Flags

Level: 1

Requirements

• Describe what a flag is and list three uses of flags.
• Know and locate the following parts of a flag:
  • Canton
  • Field
  • Finial
  • Flagstaff
  • Fly
  • Fly end
  • Halyard
  • Hoist side
  • Truck
• Know three important guidelines for the care and handling of your national flag.
• Learn how to and practice folding your national flag.
• Practice proper etiquette when saluting your national flag.
  • In uniform while standing
  • In uniform while marching
  • In field uniform
  • While wearing headgear
  • When not in uniform
• Draw the Pathfinder flag with emblem.
  • Learn who designed the Pathfinder flag and who sewed the first Pathfinder flag
  • Color your drawing with appropriate colors.
  • Know the meaning of the emblem.
• Draw the Christian Flag.
  • Explain what the colors represent.
  • Know what the emblem represents.
• Know how to display the national, state and /or province, Christian, AY, and Pathfinder flags for each of the following occasions:
  • Campsite when camping
  • Platform for special ceremonies
  • Church service for Induction, Investiture, and or Pathfinder Sabbath.
  • Fair booth
  • Pathfinder/AY Club meeting
• Learn and share with your group the history of your country/island’s flag and what the colors and symbols on it represent.
• Identify the flags of your Division and know what countries they represent.