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| God ( Do one of the following) | 
|   1.  WAYS WE
    WORSHIP ( page 24) | 
|         Practice your religion as you are taught in your home, church, | 
|         synagogue, mosque, or other religious community. | 
|    2.  EMBLEMS OF FAITH ( page 26 ) | 
|         Earn religious emblem of your faith. | 
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| Country ( Do THREE of the following ) | 
|   3.  WHAT MAKES AMERICA SPECIAL? ( page 30 ) | 
|          Do requirement (a) and three of the other six  requirements. | 
|           a.  Write or tell what makes America special to you. | 
|           b.  With the help of your family or den leader, find out about | 
|                 two FAMOUS Americans.  Tell the things they did or are  | 
|                 doing to improve our way of life. | 
|           c.  Find out about the old homes near where you live.  Go | 
|                and see two of them. | 
|           d.  Find  out where places of historical interest are located in | 
|                 or near your home or city.  Go and visit on of them with | 
|                 our family or den. | 
|           e.  Choose a state: it could be your favorite one or your home | 
|                 state.  Name its state bird, tree and flower.  Describe its  | 
|                 flag.  Give the date it was admitted to the union.    | 
|           f.  Be a member of the color guard in a flag ceremony for | 
|                your den or pack. | 
|           g.  Display the U.S. flag in your home or fly it on the three | 
|                 national holidays. | 
|   4.  TALL TALES ( page 36 ) | 
|        Do all three requirements. | 
|         a. Tell in your own words what folklore is.  List some folklore | 
|             stories, folk songs, or historical
    legends from your home | 
|             state or part of the country. | 
|         b. Name at least five stories about American folklore.  Point out | 
|             on a United States map where they happened. | 
|         c. Read two folklore stories and tell your favorite one to your | 
|            den. | 
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|   5.  SHARING YOUR WORLD WITH WILDLIFE ( page 44 ) | 
|        This achievement is part of the World
    Conservation Award.   | 
|        Do four of the following requirements. | 
|         a.  Choose a bird or animal that you like and find out how it | 
|              lives.  Make a poster showing what you have learned. | 
|         b.  Build or make a bird
    feeder or bird house. | 
|         c.  Explain what a wildlife conservation officer does. | 
|         d.  Visit one of the following: Zoo, Nature Center, Wildlife | 
|              Refuge, Game Preserve. | 
|         e.  Name one animal that has become extinct in the last 100 | 
|              years.  Tell why animals become extinct.  Name one animal | 
|              that in on the endangered species list. | 
|   6.  TAKE CARE OF YOUR PLANET (page 50 ) | 
|        Do three of the following requirements. | 
|         a.  Save 5 pounds of glass or aluminum, or 1 month of daily | 
|              newspapers.  Turn them in at a recycling center or use your | 
|              community's recycling service.   | 
|         b.  Plant a tree in your yard, or on the grounds of the group | 
|              that operates your cub scout pack.  or in a park or other | 
|              public place.  Be sure to get permission first. | 
|         c.  Call city or county (parish) officials or your trash hauling | 
|              company and find out what happens to your trash after it is | 
|              hauled away.   | 
|         d.  Do a water-usage survey in your home.  Note all the ways | 
|              water is used.  Look for any leaks. | 
|         e.  Discuss with an adult in your family the ways your family | 
|              uses energy. | 
|         f.  Find out more about your family's use of electricity. | 
|   7.  LAW ENFORCEMENT IS A BIG JOB ( page 58 ) | 
|        Do three of the following requirements. | 
|         a. Make a set of your own fingerprints.  | 
|         b. Make a plaster cast of a shoe print. | 
|         c. Check the doors and windows of your home. | 
|         d. Visit your local sheriff's
    office or police station. | 
|         e. Be sure you know where to get help in your neighborhood.   | 
|         f.  Be sure fire and police numbers are listed by the phone at | 
|             your home. | 
|         g. Know what you can do to help law enforcement. | 
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| Family ( Do FOUR of the following ) | 
|   8.  THE PAST IS EXITING AND
    IMPORTANT (page64) | 
|         Do three of the following requirements.  | 
|          a.  Visit your library or newspaper office.  Ask to see back | 
|               issues of newspapers or an  almanac. | 
|          b.  Find someone who was a Cub Scout a long time ago.  Talk | 
|               with him about what Cub Scouting was like then. | 
|          c.  Start or add to an existing pack scrapbook. | 
|          d.  Trace your family back through your grandparents or great- | 
|               grandparents: or, talk to a grandparent about what it was | 
|               like when he or she was younger. | 
|          e.  Find out some history about your community. | 
|          f.  Write in a journal for 2 weeks. | 
|   9.  WHAT'S COOKING (page 70) | 
|        Do four of the following requirements. | 
|         a.  With an adult, bake cookies. | 
|         b.  With an adult, make snacks for the next den meeting or part | 
|              of your supper. | 
|         c.  Prepare one part of your breakfast, one part of your lunch, | 
|             and one part of you supper.  | 
|         d.  Make a list of "junk" foods you eat.  Discuss "junk" food with | 
|              a parent or teacher. | 
|         e. Make some trail food for a hike. | 
|         f.  Make a dessert for your family. | 
|  10.  FAMILY FUN (page 78) | 
|         Do both of these requirements. | 
|          a.  Go on a trip with
    members of your family. | 
|          b.  Have a "family-make-and-do-night" | 
|  11.  BE READY! (page 82) | 
|        Do the first four requirements: the last one is recommended, but | 
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    required.  | 
|          a.  Tell what to do in case of an accident in the home.  A family | 
|               member needs help. Someone's clothes catch fire. | 
|          b.  Tell what to do in case of a water accident. | 
|          c.  Tell what to do in case of a school buss accident. | 
|          d.  Tell what to do in case of a car accident. | 
|          e.  Have a health checkup by a physician (optional). | 
|  12.  FAMILY OUTDOOR ADVENTURE (page 90) | 
|         Do three of the following requirements. | 
|          a.  Go Camping with your family. | 
|          b.  Go on a hike with your family. | 
|          c.  Have a picnic with your family. | 
|          d.  Attend an outdoor event with your family. | 
|          e.  Plan your outdoor family day. | 
|  13.  SAVING WELL, SPENDING WELL (page 96) | 
|         Do four of the following requirements. | 
|          a. Go grocery shopping with a parent or other adult member | 
|              of your family. | 
|          b. Set up a savings account. | 
|          c. Keep a record of how you spend money for 2 weeks. | 
|          d. Pretend you are shopping for a car for your family. | 
|          e. Discuss family finances with a parent or guardian. | 
|          f.  Play a board game with your family that involves the use of | 
|              play money. | 
|          g. With an adult, figure out how much it costs for each person | 
|              in your home to eat one meal.  | 
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| Self ( Do FOUR of the following ) | 
| 14.  RIDE RIGHT (page 102) | 
|         Do requirement (a) and three of the other six
    requirements. | 
|          a.  Know the rules for bike
    safety.  If your town requires a | 
|               bicycle license, be sure to get one. | 
|          b.  Learn to ride a bike, if you haven't by now. Show that you | 
|               can follow a winding course for 60 feet doing sharp left and | 
|               right turns, a U-turn, and an emergency stop. | 
|          c.  Keep your bike in good shape.  Identify the parts of a bike | 
|              that should be checked often. | 
|          d.  Change a tire on a bike. | 
|          e.  Protect your bike from theft.  Use a bicycle lock. | 
|          f.  Ride a bike for 1 mile with out rest, and be sure to obey all | 
|              traffic rules. | 
|          g.  Plan and take a family bike hike. | 
|  15.  GAMES, GAMES, GAMES (page 108) | 
|         Do two of the following requirements. | 
|          a.  Set up the equipment and play any two of these outdoor | 
|               games with your family or friends.  (Backyard golf, | 
|               Badminton, Croquet, Sidewalk shuffleboard, Kickball,  | 
|               Softball, Tetherball,
    Horseshoes, Volleyball)  | 
|          b.  Play two organized games with your den. | 
|          c.  Select a game that your den has never played.  Explain the | 
|               rules.  Tell them how to play it, and then play it with them.  | 
|  16.  BUILDING MUSCLES (page 112) | 
|         Do all of the following requirements | 
|          a.  Do physical fitness
    stretching exercises.  The do curl-ups,  | 
|               push-ups, the standing long jump, and the softball throw.   | 
|          b.  With a friend, compete in at least six different two-person | 
|               contests. | 
|          c.  Compete with your den or pack in the  crab relay, gorilla | 
|               relay, 30-yard dash, and kangaroo relay. | 
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|     **  Note to Parents:  If a licensed physician certifies that the Cub | 
|            Scout's physical condition for an indeterminable time doesn't  | 
|            permit him to do three of the requirements in this  | 
|            achievement, the
    Cub master and pack committee may  | 
|            authorize substitution of any three Arrow Point electives. | 
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|  17. INFORMATION, PLEASE ( page 118) | 
|        Do requirement (a) and three more of the following | 
|        requirements. | 
|          a.  With an adult in your family, choose a TV show.  Watch it | 
|               together. | 
|          b.  Play a game of charades at your den meeting or with your | 
|               family at home. | 
|          c.  Visit a newspaper office or a TV or radio station and talk to | 
|               a news reporter.   | 
|          d.  Use a computer to get information.  Write, spell-check, and | 
|               print out a report on what you learned. | 
|          e.  Write a letter to a company that makes something you use.  | 
|               Use e-mail or the U.S Postal service. | 
|          f.  Talk with a parent or other family member about how getting  | 
|              and giving facts fits into his or her job. | 
|  18.  JOT IT DOWN (page 122) | 
|         Do five of the following requirements. | 
|          a.  Make a list of the things you want to do today.  Check them | 
|               off when you have done them.  | 
|          b.  Write two letters to relatives or friends. | 
|          c.  Keep a daily record of your
    activities for 2 weeks  | 
|          d.  Write an invitation to someone. | 
|          e.  Write a story about something you have done with your  | 
|               family.    | 
|          f.  Write a thank you note. | 
|          g.  Write about the
    activates of your den. | 
|  19.  SHAVINGS AND SHIPS ( page 128) | 
|         Do all of the following requirements. | 
|          a.  Know the
    safety rules for handling a knife. | 
|          b.  Show that you know how to take care of and use a | 
|               pocketknife.  | 
|          c.  Make a
    carving with a pocketknife.  Work  with your den | 
|               leader or other adult when doing this.  | 
|  20.  SAWDUST AND NAILS (page 134) | 
|         Do all of the following requirements. | 
|          a.  Show how to use and take care of four
    of these tools. | 
|               (
    Crescent wrench, Coping saw, C-clamp, Hand saw, Drill | 
|                  bit, Hammer, Hand drill, Bench vise, Wood plane,  | 
|                  Screwdriver, Pliers. )    | 
|          b.  Build your own tool box. | 
|          c.  Use at least two tools listed in requirement (a) to fix  | 
|               something.  | 
|  21.  BUILD A MODEL (page 138 ) | 
|         Do three of the following requirements. | 
|          a.  Build a model from a kit. | 
|          b.  Build a display for one of your models. | 
|          c.  Parented you are planning to change the furniture layout in | 
|               one of the rooms in your home.     | 
|          d.  Make a model of a
    mountain, a meadow, a canyon, or a  | 
|               river. | 
|          e.  Go and see a model of a shopping center or a new building  | 
|               that is on display
    somewhere.  | 
|           f.  Make a model of a rocket, boat, car, or plane. | 
|  22. TYING IT ALL UP ( page 142 ) | 
|        Do five of the following requirements. | 
|         a.  Whip the ends of a rope. | 
|         b.  Tie a square knot, sheet bend, two half hitches, and a slip  | 
|              knot. | 
|         c.  Learn how to keep a rope from tangling. | 
|         d.  Coil a rope.  throw it,
    hitting a 2-foot square marker 20 feet | 
|              away. | 
|         e.  Learn a magic rope trick. | 
|          f.  Make your own rope. | 
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