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    | Note: Eagle
Required
 are in Italics
 |  "A"American
Business
 American Culture
 American Heritage
 American Labor
 Animal Science
 Archaeology
 Archery
 Architecture
 Art
 Astronomy
 Athletics
 Atomic Energy
 Auto Mechanics
 Aviation
 
 "B"
 Backpacking
 Basketry
 Bird Study
 Bugling
 
 "C"
 Camping
 Canoeing
 Chemistry
 Cinematography
 Citizenship
Community*
 Citizenship Nation*
 Citizenship World*
 Climbing
 Coin Collecting
 Collections
 Communications*
 Computers
 Cooking
 Crime Prevention
 Cycling*
 "D"Dentistry
 Disability Awareness
 Dog Care
 Drafting
 
 "E"
 Electricity
 Electronics
 Emergency
Preparedness**
 Energy
 Engineering
 Entrepreneurship
 Environmental
Science*
 
 "F"
 Family Life*
 Farm Mechanics
 Fingerprinting
 Fire Safety
 First Aid*
 Fish & Wildlife Mgmt.
 Fishing
 Fly Fishing
 Forestry
 
 "G"
 Gardening
 Genealogy
 Geology
 Golf
 Graphic Arts
 
 "H"
 Hiking
 Home Repairs
 Horsemanship
 
 "I"
 Indian Lore
 Insect Studies
 
 "J"
 Journalism
 
 "K"
 
 "L"
 Landscape Architecture
 Law
 Leatherwork
 Lifesaving**
 
 "M"
 Mammal Study
 Medicine
 Metalwork
 Model Design & Building
 Motorboating
 Music
 
 "N"
 Nature
 
 "O"
 Oceanography
 Orienteering
 
 "P"
 Painting
 Personal Fitness**
 Personal Management*
 Pets
 Photography
 Pioneering
 Plant Science
 Plumbing
 Pottery
 Public Health
 Public Speaking
 Pulp and Paper
 
 "Q"
 
 "R"
 Radio
 Railroading
 Reading
 Reptile & Amphibian Study
 Rifle Shooting
 Rowing
 
 "S"
 Safety
 Salesmanship
 Scholarship
 Sculpture
 Shotgun Shooting
 Skating
 Skiing
 Small Boat Sailing
 Soil & Water
Conservation
 Space Exploration
 Sports**
 Stamp Collecting
 Surveying
 Swimming**
 
 "T"
 Textile
 Theatre
 Traffic Safety
 Truck Transportation
 
 "U"
 
 "V"
 Veterinary Medicine
 
 "W"
 Water Skiing
 Weather
 Whitewater
 Wilderness Survival
 Wood Carving
 Woodwork
 
 "X"
 "Y"
 "Z"
   
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    |  American Cultures Requirements 1995
 |  Choose TWO groups that have different racial, cultural, national, or ethnic 
backgrounds. Use these groups to meet requirements 1, 2, and 3. Also complete 
requirement 4 and either requirement 5a or 5b. 
  Do TWO of the following, choosing a different group for each:
  
    Go to a festival, celebration, or other event identified with one of the 
    groups. Report on what you see and learn. Go to a church, clubhouse, school, or other institution identified with 
    one of the groups. Report on what you see and learn. Talk with a person from one of the groups about the heritage and 
    traditions of the group. Report on what you learn. Learn a song, dance, poem, or story that is traditional to one group, 
    and teach it to a group of your friends. Go to a library or museum to see a program or exhibit featuring one 
    group's traditions. Report on what you see and learn. Imagine that one of the groups had always lived alone in a city or country 
  to which no other groups ever came. Tell what you think the city or country 
  might be like today. Now tell what you think it might be like if both groups 
  lived there at the same time. Tell about some differences between the religious and social customs of 
  the two groups. Tell about some ideas or ways of doing things that are similar 
  in both groups. Tell about a contribution made to our country by three different people, 
  each from a different background such as black American, white American, 
  Native American, Hispanic-American, Asian-American, or any other background of 
  your choosing. Their backgrounds may be religious, as well, such as Jews, 
  Muslims, Hindus, etc. Do ONE of the following:
  
    Give a talk to your troop or school class on how people from different 
    groups have gotten along together. Lead a discussion on what can be done to 
    help various groups understand one another better. Tell about some achievements of the United Nations accomplished by 
    people of many cultures and beliefs working in one organization. Tell how 
    the U.N. has dealt with some problems caused by conflicts between different 
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