ENGLISH 8 : UNIT 6

Like the Y & Y, the Boy Scouts of America BSA is a youth organization.. This meeting led to the Scouts Association crossing the Atlantic in 1910... Although scouting is mainly for boys,

MATCH THE ACTIVITIES WITH THE CORRECT PICTURES

a HELPING BLIND PEOPLE

b HELPING ELDERLY PEOPLE

e HELPING HANDICAPPED CHILDREN

d CLEANING UP BEACHES

c CARING FOR ANIMALS

f TAKING PART IN SPORTS

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Unit 6 :

Like the Y & Y, the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) is a youth organization

It builds character, and encourages good citizenship and personal fitness

Scouting began in England in 1907 Two years later an American businessman, William Boyce, got lost in London A boy helped him and explained that he was a

scout This meeting led to the Scouts

Association crossing the Atlantic in 1910.

Although scouting is mainly for boys, there are organizations similar to the BSA which girls can join The Girl Guides Association and the coeducational Camp Fire Boys and Girls, both of which started in 1910, are two such groups.

In 1994, there were 5,400,000scouts in America Now scouting is popular

worldwide The Scouting Association has more than 25 million members,

making it the largest voluntary youth organization in the world.

Although each nation's

scouting program differs slightly, the three aim s,

establish ed in 1907, are the same for the 21st century.

NEW WORDS

1 Boy Scout

2 encourage (v.) - encouraged

3 citizenship (n.)

4 personal fitness

5 The Scouts Association

6 coeducational (adj.)

7 Voluntary youth organization

8 aim (n.)

9 establish (v.) - established

the beginning of the Scout Association William Boyce was introduced to scouting

the founding of the Girls Guide Association and Camp Fire Boy and Girl over five million scouts in the USA

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a) When did Scouting begin in England ?

b) What led to the Scouts Association crossing

the Atlantic in 1910?

c) What are the scouting groups that girls can join? d) What are there aims of the scouting program?

Scouting began in England in 1907.

The meeting between a boy Scout and

Mr William Boyce led to the Scouts Association crossing the Atlantic in 1910.

Girls can join in the girls guides Association and Camp Fire Boys and Girls

They are building characters, good citizenship and personal fitness.

3 William Boyce is a

businessman in London.

4 BSA is mainly for girls.

5 The scouting Association is the

biggest voluntary youth organization

in the world.

1 The Boy Scout of America is

a Youth organization.

2 Scouting began in America.

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