{"id":5607,"date":"2020-09-01T21:40:19","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T02:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/?p=5607"},"modified":"2020-09-01T22:26:34","modified_gmt":"2020-09-02T03:26:34","slug":"an-old-patrol-advancement-teaching-aid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/?p=5607","title":{"rendered":"An Old Patrol Advancement Teaching Aid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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My family room has served as the troop’s Scout room for over two and a half decades. Patrol Leader Council meetings were held there, along with training sessions and some smaller troop activities. Committee meetings were held around the table once a month. One third of the room is a showcase for Scouting awards, memorabilia, and Eagle Scout photos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was cleaning up and sorting through some things last night and discovered a little gem I forgot was part of my Scouting collection. It is a training flip chart from 1955 regarding patrol advancement. It is for patrol leaders and discusses how to make their patrol become a First Class Patrol! It is 36 black and white pages, with the cover page, and is in excellent condition considering it is 65 years old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I was looking through it (yes, I had to stop and look at it) I began thinking it could be fun to scan the pages and turn it into a training video. Well, at least an interesting look at an old training resource. I was thinking about reading each page myself but then thought it would be much better if I could get one of our Scouts to read it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I began working on it tonight. I have been in contact with one of the troop’s dads and he thinks his son may be interested in doing the reading. I have begun scanning the pages, which it going to take awhile. My old scanner is not the quickest by any means. In fact, each page is taking me over 3 minutes to set up and scan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I will have to work with the Scout to be a good narrator. I do not think he has ever done anything like this but I think, after a couple read throughs and a few pointers, he will do an excellent job. I have even thought of trying to find an old uniform for him to wear during an opening introduction, but I am not sure if that will happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Would you be willing to take ten minutes or so to watch a video featuring an old training resource from 1955? Is this a project that is worth my time? Let me know in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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