Skill Handouts

Skill Handouts & Lesson Plans

Nearly 100 handouts and lesson plans for Scout skills: knots and lashing, map and compass, first aid, backpacking, cooking, fire building, climbing, citizenship, wildlife ID, and more. Great for patrol meetings and rank advancement.

Open a topic below to see its handouts, then click a title to open it. Links marked (website) go to outside sites.

Aviation

Aviation MB PowerPoint Presentation (PowerPoint)

Axe Yard: Knives & Axes

Ax Use & Care
Knife Use & Care

Backpacking & Hiking

Appalachian Trail Basics - How Not To Get Lost: Map, Guide, Compass & Blazes (Word)
Appalachian Trail Checklist – with Review of Equipment & Packing Issues
Appalachian Trail Checklist -PDF
Appalachian Trail Checklist – WORD (so you can customize if you wish) (Word)
Appalachian Trail Meal Strategies
Appalachian Trail Tick Precautions and Protocols (Word)
Backpacking Boots – How to Pick Out
Backpacking Food Basics
Backpack Sizing, Adjusting & Packing
Bear Bag Basics
HW Roundtable: “Getting Your Troop On The AT” .ppt (PowerPoint)
Pooping in the Woods – How to (Word)
Ultralite Backpacking
Ultralite Backpacking – Troop 10
University of Scouting 2011 – Backpacking 101: Preparing for a Backpacking Trip (PowerPoint)
University of Scouting 2011 – Backpacking 201: Planning a Backpacking Trip (PowerPoint)
Water – Filtering Essentials (Word)
Water – Filter Types (Word)
Water – Carry to Camp to Use & Filter (Word)

Citizenship

Letter Requirement for Citizenship of Community & Nation - How & Why (Word)
Venn Diagram of Levels & Branches of Government (Word)
Citizenship for Rank
Cit of Community: Outline of First 4 Requirments
Cit of Community: Family History Materials
Cit of the Nation: Outline of Events Leading to the U.S. Constitution and Beyond
Cit of the Nation: Magna Carta (1215)
Cit of the Nation: Mayflower Compact (1620)
Cit of the Nation: Declaration of Independence (1776)
Cit of the Nation: Articles of Confederation (1776) (ratified 1781)
Cit of the Nation: Outline of US Constitution (1787) (ratified 1790)
Cit of the Nation: US Constitution (History & Explanation)
Cit of the Nation: Map of Western Reserve

Climbing & Rappelling

How to Tie Swiss Seat Harness (website)
Anchoring
Climb On Safely – Page 1 (website)
Climb On Safely – Page 2 (website)
Climb On Safely – Page 3 (website)
Climb on Safely – Page 4 (website)
Climbing Event Handout and Equipment Order
Instructor Objectives
Instructor Handout Materials – Rappelling
Rescue Knots
Topping Out 2012 – Complete Manual
Topping Out 2012 – Part 1 of Manual (for easier download)
Topping Out 2012 – Part 2 of Manual (for easier download)
Topping Out 2012 Outline – Supervision
Topping Out 2012 Outline – Equipment
Topping Out 2012 Outline – Technique
Unit Gear Start Up Calculator (just select quantities & update prices) (Excel)

Cooking & Meals

Patrol Cook Box Contents Checklist

Fire Building

Fire Starting Made Easy
Fire Types
Fire Building – Official BSA Hand Out (Word)

First Aid

Blisters
CPR
1st Aid Carries
1st Aid Carry – Fireman
1st Aid Kit In A Can
1st Aid Kit Hiking & Packpacking
Philmont Wilderness 1st Aid Report Form & Methods
Tenderfoot 1st Aid Handout

Winter Camping & Hypothermia

“C.O.L.D.” System of Staying Warm Outdoors

Knots & Rope

Tenderfoot Knots
Basic Scout Knots
Rope – Knots – Lashing
Whipping

Map & Compass

Intro To Maps
Map Quiz
Intro to Compass
Orienteering 4 Day Lesson Plan
Using Map & Compass
Oreinteering Without Compass – Scouting Magizine (Word)

Pioneering

Gateways
Projects & Material Lists
Rope – Advanced Knots – Lashings

Plant & Tree ID

Woodland Plant ID List

Shooting Sports

NRA Guide to Ohio Gun Laws
NRA Gun Safety Rules
NRA Parents Gun Safety Guidelines
NRA Skeet Shooter’s Guide
Rifle Safety Lesson Plan
Casting Secrets

Water Craft

Safety Afloat
Safety Afloat Outline

Waterfront

Life Saving MB Worksheet
Safe Swim Handout
Safe Swim Slides

Wilderness Survival

Edible & Toxic Plants – Cleveland Poisin Center
Tarp Shelters

Wildlife

Games

“Games & Athletics” – Scout Handbook, 1911 edition
Pioneering

Miscellaneous & Woods Wisdom

Patrol Skills Meeting Box Contents
Stave
Woods Wisdom: Citizenship
Woods Wisdom: Winter Camping
Woods Wisdom (complete book)

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