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Dead Bugs, Blow Guns, Sharp Knives, & Snakes:
What More Could A Boy Want?

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"Scouting is a Game with a Purpose"

The Patrol System

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Outdoor Activities For Boys:

Making Winter Camp
Dan Beard's Traditional Gesture Signals; Trail Signs
Activities for Older Scouts

Traditional Outdoor Skills!

The World of Night Games
84 Boy Scout Wide Camp Games
54 Games from Ernest Seton's Birch Bark Roll
Boy Scout Games
Camp Fire Programs
Stunts & Skits
Ernest Seton's How to Build a Real Teepee (or Model-Size Lamps!)
How to Build an Adirondack Lean-To
How to Build Totem Poles
Indian Songs & Indian Dances
Native American "Indian" Ceremonies
Indian Sign Language Online Dictionary!
Other Native Information for Scouts
Boy Scout Play: After Dark!
Cold Weather Training
Summer Camp Helps: Dealing with Homesickness
and Parents at Camp
Thanksgiving Trash Can Turkey Directions; "Simple" Version
Winter Activities:
Winter Sports Chapters from Dan Beard's The Boy Pioneers
Outdoor Winter Snow Games
How to Make Snowshoes
21 Sled Making Plans
Skate Sails ("Skater's Wings")
Snowball Warfare
Snow Sculpture & Statuary
Ice Fishing
Snow Houses
Permanent Winter Camps & Shelters
Survival Kits
Winter Health & Safety
How to Make Moccasins
Spring Activities:
Making Stilts
75 Kite Making Plans
11 Marble Games
Hoops & Wheels 
Games of Tops
Arbor Day Parade
Covered Wagon Campout
Summer Activities:
Ball Games: Town Ball; Battle Callie; Corner Ball
Crackabout; Hand Up; Hat Ball; House Ball;
House Over; Old Cat; Rolly Poly
Bee Messengers
Boat Making & Sailing 
Choosing Up  
Counting Out
Duck on a Rock; Hopscotch; I Spy
Jack Candles; Jack Stones; Jack's Alive!
Kick the Wicket; Mumbly Peg; Skittles
Spirit Tortoise
Tipcat
Leapfrog: Foot-an'-Half; Hatband; Spanish Fly
Swimming
18 Games of Tag
Autumn Activities:
Boys' Ballista
Blowguns (Blow Guns)
Elder Guns
Indian Games
Lasso (See also Spin a Rope)
Taxidermy for Boys
 

 

Traditional "Old School" Scouting

Illustration at left from Dan Beard's Gesture Signals
Old-Fashioned Scouting
"Scouting," The final chapter of Dan Beard's autobiography,
 Hardly A Man Is Now Alive
Complete!  Dan Beard's Handbook: The Boy Pioneers: 
The Sons of Daniel Boone

Complete!  Ernest Seton's Handbook: The Birch Bark Roll

Seton's Indian Graphic Art from Rhythm of the Redman:
12' Tepee; Tepee Painting; War Bonnet; Ojibway and 
Sioux Moccasins; Canoe Decoration; Painted Paddles;
Peace Pipe

Dan Beard's "Knots, Bends, & Hitches"
Mystery Dan Beard Patch Symbols
 How to Make Totem Poles: New Illustrations!
3 Initiation Ceremonies: Indian Sign Language Initiation
Dan Beard; Ernest Seton; Plus Traditional Investitures.
Pioneering Model Making
Trail Blazes & Signs from Ernest Seton's Birch Bark Roll

Cecil Bullivant's "Ventriloquism in a Month"

How to Make Authentic B-P Uniforms
From Dan Beard's Shelters, Shacks, and Shanties:
The Half-Cave Shelter; Fallen-Tree Shelter; Bark Teepee;
Beaver-Mat Shacks; Indian Shacks & Shelters; Birch Bark
or Tar Paper Shack; Indian Communal Houses

 

 

Patrol Method

Patrol Leader Training
Scout & Patrol Yells  
Silent Scout Signals
Patrol Competitions
Patrol Leader's Creed
Patrol Activities for Troop Meetings
Master & Commander as a JLT Weekend Movie

 

 

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A History of Adult Methods.
Recruiting in Your Local Schools
The Birch Bark Roll by E.T. Seton
The Boy Pioneers by Dan Beard
Outdoor Handy Book by Dan Beard
American Boy's Handy Book By Dan Beard
Traditional Adult Training

 

 

bduwaist_small.jpg (1735 bytes) Uniforms

Activity Pants: BDU vs. Nylon Zip-Off
How to Wear the Neckerchief
Should Hats be Worn Indoors?
Baden-Powell's Uniform


 

 

Advancement

Rank Advancement Court of Honor Ceremonies
Investiture Ceremonies
Program Worksheets
Traditional Otter and Timber Wolf programs

 

 

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Scout Spirit Scavenger Hunt
     A Scoutmaster Conference Worksheet (See: Introduction)
A Scout is Reverent: A Guide to the Faiths of Other Scouts
Learning Scout Law
The Order of Nature by Baden Powell
A History of Scout Law Explanations
What is a Boy Scout?
Of Wooden Beads & Nature Knowledge
When Others Say "God" .
Scoutmaster Benediction

 


Leadership Development

The "Science" of Boy-Leadership

 

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