NEW SCOUT TRAIL TO FIRST CLASS PROGRAM

Boy Scout Handbook 12th Edition supplement

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NEW SCOUT TRAIL TO FIRST CLASS PROGRAM New scouts are allowed to work on Tenderfoot, Second Class and First Class requirements simultaneously. They must, however, achieve advancement sequentially beginning with Tenderfoot, Second Class, and then First Class. In part of this supplement, requirements are grouped together by subject and not rank which may provide a more efficient path to obtaining the rank of 1st Class Scout. In addition, it will keep the boys focused on a particular subject without jumping from one unrelated subject to the next. Many times this method will help them understand a particular subject or skill because this method provides a more complete path for each. In part two of this supplement, requirements are grouped by month which makes it easier to plan out future meetings and camp outs in a timely manner. Following the recommended completion dates outlined in this supplement results in a bridging WeBeLos II who doesn’t participate in any rank and skills activities during the summer months (JUN-AUG) to earn Scout by March, Tenderfoot by May, Second Class by November, and First Class by February.

Page references are from the Boy Scout Handbook 12th Edition.

TF = Tenderfoot SC = Second Class FC = First Class

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PART I – REQUIREMENTS BY SUBJECT JOINING REQUIREMENTS

• Complete and turn in a Boy Scout application and health history signed by your parent or guardian. MAR

• Repeat the Pledge of Allegiance. (Page 19) MAR

• Demonstrate the Scout sign, salute, and handshake.

(Page 20) MAR

• Demonstrate tying the square knot (a joining knot). (Page 21) MAR

• Understand and agree to live by the Scout Oath, Scout

Law, motto, and slogan, and the Outdoor Code. (Page 22) MAR

• Describe the Scout badge. (Page 34) MAR

• Complete the pamphlet exercises. With your parent or

guardian, complete the exercises in the pamphlet How to Protect Your Children From Child Abuse: A Parent’s Guide. (Page 34) MAR

COOKING TF-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. (Pages 327,329-339) MAR

SC-3d Use the tools listed in requirement 3c to prepare tinder,

kindling, and fuel for a cooking fire. (Pages 410-411) SEP

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SC-3e Discuss when it is appropriate to use a cooking fire and a

lightweight stove. Discuss the safety procedures for using both. (Page 325) SEP

SC-3g On one campout, plan and cook one hot breakfast or lunch,

selecting foods from the food guide pyramid. Explain the importance of good nutrition. Tell how to transport, store, and prepare the foods you selected. (Pages 102,316,320-323,326,329,339) SEP

FC-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 of the meals. Tell how the menu includes the foods from the food pyramid and meets nutritional needs. (Pages 102-105,316-317,320) JAN

FC-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. (Pages 321-323) JAN

FC-4c Tell which pans, utensils, and other gear will be needed to

cook and serve these meals. (Page 324) JAN FC-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. (Pages 328-329) JAN

FC-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. (Pages 325-327,342) JAN

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CAMPING TF-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. (Pages 292- 293,297-298) MAR

TF-2 Spend at least one night on a patrol or troop campout. Sleep

in a tent you have helped pitch. (Page 302) MAR SC-2 Discuss the principles of Leave No Trace. (Pages 247-256) SEP SC-3b On one of these campouts, select your patrol site and sleep

in a tent that you pitched. Explain what factors you should consider when choosing a patrol site and where to pitch a tent. (Pages 249,300-302) SEP

SC-3c Demonstrate proper care, sharpening, and use of the knife,

saw, and ax, and describe when they should be used. (Pages 402-409) SEP

SC-3f In an approved place and at an approved time, demonstrate

how to build a fire and set up a lightweight stove. Note: Lighting the fire is not required. (Pages 410-415) SEP

CITIZENSHIP TF-6 Demonstrate how to display, raise, lower, and fold the

American flag. (Pages 72-76) MAY SC-4 Participate in a flag ceremony for your school, religious

institution, chartered organization, community, or troop

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activity. Explain to your leader what respect is due the flag of the United States. (Pages 72-76) NOV

SC-5 Participate in an approved (minimum of one hour) service

project. (Pages 84-85) NOV FC-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. (Pages 70-72,81-82) DEC

FIRST AID TF-12a Demonstrate how to care for someone who is choking.

(Pages 134-135) APR TF-12b Show first aid for the following: APR

• Simple cuts and scrapes (Page 136)

• Blisters on the hand and foot (Page 137)

• Minor (thermal/heat) burns or scalds (superficial, or first degree) (Page 148)

• Bites and stings of insects and ticks (Pages 142-143)

• Venomous snakebite (Pages 141-142)

• Nosebleed (Page 138)

• Frostbite and sunburn (Pages 150,152)

SC-7a Show what to do for "hurry" cases of stopped breathing,

serious bleeding, and ingested poisoning. (Pages 162-170) OCT

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SC-7b Prepare a personal first aid kit to take with you on a hike.

(Page 127) OCT SC-7c Demonstrate first aid for the following: OCT

• Object in the eye (Page 145)

• Bite of a suspected rabid animal (Page 140)

• Puncture wounds from a splinter, nail, and fishhook (Pages 145-146)

• Serious burns (partial thickness, or second-degree) (Pages 148-149)

• Heat exhaustion (Page 150)

• Shock (Pages 170-171)

• Heatstroke, dehydration, hypothermia, and hyperventilation (Pages 147-148,151-152)

KNOTS & LASHINGS TF-4a Demonstrate how to whip and fuse the ends of a rope.

(Pages 380-381) MAR TF-4b Demonstrate you know how to tie the following knots and

tell what their uses are: two half hitches and the taut-line hitch. (Pages 384-385) MAR

TF-4c Using the EDGE method, Explain, Demonstrate, Guide and

Enable, teach another person how to tie the square knot. (Page 53) MAR

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FC-7a Discuss when you should and should not use lashings. Then 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. (Pages 386-387,392-398) JAN

FC-7b Use lashing to make a useful camp gadget. (Pages 392-401) JAN FC-8a Demonstrate tying the bowline knot and describe several

ways it can be used. (Pages 388-389) JAN FC-8b Demonstrate bandages for a sprained ankle and for injuries

on the head, the upper arm, and the collarbone. (Pages 155,157-161) OCT

FC-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 (Pages 154,172-175) OCT

FC-8d Tell the five most common signs of a heart attack. Explain

the steps (procedures) in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). (Pages 164-166) OCT

MAP & COMPASS TF-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. (Pages 279,282-283) MAR

SC-1a Demonstrate how a compass works and how to orient a

map. Explain what map symbols mean. (Pages 354,360-364) SEP

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SC-1b Using a compass and a map together, take a five-mile hike (or 10 miles by bike) approved by your adult leader and your parent or guardian. (Pages 365-366) SEP

FC-1 Demonstrate how to find directions during the day and at

night without using a compass. (Pages 368-371) JAN FC-2 Using a map and 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.) (Pages 346-351,372-374) JAN

NATURE TF-11 Identify local poisonous plants; tell how to treat for

exposure to them. (Pages 138-139) MAR SC-6 Identify or show evidence of at least 10 kinds of wild

animals (birds, mammals, reptiles, fish, and mollusks) found in your community. (Pages 221,231) SEP

FC-6 Identify or show evidence of at least 10 kinds of native

plants found in your community. (Pages 212,215) JAN PATROL TF-8 Know your patrol name, give the patrol yell, and describe

your patrol flag. (Page 38) MAR

SC-3a Since joining, have participated in five separate troop/patrol activities (other than troop/patrol meetings), two of which included camping overnight. (pages 444-445) NOV

FC-3 Since joining, have participated in 10 separate troop/patrol

activities (other than troop/patrol meetings), three of which

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included camping overnight. Demonstrate the principles of Leave No Trace on these outings. (Pages 247-256) FEB

PHYSICAL FITNESS TF-10a Record your best in the following tests: (Pages 96-99) APR

• Push-ups

• Pull-ups

• Sit-ups

• Standing long jump

• 1/4 mile walk/run TF-10bShow improvement in the activities listed in requirement 10a after practicing for 30 days MAY SAFETY TF-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. (Pages 39, 62) MAR

SC-9a 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, and explain the dangers of substance addictions. (Pages 113-117) NOV

SC-9b Explain the three R's of personal safety and protection.

(Page 65) NOV

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FC-9a Tell what precautions must be taken for a safe trip afloat. (Pages 194-195) MAY

FC-9c With a helper and a practice victim, show a line rescue both

as tender and as rescuer. (The practice victim should be approximately 30 feet from shore in deep water.). (Page 199) MAY

FC-11 Describe the three things you should avoid doing related to

the use of the Internet. Describe a cyber bully and how you should respond to one. (Pages 51, 61) DEC

SWIMMING SC-8a Tell what precautions must be taken for a safe swim. (Page

182) MAY SC-8b 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. (Pages 190-191) MAY

SC-8c 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 rescues 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. (Pages 196-199) MAY

FC-9b Successfully complete the BSA swimmer test. (Pages 190-

191) MAY

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COMPLETION REQUIREMENTS SC-10 Earn an amount of money agreed upon by you and your

parent, then save at least 50 percent of that money. (Page 25) NOV

FC-10 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. (Page 17) FEB

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PART II – REQUIREMENTS BY MONTH MAR

• Complete and turn in a Boy Scout application and health history signed by your parent or guardian.

• Repeat the Pledge of Allegiance. (Page 19)

• Demonstrate the Scout sign, salute, and handshake.

(Page 20)

• Demonstrate tying the square knot (a joining knot). (Page 21)

• Understand and agree to live by the Scout Oath, Scout

Law, motto, and slogan, and the Outdoor Code. (Page 22)

• Describe the Scout badge. (Page 34)

• Complete the pamphlet exercises. With your parent or

guardian, complete the exercises in the pamphlet How to Protect Your Children From Child Abuse: A Parent’s Guide. (Page 34)

TF-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. (Pages 292- 293,297-298)

TF-2 Spend at least one night on a patrol or troop campout. Sleep

in a tent you have helped pitch. (Page 302) TF-3 On the campout, assist in preparing and cooking one of

your patrol's meals. Tell why it is important for each patrol

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member to share in meal preparation and cleanup, and explain the importance of eating together. (Pages 327,329-339)

TF-4a Demonstrate how to whip and fuse the ends of a rope.

(Pages 380-381) TF-4b Demonstrate you know how to tie the following knots and

tell what their uses are: two half hitches and the taut-line hitch. (Pages 384-385)

TF-4c Using the EDGE method, Explain, Demonstrate, Guide and

Enable, teach another person how to tie the square knot. (Page 53)

TF-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. (Pages 279,282-283)

TF-8 Know your patrol name, give the patrol yell, and describe your patrol flag. (Page 38) TF-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. (Pages 39, 62)

TF-11 Identify local poisonous plants; tell how to treat for

exposure to them. (Pages 138-139)

Receive Scout Rank

APR TF-10a Record your best in the following tests: (Pages 96-99)

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• Push-ups

• Pull-ups

• Sit-ups

• Standing long jump

• 1/4 mile walk/run TF-12a Demonstrate how to care for someone who is choking.

(Pages 134-135) TF-12b Show first aid for the following:

• Simple cuts and scrapes (Page 136)

• Blisters on the hand and foot (Page 137)

• Minor (thermal/heat) burns or scalds (superficial, or first degree) (Page 148)

• Bites and stings of insects and ticks (Pages 142-143)

• Venomous snakebite (Pages 141-142)

• Nosebleed (Page 138)

• Frostbite and sunburn (Pages 150,152)

Received Tenderfoot Rank

MAY TF-6 Demonstrate how to display, raise, lower, and fold the

American flag. (Pages 72-76)

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TF-10bShow improvement in the activities listed in requirement 10a after practicing for 30 days FC-9a Tell what precautions must be taken for a safe trip afloat.

(Pages 194-195) FC-9b Successfully complete the BSA swimmer test. (Pages 190-

191) FC-9c With a helper and a practice victim, show a line rescue both

as tender and as rescuer. (The practice victim should be approximately 30 feet from shore in deep water.). (Page 199)

SC-8a Tell what precautions must be taken for a safe swim. (Page

182) SC-8b 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. (Pages 190-191)

SC-8c 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 rescues 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. (Pages 196-199)

JUN - AUG

Additional requirements may be attained during this time if the scout attends summer camp

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SEP SC-1a Demonstrate how a compass works and how to orient a

map. Explain what map symbols mean. (Pages 354,360-364)

SC-1b Using a compass and a map together, take a five-mile hike

(or 10 miles by bike) approved by your adult leader and your parent or guardian. (Pages 365-366)

SC-2 Discuss the principles of Leave No Trace. (Pages 247-256) SC-3b On one of these campouts, select your patrol site and sleep

in a tent that you pitched. Explain what factors you should consider when choosing a patrol site and where to pitch a tent. (Pages 249,300-302)

SC-3c Demonstrate proper care, sharpening, and use of the knife,

saw, and ax, and describe when they should be used. (Pages 402-409)

SC-3d Use the tools listed in requirement 3c to prepare tinder,

kindling, and fuel for a cooking fire. (Pages 410-411) SC-3e Discuss when it is appropriate to use a cooking fire and a

lightweight stove. Discuss the safety procedures for using both. (Page 325)

SC-3f In an approved place and at an approved time, demonstrate

how to build a fire and set up a lightweight stove. Note: Lighting the fire is not required. (Pages 410-415)

SC-3g On one campout, plan and cook one hot breakfast or lunch,

selecting foods from the food guide pyramid. Explain the importance of good nutrition. Tell how to transport, store,

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and prepare the foods you selected. (Pages 102,316,320-323,326,329,339)

SC-6 Identify or show evidence of at least 10 kinds of wild

animals (birds, mammals, reptiles, fish, and mollusks) found in your community. (Pages 221,231)

OCT SC-7a Show what to do for "hurry" cases of stopped breathing,

serious bleeding, and ingested poisoning. (Pages 162-170) SC-7b Prepare a personal first aid kit to take with you on a hike.

(Page 127) SC-7c Demonstrate first aid for the following:

• Object in the eye (Page 145)

• Bite of a suspected rabid animal (Page 140)

• Puncture wounds from a splinter, nail, and fishhook (Pages 145-146)

• Serious burns (partial thickness, or second-degree) (Pages 148-149)

• Heat exhaustion (Page 150)

• Shock (Pages 170-171)

• Heatstroke, dehydration, hypothermia, and hyperventilation (Pages 147-148,151-152)

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FC-8b Demonstrate bandages for a sprained ankle and for injuries on the head, the upper arm, and the collarbone. (Pages 155,157-161)

FC-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 (Pages 154,172-175)

FC-8d Tell the five most common signs of a heart attack. Explain

the steps (procedures) in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). (Pages 164-166)

NOV SC-3a Since joining, have participated in five separate troop/patrol

activities (other than troop/patrol meetings), two of which included camping overnight. (pages 444-445)

SC-4 Participate in a flag ceremony for your school, religious

institution, chartered organization, community, or troop activity. Explain to your leader what respect is due the flag of the United States. (Pages 72-76)

SC-5 Participate in an approved (minimum of one hour) service

project. (Pages 84-85) SC-9a 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, and explain the dangers of substance addictions. (Pages 113-117)

SC-9b Explain the three R's of personal safety and protection.

(Page 65)

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SC-10 Earn an amount of money agreed upon by you and your parent, then save at least 50 percent of that money. (Page 25)

Receive Second Class Rank

DEC FC-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. (Pages 70-72,81-82)

FC-11 Describe the three things you should avoid doing related to

the use of the Internet. Describe a cyber bully and how you should respond to one. (Pages 51, 61)

JAN FC-1 Demonstrate how to find directions during the day and at

night without using a compass. (Pages 368-371) FC-2 Using a map and 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.) (Pages 346-351,372-374)

FC-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 of the meals. Tell how the menu includes the foods from the food pyramid and meets nutritional needs. (Pages 102-105,316-317,320)

FC-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. (Pages 321-323)

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FC-4c Tell which pans, utensils, and other gear will be needed to

cook and serve these meals. (Page 324) FC-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. (Pages 328-329)

FC-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. (Pages 325-327,342)

FC-6 Identify or show evidence of at least 10 kinds of native

plants found in your community. (Pages 212,215) FC-7a Discuss when you should and should not use lashings. Then

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. (Pages 386-387,392-398)

FC-7b Use lashing to make a useful camp gadget. (Pages 392-401) FC-8a Demonstrate tying the bowline knot and describe several

ways it can be used. (Pages 388-389) FEB FC-3 Since joining, have participated in 10 separate troop/patrol

activities (other than troop/patrol meetings), three of which included camping overnight. Demonstrate the principles of Leave No Trace on these outings. (Pages 247-256)

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FC-10 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. (Page 17)

Receive First Class Rank

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