Citizenship in the Nation

Citizenship in the Nation   https://www.scouting.org/merit-badges/citizenship-in-the-nation/

The Workbook http://usscouts.org/mb/worksheets/Citizenship-in-the-Nation.pdf

WEEK 1: The US Constitution: https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/constitution-transcript 

Be ready to discuss requirements #1 and #2.

For requirement #5:

Start watching the nightly national news NOW.  Channel 2, 4, or 7 at 6:30 PM to 7:00 PM weeknights.  

Requirement #6: (pick one of these or let us know about another one you would like to research)

• FDR's "Four Freedoms" speech https://www.fdrlibrary.org/four-freedoms

• Malcom X's "The Ballot or the Bullet" https://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/blackspeech/mx.html

• MLK's "I Have Been to the Mountaintop" https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkivebeentothemountaintop.htm

• Harvey Milk's "That's What America Is" https://daily.jstor.org/harvey-milks-gay-freedom-day-speech-annotated/

• JFK's Inaugural speech https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/jfkinaugural.htm

• Susan B. Anthony on Women's voting https://www.historyplace.com/speeches/anthony.htm

• Sojourner Truth's "Ain't I a Woman" https://thehermitage.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Sojourner-Truth_Aint-I-a-Woman_1851.pdf

• Dwight Eisenhower's "Atoms for Peace"

  • • https://www.iaea.org/about/history/atoms-for-peace-speech 

    • https://www.eisenhowerlibrary.gov/research/online-documents/atoms-peace

Requirement #7a

Visit and learn about one of these, both within easy bicycle of our meeting place 

• Campo de Cahuenga  

• The Great Wall of Los Angeles

Requirement #8

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