Troop-7

Several years ago, while walking my son and his wife dog I came across pieces of broken Native American pottery on city property near the landfill.   I suspect is not a complete pot.  I would like to have the pot recovered, reassembles, replicates made and donate the original to the Boulder City Museum.  These activities are consistent with the activities requirements in the BAS Archaeology Merit Badge book .   I have talked with Scout Master Goya, he has agreed to let me make a 5 minute presentation at the Leadership meeting on Jan 3, 2010.

As I prepare for the meeting I will post updates to this forum and welcome you comments and suggestions.

Dave,

Thank you so much for coming to our planning session. The boy's very much want to take advantage of this unique opportunity. I'll give you a call and we can get this going.

Alan

Interest has been expressed in the following Merit Badges:

Archaeology 

artifact recover, restoration and display provides tie into other merit badge 

activities 

Basketry

Native Americans independently developed basket making and it was 

important to groups in this area

Cinematography 

to document the pot recovery effort

Citizenship in the Community

permission will be needed from the city to recover the artifact

Communications

reports and presentations are required by most of the merit badges

this will provide guidance 

Indian Lore

would provide background about the pot

Journalism

 to generate positive publicity about the Troop activities 

Photography

documentation of the recovery and material for the display

Pottery

examines materials and techniques related to the artifact 

Camping

there are a number of nearby former habitation sites where camping 

could be done

Cooking 

the camping merit badge requires several cooking activities 

The requirements and worksheets can be found on the Troop Links page to the left of this column.

https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AVLorwJ7Wc8dZGdtbWJ3M3NfNzRnM3FndGRjMg&hl=en

Use this link to view the merit badge worksheets with suggestions and comments you may wish to consider.  

Also included is a link to the names of others working on the same merit badges. 

Some of the merit badge counselors will be available one half hour before and/or after the regular troop meetings.