Choose one set of requirements for this badge:
PUPPETRY(page 119), MUSIC(page
127), OR DRAMA(page 132)
Do Four of These:
- Write a puppet play about one of your Webelos den activities or a subject
of your choice.
- Make a set of puppets or marionettes for the play you have written or for
another play.
- Build a simple stage for puppets or marionettes.
- Alone or with the help of others, put on a puppet show for your den or
pack.
- Make a set of four paper bag puppets for a singing group. With the help of
three other den members, sing a song with the puppets as the performers.
- There are sock, stick and finger puppets. There are paper bag puppets and
marionettes. Explain their differences and show any puppets you have made
for this badge.
MUSIC REQUIREMENTS
Do Four of These:
- Play four tunes on any band or orchestra instrument. Read these from
music.
- Sing two songs alone or with a group.
- Make a collection of three or more records, tapes, or compact discs. Tell
what you like about each one.
- Tell what folk music is. Hum, sing, or play a folk tune on a musical
instrument.
- Name three American composers. Name a famous work by each.
- Draw a staff. Draw on it a clef, sharp, flat, natural, note, and rest.
Tell what each is used for.
- Show the difference between 2/4, 3/4, and 4/4 time by beating time or
playing an instrument.
DRAMA REQUIREMENTS
Do Four of These:
- Give a monologue (a talk) on a patriotic, humorous, or holiday subject, or
another subject of your choice.
- Attend a play. Describe the story. Tell what you liked about it.
- Read a play. Make a model stage setting for one of the acts.
- Write, put on, and take part in a one-act play.
- Make a list of stage directions. Tell what they mean.
- Describe a theater-in-the-round. What are its good and bad points?
- Explain the difference between a grand opera and a light opera.
Explain the difference between a musical and a play.
- Read about William Shakespeare. Draw a picture of his Globe Theater.
