11 Year Old Scouts Requirements

Rank

Scout

Tenderfoot

Second Class

First Class

Citizenship

1. Meet the age requirements (11 yrs or  5th grade  or arrow of light & at least 10 yrs old).
2. Find a scout troop near home.
3. Complete a Boy Scout app & health hx signed by parents/guardian.
4. Repeat Pledge of Allegiance. (19)

6. Demonstrate how to display, raise, lower, and fold the American flag. (72-76)

4. Participate in a flag ceremony for your school, religious institution, chartered organization, community, or troop activity. (72-76)
5. Participate in an approved (min. of one hour) service project. (84-85)
10. Earn an amount of $ agreed upon by you an dyour parent, then save at least 50% of tht money. (25)

5. Visit & 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. (70-72,81-82)
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. (17)

Scout Spirit

5. Demonstrate the Scout sign, salute, & handshake. (20)
7. Understand and agree to live by the Scout Oath, Law, Motto, Slogan & Outdoor Code. (22) 
8. Describe the Scout badge. (31)

7. Repeat from memory & explain in your own words Scout Oath, Law, Motto & Slogan (22-27)
8. Know patrol name, give patrol yell, & describe patrol flag. (38)
13. Demonstrate scout spirit by living the Scout Oath (Promise) & Scout Law in your everyday life. 4 specific examples of how you have lived the pts. of the Scout Law (30).

11. Demonstrate scout spirit by living the Scout Oath (Promise) & Scout Law in your everyday life. Discuss 4 specific examples of how you have lived the points of the Scout Law (30).

12. Demonstrate scout spirit by living the Scout Oath (Promise) & Scout Law in your everyday life. Discuss 4 specific examples of how you have lived the points of the Scout Law (30).

Knots & Lashings

6. Demonstrate tying the square knot (a joining knot). (21)

4a. Demonstrate how to whip & fuse the ends of a rope. (380-381)
4b. Demonstrate you know how to tie the following knots & tell what their uses are: two half hitches & the taut-line hitch. (384-385)
4.c Using the EDGE method, teach another person how to tie the square knot. (53)

Second Class None

7.a. Discuss when you should & should not use lashings. 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. (386-387,392-398)
7b. Use lashing to make a useful camp gadget. (392-401)
8.a. Demonstrate tying the bowline knot & describe several ways it can be used. (388-389)

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Camping & Hiking

7. Understand and agree to live by the Outdoor Code. (22) (Should have covered under Scout Spirit #7)

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. (292-293,297-298)
2. Spend at least one night on a patrol or troop campout. Sleep in a tent you have helped pitch. (302)
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. (327,329-339)
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. (279,282-283) 
9. Explain why we use the buddy system in Scouting.

1.a. Demonstrate how a compass works and how to orient a map. Explain what map symbols mean. (354, 360-364)
1.b. 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.  (365-366)
3a. Since joining, have participated in five separate troop/patrol activities (other than troop/patrol meetings), two of which included camping overnight. (444-445)
3b. On one of these campouts, select your patrol site & sleep in a tent that you pitched. Explain what factors you should consider when choosing a patrol site & where to pitch a tent. (249, 300-302)
3c. On one campout, demonstrate proper care, sharpening, & use of the knife, saw, and ax, & describe when they should be used. (402-409)
3d. Use the tools listed in requirement 2c to prepare tinder, kindling, & fuel for a cooking fire. (410-411)
3e. Discuss when it is appropriate to use a cooking fire & a lightweight stove. Discuss the safety procedures for using both. (325) 
3f. Demonstrate how to build a fire & set up a lightweight stove. (410-415)
3g. On one campout, plan & cook over an open fire one hot breakfast or lunch for yourself, selecting foods from the food guide pyramid. Explain the importance of good nutrition. Tell how to transport, store, & prepare the foods you selected. (102,316,320-323,326,329,339)

2. Using a compass, complete an orienteering course that covers at least one mile & requires measuring the height and/or width of designated items (tree, tower, canyon, ditch, etc.) (346-351,372-374) 
3. Since joining, have participated in ten 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. (247-256)
4a. Help plan a patrol menu for one campout that includes at least one breakfast, one lunch, and one dinner & that requires cooking at least two meals. Tell how the menu includes the foods from the food pyramid and meets nutritional needs. (102-105,316-317,320)
4b. Using the menu planned in requirement 4a, make a list showing the cost & food amounts needed to feed three or more boys & secure the ingredients. (321-323)
4c. Tell which pans, utensils, & other gear will be needed to cook & serve these meals. (324)
4d. Explain the procedures to follow in the safe handling & storage of fresh meats, dairy products, eggs, vegetables, and other perishable food products. Tell how to properly dispose of camp garbage, cans, plastic containers, & other rubbish. (328-329)
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. (325-327,342)

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Nature

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11. Identify local poisonous plants; tell how to treat for exposure to them. (138-139)

2. Discuss the principles of Leave No Trace (247-256)
6. Identify or show evidence of at least ten kinds of wild animals (birds, mammals, reptiles, fish, mollusks) found in your community. (221,231)

1. Demonstrate how to find directions during the day and at night without using a compass. (368-371)
6. Identify or show evidence of at least 10 kinds of native plants found in your community. (212,215)

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Swimming & Safety

9. Complete the pamphlet exercises with your parent or guardian (typically supplied in front of the Boy Scout books. (34)

9. Explain the importance of a buddy system as it relates to your personal safety on outings & in your neighborhood. Describe what a bully is & how you should respond to one. (39,62)

8a. Tell what precautions must be taken for a safe swim. (182)
8b. Demonstrate your ability to jump feet first into water over your head in depth, level off & swim 25 feet on the surface, stop, turn sharply, resume swimming, then return to your starting place. (190-191)
8c. Demonstrate water rescue methods by reaching with your arm or leg, by reaching with a suitable object, & by throwing lines and objects. Explain why swimming rescues should not be attempted when a reaching or throwing rescue is possible, & explain why & how a rescue swimmer should avoid contact with the victim. (196-199)
9b Explain the 3 R’s of personal safety & protection(65).

9a. Tell what precautions must be taken for a safe trip afloat. (194-195)
9b. Successfully complete the BSA swimmer test. (194-195)
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.) (199)
11. Describe the three things you should avoid doing related to use of the internet. Describe a cyberbully and how you should respond to one. (51,61)

Physical Fitness & Health

10. a. Record your best in the following tests: (96-99) -Push-ups, -Pull-ups, -Sit-ups, - Standing long jump, -1/4 mile walk/run 
10.b. Show improvement in the activities listed in requirement 10a after practicing for 30 days. (96-99)

9a. Participate in a school, community, or troop program on 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, & explain the danger of substance addictions. (113-117)

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First Aid

12a. Demonstrate how to care for someone who is choking. (134-135)
12b. Show first aid for the following:

• *Simple cuts & scrapes (136)
• *Blisters on the hand & foot (137)
• *Minor (thermal/heat) burns or scalds (superficial, or first-degree) (148)
• *Bites or stings of insects & ticks (142-143)
• *Venomous snakebite (142-143)
• *Nosebleed (138)
• *Frostbite & sunburn (150,152)

7a. Show what to do for "hurry" cases of stopped breathing, serious bleeding, & ingested poisoning. (162-170)
7b. Prepare a personal first aid kit to take with you on a hike. (127)
7c. Demonstrate first aid for the following: 
*Object in the eye (145) *Bite of a suspected rabid animal (140) *Puncture wounds from a splinter, nail, & fishhook (145-146) *Serious burns (partial thickness, or second-degree) (148-149) *Heat exhaustion (150)
Shock (170-171) *Heatstroke, dehydration, hypothermia, & hyperventilation (147-148,150-152)

8b. Demonstrate bandages for a sprained ankle & for injuries on the head, the upper arm and the collarbone (155, 157-161)
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 (154, 172-175)
8d. Tell the five most common signals of a heart attack.  Explain the steps (procedures) in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). (164-166)

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Scoutmaster Conference

Scout

Tenderfoot

Second Class

First Class

Board of Review

Tenderfoot

Second Class

First Class