scouting movement

Baden-Powell's youth program

The scouting movement is a worldwide youth organization founded in the early twentieth century to develop character, citizenship, and outdoor skills.

Members advance through ranks by earning badges for activities like camping, first aid, and community service.

The original Boy Scouts expanded to include Girl Scouts and Guides, now operating in most countries: She was active in the scouting movement as a teenager.

Related

program director · self-reliance · national council · patrol leader · orienteering · outdoor skills · leadership · hiking · Baden-Powell · be prepared · integrity · jamboree · first aid training · merit badge · Outward Bound · community service · good deed · troop

Opposites
organizational purpose and values

scouting movementHitler Youth

Nazi youth indoctrination group

child soldiers · Red Guards · juvenile delinquency · junior ROTC

relationship to nature and society

scouting movementstreet culture

City-based youth movements

youth development approach

scouting movementstreet gangs

Territorial criminal groups

youth gangs · juvenile delinquency · child exploitation · neglected children

Family

scout, scouts, scouted, scouting, move, moving, movement, movements, movable

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G