Troop 19 Instructors’ Corner

 

Teaching is effective if learning takes place.

 

 

Use these links to jump to a section below:

 

General Resources

Camping and Hiking

Fires and Cooking

First Aid

Orienteering

Pioneering

The Scouting Program

 

General Resources

 

The Instructor’s Job Description

 

Blank Teaching Plan

 

“Effective Teaching” Handout

 

The “EDGE” method for teaching a basic skill:

 

·        Explain

·        Demonstrate

·        Guide

·        Enable

 

The five steps for teaching with a group presentation:

 

  1. Goals (learning objectives)
  2. Discovery
  3. Teaching-Learning
  4. Application
  5. Evaluation

 

For more information about the subject you’re teaching:

 

·        The Scout Handbook

·        New! Online version of the Scout Handbook

·        The Scout Fieldbook and other BSA resources

·        Ask an older Scout or an adult

·        Look online

 

Camping and Hiking

 

Clothing

·        Teaching plan (warm vs. cold weather) (~10 minutes)

·        Quiz and answer key

 

Pack Your Pack

·        Backpacking checklist

 

Campsite Selection and Setup

·        Teaching plan (~10 minutes)

 

Pitching and Taking Down a Tent

·        Teaching plan (~10 minutes)

 

Poisonous Plants

·        Teaching plan (~10 minutes)

·        Handout

·        Flash cards for identification quiz / answer key (see binder in the Scout room)

 

 

Fires and Cooking

 

Fires

·        Teaching plan for fire fundamentals (~10 minutes)

 

Stoves

·        Teaching plan for backpacking stoves (~10 minutes)

 

Cooking Methods

·        Utensil-free cooking handout #1 and handout #2

 

Menu Planning

·        Teaching plan (~10 minutes)

·        Food pyramid handout

·        Sample menus

·        “Planning a menu” handout from REI

·        “World’s healthiest foods” handout

 

Pack a Mess Kit

·        Teaching plan (~10 minutes)

·        Mess kit handout

 

Sanitation and Food Safety

·        Teaching plan for food safety (contamination, proper cooking methods, etc.) (~10 minutes)

·        Cutouts for the food safety teaching activity

·        Teaching plan for knowing when your food is cooked (~10 minutes)

·        Handout for knowing when your food is cooked

·        Flash cards for knowing when your food is cooked

·        Teaching plan for washing dishes (~10 minutes)

 

First Aid

 

First Aid Basics

·        Teaching plan for first aid fundamentals (~5 minutes)

·        Teaching plan for basics about the five hurry cases (~5 minutes)

 

Burns

·        Handout diagram

·        Some photos of burns

 

Severe Bleeding

·        Teaching plan (~10 minutes)

 

Realistic First Aid Recipes

 

 

Orienteering

 

Find Your Pace

·        Teaching plan (~10 minutes)

·        “Find your pace” card (with instructions and calculations)

 

Follow and Take a Bearing

·        Teaching plan (~10 minutes)

 

Map Symbols

·        Teaching plan (~10 minutes)

 

Orient a Map

·        Teaching plan (~10 minutes)

 

Directions Without a Compasss

·        Teaching plan (~10 minutes)

 

 

Pioneering

 

Knots

·        Generic teaching plan for a knot (~10 minutes)

·        Basic knots handout

 

Lashings

·        Generic teaching plan for a lashing (~15 minutes)

·        “Progressive pioneering” handout (advanced lashings)

 

Whipping and Fusing

·        Teaching plan for whipping rope (~10 minutes)

·        Teaching plan for fusing rope (~10 minutes)

 

 

The Scouting Program

 

Planning and Running a Campfire

·        Teaching plan (~10 minutes)

·        Campfire planning sheet

 

Teaching the “EDGE” Method

·        Teaching plan (~10 minutes)

·        “EDGE” handout