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Scout Leader Workshops
Scouting for Muslim Youth – What, Why & How
Have you wondered what is scouting about and how it can help our boys become the model citizens and leaders of the community? Then this is right seminar for you. This introduces you to the basic principles and the structure of the organization. You’ll learn how the program has evolved over the 100 years worldwide to help develop their character, citizenship and confidence in fun filled activities. Learn about the long decade long history the Scouting and Islam has shared together. You’ll walk away with much appreciation about scouting and hopefully will decide to join the 20+ million fellow Americans who are active scouters.
Starting your Muslim Scouting Unit – How & When
You are inclined to establish a scouting unit, however you don’t know how. You are concerned about the time commitment. You wonder how many other adults you need to get this off the ground. If these are your questions, then this is the right seminar for you. You’ll learn who to contact and how to get help. How to tap into the deep pool of adult Scout leaders? Which local Muslim organizations should you work with to get the Charter? What type of facility/infrastructure you need. How much time commitment is involved. Come and enjoy the talk from experienced scouters.
Energizing your Scouting Unit – Pack & Troop
You are part of an existing scouting unit (pack or troop). And you have been either intimately or peripherally involved with it. But you see it is either becoming stale and falling into a rut. You are looking to add new energy and potentially take on some leadership positions. You don’t know how. This seminar will provide you with proven methods that will energize your unit. You’ll also learn how to connect with other units in the area. You’ll learn how to build a larger event to bring all Muslim Scouts in the area together.
Merit Badge Workshops
Citizenship in the Nation - Eagle Required Merit Badge
We will cover the requirements of the Citizenship in the Nation Merit Badge. Scouts will need to complete the Worksheet found here.
- Explain what citizenship in the nation means and what it takes to be a good citizen of this country. Discuss the rights, duties, and obligations of a responsible and active American citizen.
- Do TWO of the following:
- Visit a place that is listed as a National Historic Landmark or that is on the National Register of Historic Places. Tell your counselor what you learned about the landmark or site and what you found interesting about it.
- Tour your state capitol building or the U.S. Capitol. Tell your counselor what you learned about the capitol, its function, and the history.
- Tour a federal facility. Explain to your counselor what you saw there and what you learned about its function in the local community and how it serves this nation.
- Choose a national monument that interests you. Using books, brochures, the Internet (with your parent's permission), and other resources, find out more about the monument. Tell your counselor what you learned, and explain why the monument is important to this country's citizens.
- Watch the national evening news five days in a row OR read the front page of a major daily newspaper five days in a row. Discuss the national issues you learned about with your counselor. Choose one of the issues and explain how it affects you and your family.
- Discuss each of the following documents with your counselor. Tell your counselor how you feel life in the United States might be different without each one.
- Declaration of Independence
- Preamble to the Constitution
- The Constitution
- Bill of Rights
- Amendments to the Constitution
- List the six functions of government as noted in the preamble to the Constitution. Discuss with your counselor how these functions affect your family and local community.
- With your counselor's approval, choose a speech of national historical importance. Find out about the author, and tell your counselor about the person who gave the speech. Explain the importance of the speech at the time it was given, and tell how it applies to American citizens today. Choose a sentence or two from the speech that has significant meaning to you, and tell your counselor why.
- Name the three branches of our federal government and explain to your counselor their functions. Explain how citizens are involved in each branch. For each branch of government, explain the importance of the system of checks and balances.
- Name your two senators and the member of Congress from your congressional district. Write a letter about a national issue and send it to one of these elected officials, sharing your view with him or her. Show your letter and any response you receive to your counselor.
American Cultures
We will cover the requirements of the American Cultures Merit Badge. Scouts will need to complete the Worksheet found here.
Choose THREE groups that have different racial, cultural, national, or ethnic backgrounds, one of which comes from your own background. Use these groups to meet requirements 1, 2, and 3.
- Do TWO of the following, choosing a different group for each:
- Go to a festival, celebration, or other event identified with one of the groups. Report on what you see and learn.
- Go to a place of worship, school, or other institution identified with one of the groups. Report on what you see and learn.
- Talk with a person from one of the groups about the heritage and traditions of the group. Report on what you learn.
- Learn a song, dance, poem, or story which is traditional to one group, and teach it to a group of your friends.
- Go to a library or museum to see a program or exhibit featuring one group's traditions. Report on what you see and learn.
- Imagine that one of the groups had always lived alone in a city or country to which no other groups ever came. Tell what you think the city or country might be like today. Now tell what you think it might be like if the three groups you chose lived there at the same time.
- Tell about some differences between the religions and social customs of the three groups. Tell about some ideas, or ways of doing things that are similar in the three groups.
- Tell about a contribution made to our country by three different people each from a different racial, ethnic, or religious background.
- Give a talk to your Scout unit or class at school on how people from different groups have gotten along together. Lead a discussion on what can be done to help various groups understand one another better.
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