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Patriotic Guest Speaker

Bear – 3rd Grade
Paws for Action
Citizenship
Required
Requirement 1
Patriotic Guest Speaker
Bear – 3rd Grade
Paws for Action
Citizenship
Required
Requirement 1
Patriotic Guest Speaker

Snapshot of Activity

Learn about the United States flag and how it’s used from a local patriot. 

Indoor
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2
3
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Before the meeting: 

  1. Select a community organization that could present information on the United States  flag and how to properly display the flag.  Organizations that you may consider are the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), the American Legion, or a high school Jr. ROTC instructor.  
  2. Request a person from the community to visit your den meeting to talk about the history of the United States flag and how to properly display it.  

During the meeting: 

  1. Gather Cub Scouts and inform them that in this den meeting, they will learn about the United States flag and how to properly display, fold, how to raise and lower it.  
  2. Remind Cub Scouts to be on their best behavior and to raise their hands if they have a question. 
  3. Welcome your guest speaker and introduce them to the den. 
  4. Gather the Cub Scouts and with the help of the Den Chief, Denner, or Assistant Den Leader demonstrate how to fold the United States flag. 
  5. Pair the Cub Scouts into groups of three and give each group a United States flag.  Have the groups practice folding the United States flag properly.  
  6. Once the groups have properly folded the flag, gather the Cub Scouts around the flagpole. 
  7. With the help of two Cub Scouts demonstrate how to properly raise and lower the United States flag.  When raising the flag, it is done quickly and when lowering the flag, it is done slowly.  

After the meeting: 

  1. Ask Cub Scouts to sign a thank you card for your guest speaker. 
  2. Send a thank you card to the guest speaker. 

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3

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