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Tiger – 1st Grade
Tech All Around
Elective
Requirement 2

Technology Charades

Tiger – 1st Grade
Tech All Around
Elective
Requirement 2

Technology Charades

Snapshot of Activity

A game of charades that identifies how technology has made life easier.

Indoor
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  • Life Easier Charades Cards found in Additional Resources 
  • 15 – 3” x 5” index cards 
  • 1 black magic marker 
  • Timer

Before the meeting: 

  1. Use the 3” x 5” index cards to create cards for charades.  The card will have a description of how something was done before technology improved it.  For example, a card will have “wash dishes by hand” the answer is “dishwasher.”   Use the Life Easier Charades Cards document found in Additional Resources to create the cards and have the answer key accessible.  Make up a couple of your own charades.  
  2. Become familiar with how to play charades. Begin with a stack of charade cards. In turn, each player draws a card and acts out the old way of doing things using hand signals and body motions but no spoken words. Players then try to guess the technology that improved the old way of doing things. The player giving the correct answer is allocated a point. You may wish to use a timer to keep rounds short and succinct. When playing with a larger den, divide into teams before playing. If a team does not guess the acted phrase correctly within the time limit, the other team can try to guess the phrase and steal the point. The player or team with the most points wins the game. 

During the meeting: 

  1. Gather the Cub Scouts and adult partners.  Tell them that you are going to play a game of charades.  Explain the rules for playing charades. 
  2. Play a game of technology charades.  

Additional Resources

Life Easier Charades Cards

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Tiger – 1st Grade

The Way It Was

Indoor
1
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Tiger adult partners share what life was like before modern technology.

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Bray Barnes

Director, Global Security Innovative
Strategies

Bray Barnes is a recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, Silver
Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Learning for Life Distinguished
Service Award. He received the Messengers of Peace Hero award from
the royal family of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and he’s a life member of
the 101st Airborne Association and Vietnam Veterans Association. Barnes
serves as a senior fellow for the Global Federation of Competitiveness
Councils, a nonpartisan network of corporate CEOs, university presidents, and
national laboratory directors. He has also served as a senior executive for the
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, leading the first-responder program
and has two U.S. presidential appointments

David Alexander

Managing Member Calje

David Alexander is a Baden-Powell Fellow, Summit Bechtel Reserve philanthropist, and recipient of the Silver Buffalo and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the founder of Caljet, one of the largest independent motor fuels terminals in the U.S. He has served the Arizona Petroleum Marketers Association, Teen Lifeline, and American Heart Association. A triathlete who has completed hundreds of races, Alexander has also mentored the women’s triathlon team at Arizona State University.

Glenn Adams

President, CEO & Managing Director
Stonetex Oil Corp.

Glenn Adams is a recipient of the Silver Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the former president of the National Eagle Scout Association and established the Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award. He has more than 40 years of experience in the oil, gas, and energy fields, including serving as a president, owner, and CEO. Adams has also received multiple service awards from the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers.