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Bear Badge Requirements
These are the requirements as they appear
in the 2003 edition of the Bear Handbook (33451).
(Revisions to requirements are shown in bold
underlined type.
Deletions are shown struck through in
red italics, like this text.
To see the current requirements with no
highlighting of the changes,
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To see the OLD requirements (as they appeared in the
1998 edition of the Bear Cub Scout Book -
#33107), Click Here.
To earn the Bear Badge, a Cub Scout must complete 12 achievements out
of a possible 24 that are offered in the book. The achievements are
grouped in 4 major areas, GOD, COUNTRY, FAMILY, and SELF. Within each
group, a required number of achievements must be completed, as indicated
below. Also, any achievements that they do NOT use to earn the Bear
Badge may be used to earn Arrow Points.
(Note that these achievements, as were the Wolf activities, are
primarily done at home and signed off by an adult family member after the
boy has completed each one. The book is then shown to the Den Leader who
records the progress and also signs the boy's book.)
The Bear Achievements are as follows, page number references to the
Bear Book are in parenthesis.
If the Cub Scout has not previously earned the
Bobcat Badge, it must be earned first.
ACHIEVEMENTS
GOD (Do ONE of the following)
- WAYS WE WORSHIP (Page
24 26)
Complete both requirements.
- Complete the Character Connection for Faith
- Know. Name some people in history who have shown great
faith. Discuss with an adult how faith has been important at a
particular point in his or her life.
- Commit. Discuss with an adult how having faith and hope
will help you in your life, and also discuss some ways that you can
strengthen your faith.
- Practice. Practice your faith as you are taught in your
home, church, synagogue, mosque, or religious fellowship.
- Make a list of things you can do this week to practice
Practice your
religion as you are taught in your home, church, synagogue, mosque, or
other religious community. Check them off your list as you
complete them.
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- EMBLEMS OF FAITH (Page
26 30)
Complete the requirement.
Earn the religious emblem of your faith.
(A list of the religious emblems available to Cub Scouts is listed on
this site. Click here to see it.)
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COUNTRY (Do THREE of the following)
- WHAT MAKES AMERICA SPECIAL?
(Page
30
34)
(Do requirements (a) and (j) and any
two three
of the other six
requirements.
- Write or tell what makes America special to you.
- With the help of your family or den leader, find out about two
famous Americans. Tell the things they did or are
doing to improve our way of life.
- Find out something about the old homes near where you live. Go and
see two of them.
- Find out where places of historical interest are located in or
near your town or city. Go and visit one of them with your
family or den.
- Choose a state; it can be your favorite one or your home
state. Name its state bird, tree, and flower. Describe its flag.
Give the date it was admitted to the Union.
- Be a member of the color guard in a flag ceremony for your den or
pack.
- Display the U.S. flag in your home or fly it on three national
holidays..
- Learn how to raise and lower a U.S. flag properly for an
outdoor ceremony.
- Participate in an outdoor flag ceremony
- Complete the Character Connection for Citizenship.
- Know. Tell ways some people in the past have served our
country. Tell about some people who serve our country today. (Don't
forget about "ordinary" people who serve our country.)
- Commit. Tell something that might happen to you and your
family if other people were not responsible citizens. Tell one thing
you will do to be a good citizen.
- Practice. Tell three things you did in one week that show
you are a good citizen.
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- TALL TALES (Page
36 42)
Do all three requirements.
- Tell in your own words what folklore is. List some folklore
stories, folk songs, or historical legends from your own state or part
of the country. Play the Folklore Match Game on page 48.
- Name at least five stories about American folklore. Point out on a
United States map where they happened.
- Read two folklore stories and tell your favorite one to your den.
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- SHARING YOUR WORLD WITH WILDLIFE
(Page
44 50)
This elective is also part of the Cub Scout
World Conservation Award.
Do four of the following
requirements.
- Choose a bird or animal that you like and find out how it lives.
Make a poster showing what you have learned.
- Build or make a bird feeder or birdhouse and hang it in a
place where birds can visit safely.
- Explain what a wildlife conservation officer does.
- Visit one of the following:
Zoo, Nature center, Aviary, Wildlife refuge, Game
preserve.
- Name one animal that has become extinct in the last 100 years.
Tell why animals become extinct. Name one animal that is on the
endangered species list.
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- TAKE CARE OF YOUR PLANET (Page
50 56)
Do three of the following
requirements.
- Save 5 pounds of glass or aluminum, or 1 month of daily newspapers.
Turn them in at a recycling center or use your
community's recycling service.
- Plant a tree in your yard, or on the grounds of the group that
operates your Cub Scout pack, or in a park or other public place. Be
sure to get permission first.
- Call city or county officials or your trash hauling company and
find out what happens to your trash after it is hauled away.
Do a water-usage survey in your
home. Note List all the ways water
is used in your home. Search
Look for
any dripping faucets
or other ways water might be wasted. With an adult, repair or correct
those problems. - Discuss withan adult in your family the kinds of energy
ways your family
uses energy.
- Find out more about your family's use of electricity.
- Take part in a den or pack neighborhood clean-up project.
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- LAW ENFORCEMENT IS A BIG JOB
(Page
58 64)
Do four all
six of the following
requirements.
- Practice one way police gather evidence: by taking
fingerprints, or taking shoeprints, or taking tire track casts.
Make a set of your own fingerprints.
b.
Make a plaster cast of a shoeprint.
c. Check the doors and windows of your home.
d. Visit your
local sheriff's office or police station or talk with a law
enforcement officer visiting your den or pack to discuss crime
prevention. - Help with crime prevention for your home.
e. Be sure
you know where to get help in your neighborhood. - Learn the phone numbers to use in an emergency and post them
by each phone in your home.
f. Be sure fire and police numbers are listed by the phone at your
home.
g. Know what
you can do to help law enforcement.
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FAMILY (Do FOUR of the following)
- THE PAST IS EXCITING AND IMPORTANT
(Page
64 72)
Do three of the following
requirement g and two other requirements.
- Visit your library or newspaper office. Ask to see back issues of
newspapers or an almanac.
- Find someone who was a Cub Scout a long time ago. Talk with him
about what Cub Scouting was like then.
- Start or add to an existing den or pack scrapbook.
- Trace your family back through your grandparents or
great-grandparents; or, talk to a grandparent about what it was like
when he or she was younger.
- Find out some history about your community.
- Start your own history: keep
Write in a journal for 2
weeks.
- Complete the Character Connection for Respect.
- Know. As you learn about how Cub Scout-age life was like
for adults you know, does what you learn change what you think about
them. Tell how it might help you respect or value them more.
- Commit. Can you think of reasons others might be
disrespectful to people or things you value? Name one new way you
will show respect for a person or thing someone else values.
- Practice. List some ways you can show respect for people
and events in the past.
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- WHAT'S COOKING? (Page
70 80)
Do four of the following
requirements.
- With an adult, bake cookies.
- With an adult, make snacks for the next den meeting.
- With an adult, prepare
Prepare one part of your
breakfast, one part of your lunch, and one part of your supper.
- Make a list of the "junk foods" you eat. Discuss "junk food" with
a parent or teacher.
- Make some trail food for a hike.
- With an adult, make
Make a
dessert for your family.
- With an adult, cook something outdoors.
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- FAMILY FUN (Page
78 90)
Do both of these
requirements.
- Go on a day trip or evening out with
members of your family.
- Have a family fun night at home.
"family-make-and-do-night."
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- BE READY! (Page
82 96)
Do the first four
requirements a through e and requirement g. Requirement f
the last one
is recommended, but not required.
- Tell what to do in case of an accident in the home. A family
member needs help. Someone's clothes catch on fire.
- Tell what to do in case of a water accident.
- Tell what to do in case of a school bus accident.
- Tell what to do in case of a car accident.
- With your family, plan escape routes from your home and have
a practice drill.
e. Have a
health checkup by a physician (optional). - Complete the Character Connection for Courage.
- Know. Memorize the courage steps: Be brave, Be calm, Be
clear, and Be careful. Tell why each courage step is important. How
will memorizing the courage steps help you to be ready?
- Commit. Tell why it might be difficult to follow the
courage steps in an emergency situation. Think of other times you
can use the courage steps. (Standing up to a bully is one example.)
- Practice. Act out one of the requirements using these
courage steps: Be brave, Be calm, Be clear, and Be careful.
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- FAMILY OUTDOOR ADVENTURE
(Page
90 106)
This achievement is also part of
Cub Scouting's Leave No Trace Award.
Do three of the following
requirements.
- Go camping with your family.
- Go on a hike with your family.
- Have a picnic with your family.
- Attend an outdoor event with your family.
- Plan your outdoor family day.
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- SAVING WELL, SPENDING WELL
(Page
96 112)
Do four of the following
requirements.
- Go grocery shopping with a parent or other adult member of your
family.
- Set up a savings account.
- Keep a record of how you spend money for 2 weeks.
- Pretend you are shopping for a car for your family.
- Discuss family finances with a parent or guardian.
- Play a board game with your family that involves the use of play
money.
- With an adult, figure out how much it costs for each person in
your home to eat one meal.
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SELF (do FOUR of the following)
- RIDE RIGHT (Page
102 118)
Do requirement (a) and three more of
the other six
requirements.
- Know the rules for bike safety. If your town requires a bicycle
license, be sure to get one.
- Learn to ride a bike, if you haven't by now. Show that you can
follow a winding course for 60 feet doing sharp left and right turns,
a U-turn, and an emergency stop.
- Keep your bike in good shape. Identify the parts of a bike that
should be checked often.
- Change a tire on a bicycle.
- Protect your bike from theft. Use a bicycle lock.
- Ride a bike for 1 mile without rest. Be
, and be sure to obey all
traffic rules.
- Plan and take a family bike hike.
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- GAMES, GAMES, GAMES! (Page
108 126)
Do two of the following
requirements.
- Set up the equipment and play any two of these outdoor games with
your family or friends.
(Backyard golf, Badminton, Croquet, Sidewalk shuffleboard,
Kickball, Softball, Tetherball, Horseshoes, Volleyball)
- Play two organized games with your den.
- Select a game that your den has never played. Explain the rules.
Tell them how to play it, and then play it with them.
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- BUILDING MUSCLES (Page
112 130)
Do all three of the
following requirements.
- Do physical fitness stretching exercises. Then do curl-ups,
push-ups, the standing long jump, and the softball throw.
- With a friend about your size, compete in at least
six different two-person contests. (Many examples in book.)
- Compete with your den or pack in the crab relay, gorilla relay,
30-yard dash, and kangaroo relay.
NOTE TO PARENTS: If a licensed physician certifies that the Cub
Scout's physical condition for an indeterminable time doesn't permit him
to do three of the requirements in this achievement, the Cubmaster and
pack committee may authorize substitution of any three Arrow Point
electives.
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- INFORMATION, PLEASE -
(Page
118 136)
Do requirement (a) and three more of
the following requirements.
- With an adult in your family, choose a TV show. Watch it
together.
- Play a game of charades at your den meeting or with your family at
home.
- Visit a newspaper office, or a TV or radio station and talk to a
news reporter.
- Use a computer to get information. Write, spell-check, and
print out a report on what you learned.
- Write a letter to a company that makes something you use.
Use e-mail or the U.S. Postal Service.
- Talk with a parent or other family member about how getting and
giving facts fits into his or her job.
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JOT IT DOWN (Page
122 140)
Do requirement h and four other
five of the following
requirements.
- Make a list of the things you want to do today. Check them off
when you have done them.
- Write two letters to relatives or friends.
- Keep a daily record of your activities for 2 weeks.
- Write an invitation to someone.
Write a story about something you
have done with your family.
f. Write a
thank-you note. -
Write a story about something you have done with
your family.
- Write about the activities
of your den.
- Complete the Character Connection for Honesty.
- Know. Tell what made it difficult to be clear and
accurate as you wrote details and kept records, and tell what could
tempt you to write something that was not exactly true. Define
honesty.
- Commit. Tell why it is important to be honest and
trustworthy with yourself and with others. Imagine you had reported
something inaccurately and tell how you could set the record
straight. Give reasons that honest reporting will earn the trust of
others.
- Practice. While doing the requirement for this
achievement, be honest when you are writing about real events.
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- SHAVINGS AND CHIPS (Page
128 146)
Do all four of the
following requirements.
- Know the safety rules for handling a knife.
- Show that you know how to take care of and use a pocketknife.
- Make a carving with a pocketknife. Work with your den leader or
other adult when doing this.
- Earn the Whittling Chip card.
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- SAWDUST AND NAILS (Page
134 152)
Do all three of the
following requirements.
- Show how to use and take care of four of these tools.
(Hammer, Hand saw, Hand drill, C-clamp, Wood plane, Pliers, Crescent
wrench, Screwdriver, Bench vise, Coping saw, Drill bit)
- Build your own tool box.
- Use at least two tools listed in requirement (a) to fix something.
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- BUILD A MODEL (Page
138 156)
Do requirement g and two other
three of the following
requirements.
- Build a model from a kit.
- Build a display for one of your models.
- Pretend you are planning to change the furniture layout in one of
the rooms in your home.
- Make a model of a mountain, a meadow, a canyon, or a river.
- Go and see a model of a shopping center or new building that is on
display somewhere.
- Make a model of a rocket, boat, car, or plane.
- Complete the Character Connection for Resourcefulness.
- Know. Review the requirements for this achievement
and list the resources you would need to complete them. Then list
the materials you could substitute for items that you do not already
have. Tell what it means to be resourceful.
- Commit. After you complete the requirements for this
achievement, list any changes that would make the results better if
you did these projects again. Tell why it is important to consider
all available resources for a project.
- Practice. While you complete the requirements for this
achievement, make notes on which materials worked well in your
projects and why.
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- TYING IT ALL UP (Page
142 162)
Do five of the following
requirements.
- Whip the ends of a rope.
- Tie a square knot, bowline, sheet bend, two half hitches, and slip
knot. Tell how each knot is used.
- Learn how to keep a rope from tangling.
- Coil a rope. Throw it, hitting a 2-foot square marker 20 feet
away.
- Learn a magic rope trick.
- Make your own rope.
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- SPORTS, SPORTS, SPORTS (Page
150 170)
Do all five of the
following requirements.
- Learn the rules of and how to play three team sports.
- Learn the rules of and how to play two sports in which only one
person is on each side.
- Take part in one team and one individual sport.
- Watch a sport on TV with a parent or some other adult
member of your family.
- Attend a high school, college, or professional sporting event with
your family or your den.
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- BE A LEADER (Page
154 174)
Do requirement f and two other
three of the following
requirements.
- Help a boy join Cub Scouting, or help a new Cub Scout through the
Bobcat trail.
- Serve as a denner or assistant denner.
- Plan and conduct a den activity with the approval of your den
leader.
- Tell two people they have done a good job.
- Leadership means choosing a way even when not everybody likes your
choice.
- Complete the Character Connection for Compassion.
- Know. Tell why, as a leader, it is important to show
kindness and concern for other people. List ways leaders show they
care about the thoughts and feelings of others.
- Commit. Tell why a good leader must consider the ideas,
abilities, and feelings of others. Tell why it might be hard for a
leader to protect another person's well-being. Tell ways you can be
kind and compassionate.
- Practice. While you complete the requirements for this
achievement, find ways to be kind and considerate of others.
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