Scouting, Volume 60, Number 6, September 1972 Page: 25
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FIND YOUR WAY
TROOP MEETINGS
FIRST WEEK
SECOND WEEK
THIRD WEEK
PREOPENING
Play Poison,
Scoutmaster's Handbook.
Have topographic maps and
compasses for Scouts to
examine. Have leadership corps
or troop leaders conduct
quiz on map symbols.
Have topographic maps
and compasses for practice.
Leadership corps or troop leaders
aid Scouts in learning how
to use compass.
OPENING
Sing "She'll Be Comin' 'Round the
Mountain," Scout Songbook.
Scout progress review for Star,
Life, Eagle.
Selected patrol presents colors
and leads pledge of allegiance.
Follow with patrol calls by all
patrols.
Sing "Scouting Marches On,"
Scout Songbook.
SCOUTCRAFT
INSTRUCTION/
DEMONSTRATION
Show how to use maps—both
road and topographic.
Demonstrate how to orient a map.
Explain symbols and contour
lines on topographic map.
Demonstrate shadow-stick
method of determining direction
(Scout Handbook).
Show how to use a simple
compass and the Pathfinder
model. Discuss compass
declination, emphasizing
variation in your area.
Demonstrate and practice
estimating distance by stride.
Show how to use map
and compass together
to follow a course
(Scout Handbook).
GAME/CONTEST
Skin the Snake, page 56.
Crowded Circle, page 56.
Go outside. Line up all
patrols abreast. Announce
that all Scouts are to pace off
what they believe to be 50 feet.
(Leaders should make
measurement so that only
they know.) Winning patrol
is one with most members
nearest the 50-foot mark.
PATROL
MEETINGS
Plan a patrol hike to practice
orienteering.
Work on topographic map symbols
in preparation for Interpatrol
Activity.
Practice using a compass by
taking bearings on objects in
the room.
Practice using map
and compass together.
Complete patrol
plans for Nature
Trail Orienteering.
INTERPATROL
ACTIVITY
If it is a dark, clear night,
go outside and practice finding
North by locating Polaris.
Play Map Symbols, Troop
Activities.
Play Compass, Troop Activities.
Play Which Direction,
Scoutmaster's Handbook.
SCOUTMASTER'S
MINUTE
"Directions and Follow-Through,"
Troop Activities.
"A Scout Is Reverent,"
The Scout Law in Action,
page 129.
"Magnetic Influence,"
Troop Activities.
CLOSING
CEREMONY
Senior patrol leader points to
maps and says: "These maps help
us find our way around this area.
To help us find our way through
life, we have another kind of
guide—the Scout Oath. Let's
repeat it together." He then
dismisses the troop.
Recognize Scouts who advanced
at last week's progress review.
The Scout with the highest
progress award retires the colors
while all others salute. Scouts
then leave quietly.
Form by patrols.
Sing "Vive I'Amour," Scout
Songbook.
Announce
final plans for
Nature Trail
Orienteering.
FOURTH WEEK: NATURE TRAIL ORIENTEERING RACE
Nature Trail Orienteering is a test of
a patrol's skill at finding its way by map
and compass, combined with tests of
observation and knowledge of nature.
Ideally, the orienteering race should be
conducted in a woods during a weekend
camp or as the highlight of a daylong hike.
However, because the orienteering
course can be laid out in rather small
areas like city parks or playgrounds, it
can be held in the troop's own neighbor-
hood. In that case, end with a campfire
program in the park.
Troop leaders' council meets this week
to plan details for next month.
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Boy Scouts of America. Scouting, Volume 60, Number 6, September 1972, periodical, September 1972; New Brunswick, New Jersey. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth353553/m1/89/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Boy Scouts of America National Scouting Museum.