious services?
Does your whole family attend?
15. What is your most favorite part of Scouting? Least
favorite?
16. How does a Scout fulfill his "Duty to Country"?
17. How do you define "Scout Spirit"?
18. What is the Order of the Arrow? What is the primary
function of OA?
19. Who was Lord Baden-Powell?
20. When do you think you might be ready for Star Scout?
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