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Citizenship in the Nation
Eagle Required
Merit Badge Counselor: TestMBC1
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Giving Back Through This Course
This course is led by a volunteer Merit Badge Counselor who shares their time, experience, and enthusiasm to help Scouts learn.
Scouting Badger provides an eligible course stipend in recognition of the time and effort involved in creating and leading this course.
TestMBC1 has designated the following recipient for this course:
Troop 929
This troop is saving to purchase a new Troop Trailer.
As Scouts fulfill the requirements for this merit badge, they will learn how to become active citizens are aware of and grateful for their liberties and rights, to participate in their governments and protect their freedom, helping to defend their country and standing up for individual rights on behalf of all its citizens.
Registration $15.00
Log in as a parent to enroll, or as a scout to ask your parent to register you.
Requirements
Show/tell/discuss/demonstrate items require live interactive review — worksheets alone cannot complete them.
1. What is the Constitution of the United States? What does the Constitution do? What principles does it reflect? Why is it important to have a Constitution?
2. List the six purposes for creating the United States Constitution set forth in the Preamble to the Constitution. How do these purposes affect your family and community?
3. List the three branches of the United States government. Explain:
4. Discuss the importance of:
- (a) Declaration of Independence
5. Watch the national evening news for five days in a row or read the main stories in a national media organization (e.g., a newspaper or news website) for five days in a row. Discuss the national issues that you learned about with your counselor. Choose one issue and explain how it affects you, your family, and community.
6. With your counselor's approval, choose a speech of national historical importance. Explain:
- (d) What the author said
- (e) Why the speech is important to the nation's history
- (f) Choose a sentence or two from the speech that has significant meaning to you, and tell your counselor why.
7. Do TWO of the following:
- (b) Tour your state capitol building or the U.S. Capitol. Tell your counselor what you learned about the capitol, its function, and the history.
- (c) Tour a federal facility. Explain to your counselor what you saw and what you learned about its function in the local community and how it serves this nation.
8. Name your representatives in the United States Congress. Write to your representative in Congress explaining your views on a national issue. Show your correspondence, along with any response you receive, to your counselor.