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Purple Star - Canada & the World |
To earn the Purple Star, choose and do any six of the A requirements and a minimum of five of the B requirements:
A. Requirement1. Give the history and draw a picture of the Canadian flag. Also draw the
flags of two other countries.
2. Recite or sing "0 Canada", our national anthem.
3. Draw or trace a map of Canada and include such features as provincial and
territorial boundaries, capital cities, your home location, occupations common
to the various regions and natural features.
4. Make a simple scrapbook describing the life of one or more important
Canadians of your choice.
5. Discuss with your leader the benefits you and your community receive from
doing community service projects.
6. Discuss with an adult what some of our Rights and Freedoms are as Canadians.
Also discuss what freedom and prejudice mean to you.
7. Make a chart of your pack or six and see how many cultures are represented.
8. Participate in an activity which explores the traditions of your own faith.
9. Participate in an activity which explores the traditions of a religion other
than your own.
10. Participate in an activity where you explore the traditions of a culture or
country other than your own.
11. Look through a catalogue, newspaper or magazine for products which are made
in another country and sold in Canada. Find products made in Canada that are
sold in other countries.
12. Make a presentation describing Canadian technology and travel.
B. Requirements
1. Participate in a local food bank drive.
2. Participate in a project to collect items for the needy, such as clothes or
toys.
3. Assist a Service Agency in a service project. (e.g. Red Cross, Cystic
Fibrosis Foundation, etc.)
4. Participate in providing service for your place of worship.
5. Participate in any environmental cleanup or beautification project.
6. Participate in an Adopt-a-Friend project for a special person, group,
community or environment.
7. Participate in providing service to your Sponsor or assist your Sponsor in
any community service project.
8. Make a gift and donate it to a worthy cause.
9. Participate in any project which improves access for or awareness of the
disabled.
10. Participate in providing service to your school.
11. Assist a Colony as a Keo for three months.
12. Participate in a project that supports the Canadian Scout Brotherhood Fund
or Community Development Projects.
13. Participate in a community service project not listed above.
Canada & the
World: (Compliments of Scouts Canada Site)
Government of Canada (Purple Star
A1,A2,A3)
Map of Canada and its provinces (including Nunavut). Check out Canadian
Symbols under About Canada for flags, symbols and sound clips of the National
Anthem.
NASA
for Kids (Purple Star A12, Space Exploration)
Information on astronomy & space technology.
Space
Coloring Book (Purple Star A12, Space Exploration)
Pictures from NASA to color. Includes pictures of space stations, space
craft, astronauts and more along with information about the picture.
Star
Child (Purple Star A12, Space Exploration)
Check out 'Space Stuff' for information on space travel, space suits, astronauts
& more. Includes movie clips.
Canadian
Space Agency (Purple Star A12, Space Exploration)
Information on the Canadian space program & technology. Includes a
section for kids.
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