Achievements 8 - 12

8 - Cooking and Eating

a. (Requirement) Study the Food Guide
     Pyramid.  Name some foods from each
     of the food groups shown in the
     pyramid.
b. (Requirement) Plan the meals you and
     your family should have for one day.

    List things your family should have from the food groups shown in the Food Guide
     Pyramid.  At each meal, you should have foods from at least three food groups.
c. (Requirement) Help fix at least one meal for your family.  Help set the table, cook the
     food, and wash the dishes.
d. (Requirement) Fix your own breakfast.  Wash and put away the dishes.
e. (Requirement) With a grown-up, help to plan, prepare, and cook an outdoor meal.

9 - Be Safe at Home and on the Street

a. (Requirement) WITH A GROWN-UP, check your home for things that could help
     keep you safe.
b. (Requirement) WITH A GROWN-UP, check for danger from fire.
c. (Requirement) Practice good rules of street and road safety.
d. (Requirement) Know the rules of bike safety.

10 - Family Fun

a. (Requirement) Make a game like one of these.  Play it with your family.
b. (Requirement) Plan a walk.  Go to a park or a wooded area, or visit a zoo or
     museum with your family.
c. (Requirement) Read a book or Boys' Life magazine with your family.  Take turns
     reading aloud.
d. (Requirement) Decide with Akela what you will watch on television or listen to on
     the radio.
e. (Requirement) Attend a concert, a play, or other live program with your family.

11 - Duty to God

a. (Requirement) Talk with your folks about what they believe is their duty to God.
b. (Requirement) Give some ideas on how you can practice or demonstrate your
     religious beliefs.
c. (Requirement) Find out how you can help your church, synagogue, or religious
     fellowship.

12 - Making Choices

a. (Requirement) There is an older boy who hangs around Jason's school.  He tries to
     give drugs to the children.  What would you do if you were Jason?
b. (Requirement) Mel is home alone.  The phone rings.  When Mel answers, a
     stranger asks if Mel's mother is home.  She is not.  Mel is alone.  What would
     you do if you were Mel?
c. (Requirement) Justin is new to your school.  He has braces on his legs and walks
     with a limp.  Some of the kids at school tease him.  They want you to tease him,
     too.  What would you do?
d. (Requirement) Juan is on a walk with his little sister.  A car stops and a man asks
     them to come over to the car.  What would you do if you were Juan?
e. (Requirement) Matthew's grandmother gives him money to buy an ice-cream cone.
     On the way to the store, a bigger boy asks for money and threatens to hit
     Matthew if he does not give him some money.  If you were Matthew, what would
     you do?
f. (Requirement) Chris and his little brother are home alone in the afternoon.  A
     woman knocks on the door and says she wants to read the meter.  She is not
     wearing a uniform.  What would you do if you were Chris?
g. (Requirement) Sam is home alone.  He looks out the window and sees a man
     trying to break into a neighbor's back door.  What would you do if you were Sam?
h. (Requirement) Mr. Palmer is blind.  He has a guide dog.  One day as he is crossing
     the street, some kids whistle and call to the dog.  They want you and your friends
     to call the dog too.  What would you do?
i. (Requirement) Some kids who go to Bob's school want him to steal candy and gum
     from a store, which they can share later.  Bob knows this is wrong, but he wants
     to be popular with these kids.  What would you do if you were Bob?

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