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Description

An activity to get your members moving around, and learning some Scouts history. You can extend this to take up as much time as you need, or make it special to your own group by adding in statements about your own groups history.

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Instructions

Create two spots in your space - one for "yes" and one for "no". This could be opposite sides of the room, or gathered around two volunteers.

Gather the young people in the middle, and then say a statement - e.g. "Scouting was founded over 100 years ago". The YP then should move to either the "yes" or "no" spot to give their answer. Once everyone has chosen their answer, the leader running the activity should tell the YP the answer, along with a sentence or two about the relevant Scouting history. Next, (optionally) bring the YP back to the middle and move on to the next statement, repeating the process for as many statements as you need to teach your YP a few facts about Scouting. Some example statements are below, but remember to add in some specific to your group too!


You could run this activity without the need for moving around by having your YP put their hands up for yes, and leaving them down for no, or giving them two signs to hold up for yes or no.


Are you considering this activity for your own group? Please help out the community by adding more statements that can be used, along with some answers, below. Please remember to keep them generic to Scouting, and don't add specifics to your own group here.


STATEMENT: Scouting was founded over 100 years ago
ANSWER: Yes! Scouting was founded close to 120 years ago, by Lord Robert Baden-Powell. It all started on a camp on Brownsea Island in 1907.

STATEMENT: Our Scout group is part of the worldwide Scout family
ANSWER: Yes! Our membership badges show that we're members of the worldwide Scout family. This badge is worn by Scouts all over the world!

STATEMENT: Scouts is just for boys
ANSWER: No! While Scouts originally started as only for boys, Scouts started accepting girls into their groups from 1976 - that's around 50 years ago.

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• Membership - History