Wood Badge
BP
Tradition
Camps
Scouts Canada
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This is the totem of Gilwell and of the Wood Badge course.
What is the ax and log?
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This is the full name of the Founder of scouting movement
Who is Robert Stephenson Smyth Powell?
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The origin of the left handshake
What is a sign of trust
African warriors would carry their spear in their right hand and their shields in their left hand, and lower their shield to shake hands with a person as a sign of trust
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The location of the first scout camp
Where is brownsea island?
Brownsea island experimental camp On 1st August 1907, B-P tested his theory's of scouting on Brownsea island. He invited 21 boys from London based boys brigade units, and ran a week camp in a patrol style challenge. The camp was a huge success, and Baden Powell built on the concept to incorporate weekly meetings and regular trips away. The rest, as they say, is history.
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This is our Chief Scout in Canada
Who is Les Stroud
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This is called "Wood Badge Ticket"
What is the project required to finish after training to demonstrate their knowledge?
The phrase "working your ticket" comes from a story attributed in Baden Powell, upon completion of a British soldier's service in India, he had to pay the cost of his ticket home. The most affordable way was to engineer a progression of assignments that were successively closer to home.
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This is the battle that B-P become famous.
What is The Siege of Mafeking?
During the Second Boer War in South Africa, Baden-Powell successfully defended the town of Mafeking for an impressive 217 days. Despite being outnumbered, the British troops held out against the Boer forces.
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The each of the 5 fingers that scout sign represents
What are duty to self, duty to god & country, duty to others, and bond/brotherhood between all scouts.
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This is the location of the first wood badge training
What is Gilwell Park, UK?
In 1919 the first leader training programme was created, and ran at Gilwell Park. On completion, B-P presented the leaders with their wood Badge, and become members of 1st Gilwell Park, the worlds biggest group. This was not an actual badge but a set of wood beads on a leather thong. The idea came from a Zulu chief called Dinizulu who wore a 12 foot necklace containing over a 1000 beads on state occasions. Having being given beads from the necklace, B-P made the first award. A Turks head woggle was used, which has no beginning or end to symbolise the bond of scouting, and Gilwell scarf could then be worn.
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This is the year Scouting started in Canada
What is 1908
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This is the material used as necklace to carry the wood beads.
What is leather bootlace?
When B-P presented the two beads from the necklace, he instructed to go out, buy a bootlace, and tie a bead at the end of each end and hang it round his neck.
(B-P’s writings quite clearly indicate that his original intention was to wear the thong and beads around the hat, but he changed his mind and decided it was to be worn around the neck.) Thus the Wood Badge came into being.
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The book Baden Powell wrote to start scouting
What is Scouting for Boys
Scouting for Boys (1908) was Baden-Powell's rewrite of his earlier book Aids to Scouting (1899) with many youth training ideas openly taken from The Birch Bark Roll of the Woodcraft Indians (1906) written by Ernest Thompson Seton, who later became the Chief Scout of the Boy Scouts of America.
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This is why we need to have full uniform for scouting
What is the development of self-respect
“Smartness in uniform and correctness in detail seems a small matter to fuss about, but has its value in the development of self-respect, and means an immense deal to the reputation of the Movement among outsiders who judge by what they see” (Lord Baden Powell in Scouting for Boys)
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This is the country who will be hosting our next World Jamboree.
What is World Scout jamboree Poland 2027?
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Became policy in 1998, but first introduced in rovers in 1972, venturers in 1984 and an option in 1992
When Scouts Canada become co-ed?
Canada (which loosened up its "No Girls Allowed" policy in 1992, changing its name to Scouts Canada in 2007) and England (birthplace of the Scouting movement, where girls have been allowed since 1991).
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These the the colors (inside and outside) and features of the Gilwell necker.
The scarf is officially coloured dove grey (the colour of humility) on the outside and it is a warm red on the inside to signify the warmth of feeling.
On the Peak of the Gilwell Scarf is a small piece of Maclaren tartan to remind us of the fine gesture by Mr Kenneth de Bois Maclaren in providing the original Gilwell Park for training.
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This is the founder of girl guides
What is Agnes Baden-Powell
Agnes Baden-Powell, sister of B-P, founded the Girl Guide movement in 1910. She wrote the "Handbook for the Girl Guides or How Girls Can Help to Build Up the Empire", and served as the organization's first honorary president (until the honor was passed to Britain's Princess Mary).
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This is the meaning of the two color (purple and white) of world scout logo.
What is Purity (white) and leadership & Services (Purple)?
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This was the location and date for our last Pacific Jamboree.
What is Camp Barnard on July 6-13, 2019?
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The 5 top section awards for each section
What are the north star award, seeonee award, chief scout award, king's venturer award and canadian rover scout award
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This is the African leader from whom B-P received the necklace of wooden beads, which inspire the Wood Badge beads of today.
Who is Dinizulu?
The original necklace was captured from King Dinizulu of the Zulus by Baden-Powell. The original necklace was some 10 to 12 feet in length consisting of over a thousand beads, ranging in size from tiny emblems to others four inches in length. B-P given 2 beads from the necklace to each one complete the training.
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After his death January 8th 1941 BP was buried here
Where is Kenya (St Peter's Cemetery in Nyeri, Kenya).
January 8th, 1941, at 83 years of age, B-P died. He was buried in a simple grave at Nyeri within sight of Mount Kenya. Africa has declared the grave site a national monument.
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This is the meaning of the two stars on the world scout logo.
What stand for the truth and knowledge on world scout logo?
10 Original Scout Law:
A SCOUT'S HONOUR IS TO BE TRUSTED / A SCOUT IS LOYAL / A SCOUT'S DUTY IS TO BE USEFUL AND TO HELP OTHERS/ A SCOUT IS A FRIEND TO ALL, AND A BROTHER TO EVERY OTHER SCOUT, NO MATTER TO WHAT SOCIAL CLASS THE OTHER BELONGS/ A SCOUT IS COURTEOUS/ A SCOUT IS A FRIEND TO ANIMALS / A SCOUT OBEYS ORDERS / A SCOUT SMILES AND WHISTLES / A SCOUT IS THRIFTY / A SCOUT IS CLEAN IN THOUGHT, WORD AND DEED.
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This is the location of World Scout Centre who hosted Jamboree all year round.
What is Kandersteg International Scout Centre in the heart of Swiss Alps in Switzerland
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This are the Key-3 of the shared leadership policy
What are Youth Commissioner, Volunteer Commissioner and Professional Scouter (Paid Staff)?
Council: Council Youth Commissioner (Ethan Russell); Council Commissioner (Cathy Hauen) and Council Relationship Manager (Simon Evison)
National: National Youth Commissioner (Justin Chenier); National Commissioner (Stephen Loney) and Executive Commissioner and CEO (Liam Burns)