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COMMUNICATIONS
DEN MEETINGS
REVIEW THEME PAGES BEFORE PLANNING DEN MEETINGS.
FIRST WEEK SECOND WEEK THIRD WEEK FOURTH WEEK
Den leader, den chief, and denner review plans before each meeting and check equipment needed.
BEFORE Have pencil for Magnetized
THE Pencil trick (page 100, Den
MEETING Leader's Book); U.S. flag,
STARTS ball for Circle Ball Keep
Away (page 72, Den
Leader's Book).
Have paper and pencils,
Immediate Recognition Kit,
No. 1804; materials for pack
meeting projects.
Have materials for "Ob-
stickle" Course (page 67,
Den Leader's Book); mate-
rials for pack meeting
projects.
Have materials for Tele-
phone Number game (page
CUB 3 SEP); ropes for
Friendship Circle (page 53,
Den Leader's Book).
WHILE
CUB
SCOUTS
GATHER
Den leader collects dues.
Show the Magnetized Pen-
cil trick. Have boys practice
to show it to their parents.
Give each boy paper and
pencil and ask him to write
a message in secret code for
use in Activity period.
Ideas for codes are in
Secret Codes elective, Wolf
Cub Scout Book.
Have boys run "Obstickle"
Course.
Have boys compete in Dual
Contests (page 76, Den
Leader's Book).
OPENING Form den in horseshoe for-
mation and present U.S.
Flag at open end. Oldest
boy in den leads Pledge of
Allegiance.
Boys answer roll call by
naming any method of
communication. Perform
grand howl (short version),
page 45, Den Leader's Book.
Perform Applause Stunts
(page 44, Den Leader's
Book).
Form living circle. Have
newest Bobcat lead Law of
the Pack. Denner then leads
den yell.
BUSINESS
ITEMS
Den leader checks boys' books for passed achievements and electives and records them on
Den Advancement Chart. Boys record own advancements on den doodle, if den has one.
Explain Communications
theme and tell plans for
pack meeting. Discuss
whether to have a den trip
to local newspaper office,
TV or radio station, or tele-
phone office. Decide on
skit, display, or demonstra-
tion for pack meeting. See
ideas on these pages.
Explain Cub Scouting's ad-
vancement plan. Show Im-
mediate Recognition Kit
(page CUB 5 OCT). Explain
jobs of denner and assistant
denner and hold elections
(page 13, Den Leader's
Book).
Announce arrangements
for den trip, if one is
planned. Explain what a
den yell is and have boys
develop one (pages 61-3,
Den Leader's Book).
Complete preparations for
pack meeting.
ACTIVITY Play Circle Ball Keep
Away. Begin planning for
pack meeting projects—
skit, display, or demonstra-
tion.
Distribute coded messages
written during Gathering
period. (Be sure boys don't
get their own messages.)
Winner is the boy who first
decodes a message. Work
on pack meeting projects.
Play Spinning Yarns (page
CUB 3 SEP). Complete
work on pack meeting
projects.
Play Telephone Number
game. Hold dress rehearsal
of pack meeting skit or
demonstration, or arrange
den display.
CLOSING Ask each boy to salute flag,
give Cub Scout handshake
to den leader, and leave
quietly.
AFTER
THE
MEETING
Form living circle (page 127,
Den Leader's Book). New
denner leads Cub Scout
Promise.
Form den in circle. Tell
boys that we communicate
friendship by shaking
hands. Have boys "pass"
Cub Scout handshake
around circle.
Remind boys to invite their
parents to pack meeting.
Perform Friendship Circle.
Denner supervises putting away equipment. Den leader, den chief, and denner review the meeting
and check details for next meeting.
Den leader fills out ad-
vancement report for the
pack leaders' meeting.
Have a den chief? If not,
talk with your Cubmaster.
FOR MORE PROGRAM AIDS, READ BOYS' LIFE AND ATTEND YOUR DISTRICT ROUNDTABLE.
CUB 2 SEP 80
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