For the 100th Anniversary celebration, four vintage merit badges are being released for the Centennial
Year only, giving Boy Scouts the hands-on opportunity to experience the exciting past of
BSA.
The Youth Development team plans to release the program soon,
and once that happens, it will consist of much more than just adding Signaling, Tracking, Pathfinding, and Carpentry to 2010’s
list of available merit badges.
The team wants today’s Scouts to
get a sense of what Scouts in the 1910s experienced. They want Scouts to earn the merit badges in ways similar to those
used by Scouts back then. The world has changed drastically in 100 years, but the fundamental lessons of these merit badges
have not.
In the spirit of being green and making the program accessible,
you won’t be able to get printed materials for the merit badges. Instead, they will be available on line.
They’ll have access to scans of the original pamphlets for each of the four
historic merit badges. However, because the language and techniques used in those badges comes from the early 20th century,
the BSA has been hard at work crafting supplements that will help put the requirements in a modern context.
Click here to view information about the Historical Merit Badges.
Click here to view the Signaling Requirements.
Click here to view the Tracking Requirements.
Click here to view the Pathfinding Requirements.
Click here to view the Carpentry Requirements.
