Scouting, Volume 61, Number 1, January-February 1973 Page: 2
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THEME:
KNIGHTS OF THE
TOURNAMENT
DEN
MEETINGS
REVIEW THEME PAGES BEFORE PLANNING DEN MEETINGS
MARCH THEME
BUILDS CREDIT INs
Book Achievements Electives
WOLF 12 2,7,12
BEAR 7,8
FIRST WEEK
SECOND WEEK
THIRD WEEK
FOURTH WEEK
Den Leader, Den Chief, and Denner Review Plana Before Each Meeting and Check Equipment Needed.
BEFORE Ask den fathers to make
THE teeterboards and "horse"
MEETING by the fourth meeting.
STARTS Have materials for making
shields.
Have toothpicks and
bottle for Toothpick Castle
Building game, page Cub 8
Oct; materials for making
armor and weapons, stuffed
socks and newspapers for
Ball and Chain Duel, page
Cub 5 Oct.; Cub Scout
Songbook.
Have potatoes and spoons
for Jousting, page
Cub 7 Oct;
U.S. flag; Cub Scout
Songbook; materials for
armor and weapons.
Have Cub Scout Songbook,
teeterboards for Teeterboard
Jousting, page Cub 4 Mar.
Den Leader Collects Dues, Reviews Boys' Advancement, and Posts on Advancement Chart
Play Jousting.
CUB
2
MAR
WHILE THE Den chief supervises duel
CUB contests (Fitness Games in
SCOUTS Den Chief's Denbook).
GATHER
Play Toothpick Castle
Building.
Den chief leads boys in
trying Impossible trick
(Den Chief's Denbook).
OPENING Have den chief or denner
read The Knight's Code,
page 45. Ask Cub Scouts
to tell how it is similar
to the Cub Scout Promise.
Den chief says, "Knights,
who are we?" Boys respond
"Den !" Follow with
den yell.
Assistant denner presents
colors. Denner leads
pledge of allegiance.
Sing "The Grand Old Duke
of York" (Cub Scout
Songbook).
Ask boys to tell qualities
of a good knight. Sing
"Hail, Hail, the Gang's
All Here" (Cub Scout
Songbook).
BUSINESS Discuss theme and pack
Suggest books about
Check final preparations
ITEMS meeting tournament plans.
knighthood available
for pack meeting.
Show plans for costumes
at public or school
and equipment. Consider
library.
service project for month.
ACTIVITY Divide the den into two
teams and play Knight
Hop Tandem Relay (Games
for Cub Scouts).
Make shields.
Play Ball and Chain Duel.
Begin making armor and
weapons.
Play Knights' Battle
Royal, page Cub 4 Mar.
Complete armor and
weapons.
Have Teeterboard Jousting
Tournament to pick den
champion. Try on armor and
make adjustments. Practice
Spearing the Ring, page
Cub 4 Mar. If the den's
"horse" is ready, use it.
CLOSING Announcements—
Give Den Leader's minute
on qualities of a good
knight and how they apply
today. Form living circle
and repeat Cub Scout
Promise.
AFTER
THE
MEETING
Announcements—
Sing "Cubs Are Square"
(Cub Scout Songbook).
Boys salute Den Leader
and leave quietly.
Announcements—
Boys salute as denner
retires the colors.
Sing first verse of
"God Bless America."
Announcements—
Form brotherhood circle with
arms around shoulders and
repeat the Scout benediction:
"And now may the great
Master of all Scouts be with
you till we meet again."
Denner Supervises Putting Equipment Away. Den Leader, Den Chief, and Denner Review the Meeting and
Check Details for Next Meeting
Den Leader Fills Out
Advancement Report for
the Pack Leaders' Meeting.
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Boy Scouts of America. Scouting, Volume 61, Number 1, January-February 1973, periodical, January 1973; New Brunswick, New Jersey. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth353670/m1/48/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Boy Scouts of America National Scouting Museum.