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NOTE: These requirements may be worked on simultaneously
with those for the
Tenderfoot Rank and
First Class Rank; however these ranks must be earned in sequence.
- a. Demonstrate how a compass works and how to orient a map. Explain
what map symbols mean.
- b. Using a compass and a map together, take a 5-mile hike (or 10
miles by bike) approved by your adult leader and your parent or
guardian.*
- a. Since joining, have participated in five separate troop/patrol
activities (other than troop/patrol meetings), two of which included
camping overnight.
- b. On one of these campouts, select your patrol site and sleep in a
tent that you pitched.
- c. On one campout, demonstrate proper care, sharpening, and use of
the knife, saw, and ax, and describe when they should be used.
- d. Use the tools listed in requirement 2c to prepare tinder,
kindling, and fuel for a cooking fire.
- e. Discuss when it is appropriate to use a cooking fire and a
lightweight stove. Discuss the safety procedures for using both..
- f. Demonstrate how to light a fire and a lightweight stove.
- g. On one campout, plan and cook over an open fire one hot breakfast
or lunch for yourself, selecting foods from the food pyramid. Explain
the importance of good nutrition. Tell how to transport, store, and
prepare the foods you selected.
- Participate in a flag ceremony for your school, religious institution,
chartered organization, community, or troop activity.
- Participate in an approved (minimum of one hour)
service project.
- Identify or show evidence of at least ten kinds of wild animals
(birds, mammals, reptiles, fish, mollusks) found in your community.
- a. Show what to do for "hurry" cases of stopped breathing, serious
bleeding, and internal poisoning.
- b. Prepare a personal first aid kit to take with you on a hike.
- c. Demonstrate first aid for the following:
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- Object in the eye
- Bite of a suspected rabid animal
- Puncture wounds from a splinter, nail, and fishhook
- Serious burns (second degree)
- Heat exhaustion
- Shock
- Heatstroke, dehydration, hypothermia, and hyperventilation
- a. Tell what precautions must be taken for a safe swim.
- b. Demonstrate your ability to jump feetfirst into water over your
head in depth, level off and swim 25 feet on the surface, stop, turn
sharply, resume swimming, then return to your starting place.
- c. Demonstrate water rescue methods by reaching with your arm or
leg, by reaching with a suitable object, and by throwing lines and
objects. Explain why swimming rescues should not be attempted when a
reaching or throwing rescue is possible, and explain why and how a
rescue swimmer should avoid contact with the victim.
- Participate in a school, community, or troop program on the dangers of
using drugs, alcohol, and tobacco, and other practices that could be
harmful to your health. Discuss your participation in the program with
your family.
- Demonstrate
scout spirit by living the
Scout Oath ( or Promise) and
Scout Law in your everyday life.
- Participate in a Scoutmaster conference.
- Complete your
board of review.
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NOTE: These requirements, and those for
Tenderfoot Rank and
Second Class Rank may be worked on simultaneously; however these ranks
must be earned in sequence.
- Demonstrate how to find directions during the day and at night without
using a compass.
- 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.)
- Since joining, have participated in ten separate troop/patrol
activities (other than troop/patrol meetings), three of which included
camping overnight.
- a. Help plan a patrol menu for one campout that includes at least one
breakfast, one lunch, and one dinner and that requires cooking at least
two meals. Tell how the menu includes the foods from the food pyramid and
meets nutritional needs.
- 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.
- c. Tell which pans, utensils, and other gear will be needed to cook
and serve these meals.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Identify or show evidence of at least ten kinds of native plants found
in your community.
- a. Discuss when you should and should not use lashings
- 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.
- c. Use lashing to make a useful camp gadget.
- a. Demonstrate tying the bowline knot and describe several ways it can
be used.
- b. Demonstrate bandages for a sprained ankle. and for injuries on
the head, the upper arm, and the collarbone.
- c. Show how to transport by yourself, and with one other person, a
person:
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- from a smoke-filled room
- with a sprained ankle, for at least 25 yards.
- d. Tell the five most common signs of a heart attack. Explain the
steps (procedures) in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
- a. Tell what precautions must be taken for a safe trip afloat.
- b. Successfully complete the
BSA swimmer test.
- 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.)
- Demonstrate
scout spirit by living the
Scout Oath ( or Promise) and
Scout Law in your everyday life.
- 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.
- Participate in a
Scoutmaster conference.
- Complete your
board of review.
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- Be
active in your troop and patrol for at least 4 months as a
First Class Scout.
- Demonstrate
scout spirit by living the
Scout Oath (Promise) and
Scout Law in your everyday life.
- Earn 6
merit badges, including 4 from the required list for Eagle.*
- ___________________________________(required for Eagle)*
- ___________________________________(required for Eagle)*
- ___________________________________(required for Eagle)*
- ___________________________________(required for Eagle)*
- ___________________________________
- ___________________________________
- While a First Class Scout, take part in
service projects totaling at least 6 hours of work. These projects
must be approved by your Scoutmaster.
- While a First Class Scout, serve actively 4 months in one or more of
the following positions of responsibility (or carry out a
Scoutmaster-assigned leadership project to help the troop):
Boy Scout troop
Patrol Leader,
Assistant Senior Patrol Leader,
Senior Patrol Leader,
Troop Guide,
Order of the Arrow Troop Representative,
Den Chief,
Scribe,
Librarian,
Historian,
Quartermaster,
Bugler,
Junior Assistant Scoutmaster,
Chaplain Aide, or
Instructor. |
Varsity Scout team
Captain,
Co-Captain,
Program Manager,
Squad Leader,
Team Secretary,
Order of the Arrow Team Representative,
Librarian,
Historian,
Quartermaster,
Chaplain Aide,
Instructor, or
Den Chief. |
Venturing crew / Sea Scout ship
President,
Vice President,
Secretary,
Treasurer,
Boatswain,
Boatswain's Mate,
Yeoman,
Purser, or
Storekeeper. |
- Take part in a Scoutmaster conference
- Complete your
board of review.
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Eagle Scout Rank |
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The Eagle Scout Rank is the highest rank attainable in the
Boy Scouting program of the Boy Scouts of America. Since its introduction
in 1911, the Eagle Scout Rank has been earned by more than 1.7 million young
men. The title of "Eagle Scout" is held for life, thus giving rise to the
phrase "Once an Eagle, always an Eagle".
Requirements include earning a number of
merit badges and demonstrating
Scout spirit, service, and leadership. This includes an extensive service
project that the Scout plans, organizes, leads, and manages. Eagle Scouts are
presented with a medal and a badge that visibly recognizes the accomplishments
of the Scout. Additional recognition can be earned through
Eagle Palms, awarded for completing additional tenure, leadership, and
merit badge requirements.
| 1. |
Be active in your troop, team, crew, or ship
for a period of at least six months after you have achieved the rank of Life
Scout. |
| 2. |
Demonstrate that you live by the principles
of the Scout Oath and Law in your daily life. List the names of individuals
who know you personally and would be willing to provide a recommendation on
your behalf, including parents/guardians, religious, educational, and
employer references. |
| 3. |
Earn a total of 21 merit badges (10 more
than you already have), including the following:
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First Aid
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Citizenship in the Community
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Citizenship in the Nation
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Citizenship in the World
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Communications
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Personal Fitness
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Emergency Preparedness OR
Lifesaving
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Environmental Science
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Personal Management
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Swimming OR
Hiking OR
Cycling
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Camping
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Family Life
You must choose only one merit badge listed
in items g and j. If you have earned more than one of the badges listed in
items g and j, choose one and list the remaining badges to make your total
of 21. |
| 4. |
While a Life Scout, serve actively for a
period of six months in one or more of the following positions of
responsibility:
- Boy Scout troop. Patrol leader, assistant
senior patrol leader, senior patrol leader, troop guide, Order of the
Arrow troop representative, den chief, scribe, librarian, historian,
quartermaster, junior assistant Scoutmaster, chaplain aide, or instructor.
- Varsity Scout team. Captain, cocaptain,
program manager, squad leader, team secretary, Order of the Arrow team
representative, librarian, quartermaster, chaplain aide, instructor, or
den chief.
- Venturing crew/ship. President, vice
president, secretary, treasurer, boatswain, boatswain's mate, yeoman,
purser, or storekeeper.
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While a Life Scout, plan, develop, and give
leadership to others in a service project helpful to any religious
institution, any school, or your community. (The project should benefit an
organization other than Boy Scouting.) The project plan must be approved by
the organization benefiting from the effort, your Scoutmaster and troop
committee, and the council or district before you start. You must use the
Eagle Scout Leadership Service Project Workbook, BSA publication No.
18-927, in meeting this requirement. |
| 6. |
Take part in a Scoutmaster conference. |
| 7. |
Successfully complete an Eagle Scout board
of review. |
