Boy Scout Training Materials

Overview

The following files are a collection of training documents that may be useful to other Boy Scout Trainers. Some I have created, but others are documents that I have found elsewhere that I feel could be valuable to Boy Scout Trainers. The Document List below points to files on my web site, and your browser SHOULD offer to download or save them to your local machine.

Copyright Notice

Although some of my documents are marked with copyright dates to note when they were created and modified, they may be reproduced for use by Scout Trainers or incorporated into handouts without further restrictions. They do, after all, make liberal use of BSA clip art and insignia files that are freely available on various ftp sites. They are not intended or approved for inclusion in someone else's publication if it is to be produced for a profit.

Document Formats

All of my work lately is being done in Office XP but most of the files on this site were done in Office 2000 and/or Office 97, and are only provided in those formats. Since Office 97 files are binary compatible with newer versions, this should be less of a problem than it was in the past.  NEW files are done in Office XP (2002) but are probably readable in Office 2000 or Mac.

All of the larger files were zipped up to PKZIP 2.0 specifications or higher.

WB01404_.GIF (2427 bytes)

Merit Badge Materials

Computers - Outstanding Instructional materials for the Computers Merit Badge from Mike Bourne, Troop 350, Longhorn Council, used at the Brazos Valley District Merit Badge Colleges between 1994 and 1999.

Instructional Materials, Requirements, Proof of Completion, and Instructor's Course Outline
Computers Merit Badge Take-home Worksheet (college is held on two Saturdays, two weeks apart; boys who complete the worksheet in between usually complete the badge)

Computers Merit Badge - PowerPoint files (huge) from my 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 online presentations at http://www.unt.edu/scouts/mbc/computers/computers_mb.htm

Computers Merit Badge - Dave Fleming's files for 2004 Brazos Valley MBC - from his class handout CD-ROM

Rifle Shooting - Instructional Materials I developed for Texas Scouts (req. 1d-1g based upon Texas regulations; 1i on North Texas) from my own and other sources including an excellent worksheet from The U.S. Scouting Service Project.

Rifle Shooting Instructional Materials, Requirements, and Instructor's Course Outline / Answer Key
Rifle Shooting In-class and take-home Worksheet by Rob Greenland (Rifle Shooting Merit Badge)

 Rifle Shooting - Revised for 2001 (minor changes)

Rifle Shooting Instructional Materials, Requirements, and Instructor's Course Outline / Answer Key
Rifle Shooting In-class and take-home Worksheet by Rob Greenland (Rifle Shooting Merit Badge)

Backpacking - Revised for 2003 (extensive changes)

Backpacking In-class and take-home Worksheet originally by Rob Greenland (Backpacking Merit Badge) - Extensively REVISED for 2003

WB01404_.GIF (2427 bytes)

Den Chief Training

Den Chief Training Conference - Webelos Split Session
Helping with Activity Badge Fun (session 10b in the syllabus)

WB01404_.GIF (2427 bytes)

Miscellaneous, Roundtable, etc.

Shooting Sports for Cub Scouts - Day Camp BB Gun Instruction Outline
Shooting Sports for Cub Scouts - Day Camp BB Gun Range Commands and Procedures
Camper Packing Checklists for Webelos camping, Resident camping, and Backpacking
Adapted from various BSA, Sierra Club, and other sources.

WB01643_.GIF (3601 bytes)

I sincerely hope that you will find some of this material useful in your own preparations for training. I would be very glad to get any feedback (preferably constructive) from you on the content of these files. I am always looking for ways to improve the training that I deliver to other Scouters.

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This page has been maintained since 1999 by Christopher E. Strauss, Ph.D., Computing Systems Support Database Administrator for the University of North Texas, e-mail address: strauss@eaglemail.unt.edu
Page current as of 14 August, 2006

Any opinions expressed on this page are mine, and may not reflect the official positions of either the University of North Texas or the Boy Scouts of America.
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