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* '''[https://filestore.scouting.org/filestore/Merit_Badge_ReqandRes/Reading.pdf Reading Merit Badge File Store]''': Online resources | * '''[https://filestore.scouting.org/filestore/Merit_Badge_ReqandRes/Reading.pdf Reading Merit Badge File Store]''': Online resources | ||
* '''[http://usscouts.org/mb/worksheets/Reading.pdf Reading Merit Badge Worksheets]''': Worksheets are optional - but highly preferred by many MBC. When you find that many requirements say "discuss" - the worksheet can help you gather your thoughts beforehand. | * '''[http://usscouts.org/mb/worksheets/Reading.pdf Reading Merit Badge Worksheets]''': Worksheets are optional - but highly preferred by many MBC. When you find that many requirements say "discuss" - the worksheet can help you gather your thoughts beforehand. | ||
* '''[https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/ | * '''[https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B075VDZ5WH/maintourvacationA/ Reading Merit Badge Booklet]''': Everything thing you need to know about Reading is right here. Get this study guide from either Amazon or your Troop Library, Merit Badge Counselor or Scoutmaster to Learn More About this Subject. | ||
* '''[https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reading Reading @ Simple-Wikipedia]''': Get the basics quickly. | * '''[https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reading Reading @ Simple-Wikipedia]''': Get the basics quickly. | ||
== Covid-19 Pandemic Notice == | |||
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While overall, this is a great merit badge to work during the great 2020 pandemic, Item #1 requires an in-person visit to the local library for a tutorial and exercise in using the card catalog to find books which is a valuable lesson. Many scouts have already had this tour as part of their public school curriculum. For those scouts who have not should be strongly encouraged now to do all other requirements now (reading and book reports). There will come a time very soon when local libraries will reopen and those librarians will be very excited to give you the library tour!</font> | |||
= B. Introduction Meeting = | = B. Introduction Meeting = | ||
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** Req #5 : Read About your World. | ** Req #5 : Read About your World. | ||
'''Reading Service Project: (Req #6) '''<font color=blue> | |||
Reg #6: With your counselor's and parent's or guardian's permission, choose ONE of the following activities and devote at least four hours of service to that activity. Discuss your participation with your counselor: | * Reg #6: With your counselor's and parent's or guardian's permission, choose ONE of the following activities and devote at least four hours of service to that activity. Discuss your participation with your counselor: | ||
** a. Read to a sick, blind, or homebound person in a hospital or in an extended-care facility. | |||
** b. Perform volunteer work at your school library or a public library. | |||
** c. Read stories to younger children, in a group or individually. | |||
** d. Organize a book swap in your troop, school, or place of worship. | |||
** e. Organize a book drive to collect books. Donate them to an organization in need. | |||
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=D. Study Hall Patrol Night= | =D. Study Hall Patrol Night= | ||
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A related field trip with the MBC will be a great time to do the second half of this merit badge activity: | A related field trip with the MBC will be a great time to do the second half of this merit badge activity: | ||
Requirement #1 asks for a field trip to the school or public library : | == Library Card Catalog Tour == | ||
Do EACH of the following: | Requirement #1 asks for a field trip to the school or public library : <font color=blue> | ||
* #1. Do EACH of the following: | |||
** a. Take a tour of a library. Discuss with your counselor how the library is organized and what resources and/or services are offered in the library. | |||
** b. Learn how to search a library's card catalog or computerized catalog by author, title, and subject. | |||
** c. In a library, search the card catalog or computerized catalog for six books of four different types, such as poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and biographies. | |||
** d. With the assistance of your merit badge counselor or the librarian, see if you can locate on the shelves the six books you selected. | |||
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Note: Many scouts have already completed a library tour through their school program. | |||
== Public Library Service Project == | |||
Consider the following patrol field trip to complete Req #1d.<font color=blue> | |||
* 6d. Perform volunteer work at your school library or a public library.</font> | |||
= F. Extra Credit = | = F. Extra Credit = | ||
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* [[Scholarship Merit Badge Activity Planner|Scholarship]] | * [[Scholarship Merit Badge Activity Planner|Scholarship]] | ||
* [[American Heritage Merit Badge Activity Planner|American Heritage]] | * [[American Heritage Merit Badge Activity Planner|American Heritage]] | ||
== Our Scout Reading List == | |||
'''Scouts BSA Fan Fiction Suggestions:''' | |||
* '''[https://www.amazon.com/gp/bookseries/B00CKCVW5S Brotherband Chronicles by John Hanagan]''' - "They are outcasts. Hal, Stig, and the others - they are the boys the others want no part of. Skandians, as any reader of Ranger's Apprentice could tell you, are known for their size and strength. Not these boys. Yet that doesn't mean they don't have skills. And courage." - A great example of the BSA Patrol Method during the days of Early Vikings. | |||
* '''[https://www.amazon.com/gp/bookseries/B00CKC9DDG Ranger's Apprentice Series by John Hanagan]''' - Another great example of the BSA Patrol Method during the days of Early Vikings. | |||
[[Category: Education]] | |||
[[Category:Reading Merit Badge]] | [[Category:Reading Merit Badge]] | ||
[[Category:Reading]] | [[Category:Reading]] | ||
