Ranger Award Medal

Ranger Award Elective Requirements


Outdoor Living History


These requirements became effective on June 1, 2014.

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  1. Outdoor Living History
    1. Research a historical culture and time period of interest to you, such as Native American, mountain man, pioneer, or Revolutionary/Civil War.
    2. Write a 2,000-word essay or make an outline describing the culture's dress, food, housing, customs, etc.
    3. Using your research, make an outfit that represents a person or type of person (soldier, farmer, trader, hunter, chief, etc.) from your chosen culture.
    4. Using your research, construct a working tool or weapon out of authentic materials that would have been used by the person you have chosen to represent in requirement (c) above.
    5. Once your clothing and accoutrements are complete, attend and participate in a pow wow, rendezvous, reenactment, historical trek, or other event that includes your chosen culture.
    6. Make a presentation of your chosen culture to your crew, another crew, a Cub Scout or Boy Scout unit, or another group.
    7. Tour.
      1. Organize a group tour to a museum, archaeological dig, or other site of significance to your chosen culture.
      2. After the tour, lead your group in a discussion about what they learned

Checklist for use in working on these requirements: Format
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Source: Venturing Awards and Requirements (34784 - SKU 618767) and
www.scouting.org/filestore/venturing/pdf/Ranger_Award_Requirements.pdf.


Page updated on: November 28, 2017



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