Troop 248 Scout Base

As a Boy Scout you need to focus on your advancement because some opportunities are only offered once a year. Here is a guide on when and where various T21 items are offered throughout the Troop 248 year. Once you are 1^st class, you only need leadership, scout spirit, service hours, a service project, and merit badges to get to Eagle. Pressing any of the buttons below will give you a list of the current requirements for advancement to Tenderfoot; Second Class or First Class scout.

	FIRST CLASS

1.	Demonstrate how to find directions during the day and at night without using a compass.
	*This item is best done on the April D-A or June T21 campout. It can also be done at a troop meeting.*

2.	Using a compass, complete an orienteering course that covers at least one mile and requires measuring the height and/or width of designated items (tree, tower, canyon, ditch, etc.)
	*The best opportunity for this item is the T21 campout, it can be done at Budd Park or D-A.*

3.	Since joining, have participated in ten separate troop/patrol activities (other than troop/patrol meetings), three of which included camping overnight.
	Show a SM or ASM a list of the items at any troop meeting.

4A.	Help plan a patrol menu for one campout that includes at least one breakfast, one lunch, and one dinner and that requires cooking at least two meals. Tell how the menu includes the foods from the food pyramid and meets nutritional needs.
4B.	Using the menu planned in requirement 4a, make a list showing the cost and food amounts needed to feed three or more boys and secure the ingredients.
4C.	Tell which pans, utensils, and other gear will be needed to cook and serve these meals.
4D.	Explain the procedures to follow in the safe handling and storage of fresh meats, dairy products, eggs, vegetables, and other perishable food products. Tell how to properly dispose of camp garbage, cans, plastic containers, and other rubbish.
	*The above ITEMS (A B C D) are typically offered at a troop meeting after a campout.*
4E.	On one campout, serve as your patrol's cook. Supervise your assistant(s) in using a stove or building a cooking fire. Prepare the breakfast, lunch, and dinner planned in requirement 4a. Lead your patrol in saying grace at the meals and supervise cleanup.
	*This item is done on a campout, be sure to have a SM or ASM signoff at the next troop meeting.*

5.	Visit and discuss with a selected individual approved by your leader (elected official, judge, attorney, civil servant, principal, teacher) your constitutional rights and obligations as a U.S. citizen.

6.	Identify or show evidence of at least ten kinds of native plants found in your community.
	This item is typically offered at a troop meeting.

7A.	Discuss when you should and should not use lashings.
7B.	Demonstrate tying the timber hitch and clove hitch and their use in square, shear, and diagonal lashings by joining two or more poles or staves together.
7C.	Use lashing to make a useful camp gadget.
	*The ABOVE items (A B C) are typically offered at a troop meeting.*

8A.	Demonstrate tying the bowline knot and describe several ways it can be used.
	*This item is typically offered at a troop meeting.*

8B.	Demonstrate bandages for a sprained ankle and for injuries on the head, the upper arm, and the collarbone.
	*The best opportunity for this item is the T21 campout.*
	*These must be done after new scouts join in late February but before Lost Lake so that they can earn First Aid.*

8C.	Show how to transport by yourself, and with one other person, a person: from a smoke-filled room with a sprained ankle, for at least 25 yards.
	*The best opportunity for this item is the T21 campout.*
	*These must be done after new scouts join in late February but before Lost Lake so that they can earn First Aid.*

8D.	Tell the five most common signals of a heart attack.
	Explain the steps (procedures) in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
	*The best opportunity for this item is the T21 campout.*
	*These must be done after new scouts join in late February but before Lost Lake so that they can earn First Aid.*

9A.	Tell what precautions must be taken for a safe trip afloat.
	*This item is typically offered at a troop meeting.*

9B.	Successfully complete the BSA swimmer test.
	*In April/May we do T21 swimming activities and swim checks for Lost Lake.*
	*There is typically a makeup offered as well. Taking the swimming MB outside of Lost Lake will also get you through this line item.*

9C.	With a helper and a practice victim, show a line rescue both as tender and rescuer. (The practice victim should be approximately 30 feet from shore in deep water.)
	*In April/May we do T21 swimming activities and swim checks for Lost Lake.*
	*There is typically a makeup offered as well.*
	*Taking the swimming MB outside of Lost Lake will also get you through this line item.*

10C.	Demonstrate scout spirit by living the Scout Oath (Promise) and Scout Law in your everyday life.
	*This is part of the Scoutmaster conference.*

11.	Tell someone who is eligible to join Boy Scouts, or an inactive Boy Scout, about your troop's activities. Invite him to a troop outing, activity, service project or meeting. Tell him how to join, or encourage the inactive Boy Scout to become active.
	*You are welcome to bring a friend to any troop meeting.*
	*There are several FUN events we do as a troop that would also be a good opportunity to bring a friend.*
	*Keep in mind that you can meet this by bringing a buddy your age or a prospective adult that may become a Merit Badge Councilor, Committee member, or Scoutmaster.*

12.	Describe the three things you should avoid doing related to use of the Internet. Describe a cyber bully and how you should respond to one.
	*This item is typically offered at a troop meeting.*

	TENDERFOOT

1.	Present yourself to your leader, properly dressed, before going on an overnight camping trip. Show the camping gear you will use. Show the right way to pack and carry it.
	*This item should ideally be done as we are assembling for a trek.*
	*This could also be done on the trek or at the troop meeting right after the trek with a SM or ASM that was on the trek.*

2.	Spend at least one night on a patrol or troop campout. Sleep in a tent you have helped pitch.
	*This item obviously must be done on a campout.*
	*Additional recognition for this line item is changing the red neckerchief to a black neckerchief.*

3.	On the campout, assist in preparing and cooking one of your patrol's meals. Tell why it is important for each patrol member to share in meal preparation and cleanup, and explain the importance of eating together.
	*This item obviously must be done on a campout.*
	*See a SM or ASM on the outing or one who was on the outing at the troop meeting immediately following the outing.*

4A.	Demonstrate how to whip and fuse the ends of a rope.
4B.	Demonstrate you know how to tie the following knots and tell what their uses are: two half hitches and the taut-line hitch.
	*This item is typically offered at a troop meeting.*

5.	Explain the rules of safe hiking, both on the highway and cross-country, during the day and at night. Explain what to do if you are lost.
	*This item is typically offered at a troop meeting.*

6.	Demonstrate how to display, raise, lower, and fold the American flag.
	*This item is typically offered at a troop meeting.*

7.	Repeat from memory and explain in your own words the Scout Oath, Law, motto, and slogan.
	*This item is typically offered at a troop meeting.*

8.	Know your patrol name, give the patrol yell, and describe your patrol flag.
	*This item is typically offered at a troop meeting or on campouts where the troop dictates the schedule.*

9.	Explain the importance of the buddy system as it relates to your personal safety on outings and in your neighborhood. Describe what a bully is and how you should respond to one.
	*This item is typically offered at a troop meeting.*

10A.	Record your best in the following tests: Push-ups Pull-ups Sit-ups Standing long jump 1/4 mile walk/run
10B.	Show improvement in the activities listed in requirement 10a after practicing for 30 days.
	*This item is typically offered at two troop meetings at Budd Park.*

11.	Identify local poisonous plants; tell how to treat for exposure to them.
	*This item is typically offered at a troop meeting.*

12A.	Show first aid for the following: Simple cuts and scrapes Blisters on the hand and foot Minor (thermal/heat) burns or scalds (superficial, or first degree) Bites and stings of insects and ticks Venomous snakebite Nosebleed Frostbite and sunburn
	*The best opportunity for these items are the T21 campout.*
	*These must be done after new scouts join in late February but before Lost Lake so that they can earn First Aid.*

13.	Demonstrate scout spirit by living the Scout Oath (Promise) and Scout Law in your everyday life.
	*This is part of the Scoutmaster conference done at a troop meeting.*






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	Second Class

1A.	Demonstrate how a compass works and how to orient a map. Explain what map symbols mean.
1B.	Using a compass and a map together, take a 5-mile hike (or 10 miles by bike) approved by your adult leader and your parent or guardian.*
	*The best opportunity for these items is at the April D-A campout.*
	*CPT and Lost Lake also have trails long enough but require scheduling.*

2A.	Since joining, have participated in five separate troop/patrol activities (other than troop/patrol meetings), two of which included camping overnight.
	Show a SM or ASM a list of the items at any troop meeting.

2B.	On one of these campouts, select your patrol site and sleep in a tent that you pitched.
	This can be done on any tent outing, be sure to get it signed off right away.

2C.	On one campout, demonstrate proper care, sharpening, and use of the knife, saw, and ax, and describe when they should be used.
	*The best opportunity for this item is the April D-A or June T21 campout.*

2D.	Use the tools listed in requirement 2c to prepare tinder, kindling, and fuel for a cooking fire.
	*The best opportunity for this item is the April D-A or June T21 campout.*

2E.	Discuss when it is appropriate to use a cooking fire and a lightweight stove.
	Discuss the safety procedures for using both.
	*This item is typically offered at a troop meeting or can be done on a campout*

2F.	Demonstrate how to light a fire and a lightweight stove.
	*This must be done on a campout, make sure to have a SM or ASM sign it off at the following troop meeting.*

2G.	On one campout, plan and cook over an open fire one hot breakfast or lunch for yourself, selecting foods from the food pyramid. Explain the importance of good nutrition.
	Tell how to transport, store, and prepare the foods you selected.
	*This must be done on a campout, make sure to have a SM or ASM sign it off at the following troop meeting.*

3.	Participate in a flag ceremony for your school, religious institution, chartered organization, community, or troop activity.
	*See the Color Guard for the troop and ask to be part of the flag ceremony then have a SM or ASM sign off after the meeting.*

4.	Participate in an approved (minimum of one hour) service project.
	*Numerous opportunities are offered throughout the year.*
	*Make sure you get the item signed off the troop meeting after the activity.*

5.	Identify or show evidence of at least ten kinds of wild animals (birds, mammals, reptiles, fish, mollusks) found in your community.
	This item is typically offered at a troop meeting.

6A.	Show what to do for "hurry" cases of stopped breathing, serious bleeding, and ingested poisoning.
6B.	Prepare a personal first aid kit to take with you on a hike.
6C.	Demonstrate first aid for the following: Object in the eye Bite of a suspected rabid animal Puncture wounds from a splinter, nail, and fishhook Serious burns (partial thickness, or second degree) Heat exhaustion Shock Heatstroke, dehydration, hypothermia, and hyperventilation
	*The best opportunity for these items are the T21 campout.*
	*These must be done after new scouts join in late February but before Lost Lake so that they can earn First Aid.*

7A.	Tell what precautions must be taken for a safe swim.
7B.	Demonstrate your ability to jump feet first into water over your head in depth, level off and swim 25 feet on the surface, stop, turn sharply, resume swimming, then return to your starting place.
7C.	Demonstrate water rescue methods by reaching with your arm or leg, by reaching with a suitable object, and by throwing lines and objects. Explain why swimming rescue should not be attempted when a reaching or throwing rescue is possible, and explain why and how a rescue swimmer should avoid contact with the victim.
	*In April/May we do T21 swimming activities and swim checks for Lost Lake.*
	*There is typically a makeup offered as well.*
	*Taking the swimming MB outside of Lost Lake will also get you through this line item.*

8A.	Participate in a school, community, or troop program on the dangers of using drugs, alcohol, and tobacco, and other practices that could be harmful to your health. Discuss your participation in the program with your family.
	*The scouts typically bring proof of participation in the DARE program at school to a SM or ASM to sign off on this item.*
8B.	Explain the three R's of personal safety and protection.
	*This item is typically offered at a troop meeting.*

9.	Demonstrate scout spirit by living the Scout Oath (Promise) and Scout Law in your everyday life.
	*This is part of the Scoutmaster conference done at a troop meeting.*





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