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Wolf – 2nd Grade
Cubs Who Care
Elective
Requirement 3

Tele-What?

Wolf – 2nd Grade
Cubs Who Care
Elective
Requirement 3

Tele-What?

Snapshot of Activity

Cub Scouts play “telephone” while ears are covered.  

Indoor
2
4
3
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  • Ear coverings, one set per Cub Scout 

During the meeting: 

  1. Explain to Cub Scouts that some people have a hearing loss; they may have trouble hearing or may not be able to hear at all.  Ask Cub Scouts how they would talk on the phone if they could not hear. 
  2. Tell Cub Scouts they’re going to play the “telephone game.” The game is to whisper a message from one person to another, with the goal of seeing how much the message changes as it gets passed along.  
  3. Have Cub Scouts sit in a circle. 
  4. Ask Cub Scouts to put on their ear coverings. 
  5. Give the first Cub Scout a message. It’s most fun if it’s a bit quirky like “purple elephants dance on the moon.” 
  6. Have the first Cub Scout whisper it to the person on their right. Make sure it’s quiet enough so that others can’t hear. The message should only be whispered once. 
  7. Tell Cub Scout who received the message to whisper it to the person on their right, and this continues around the circle. Each person should only whisper the message they heard to the person next to them. 
  8. Tell Cub Scouts they should not repeat the message if asked, nor should they clarify or ask for repetitions if they didn’t hear it correctly. They must do their best to pass on the message as they understood it. 
  9. After the message has been whispered around the entire circle, the last Cub Scout in the group announces what they heard to the entire group. 
  10. Questions to ask:

    • Did the message change? 
    • Was it hard to hear the message being whispered? 
    • How would you make the message clearer? 
    • What would be another way to communicate the message without speaking louder? 

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Bray Barnes

Director, Global Security Innovative
Strategies

Bray Barnes is a recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, Silver
Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Learning for Life Distinguished
Service Award. He received the Messengers of Peace Hero award from
the royal family of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and he’s a life member of
the 101st Airborne Association and Vietnam Veterans Association. Barnes
serves as a senior fellow for the Global Federation of Competitiveness
Councils, a nonpartisan network of corporate CEOs, university presidents, and
national laboratory directors. He has also served as a senior executive for the
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, leading the first-responder program
and has two U.S. presidential appointments

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Glenn Adams

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Glenn Adams is a recipient of the Silver Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the former president of the National Eagle Scout Association and established the Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award. He has more than 40 years of experience in the oil, gas, and energy fields, including serving as a president, owner, and CEO. Adams has also received multiple service awards from the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers.