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Good Knights

Cub Scouts · Adventure, Elective

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Good Knights is about acting with courtesy and kindness, like a knight. You'll talk about knightly behavior, make a shield, build a castle from recycled materials, and do a Good Turn. Being courteous is a real-life superpower.

Why it's worth it

Long ago, knights promised to be brave, polite, and helpful. Scouts make promises like that too. In Good Knights you'll talk about what knightly behavior looks like today, design a shield that shows what you stand for, build a castle from recycled materials, and do a Good Turn. You'll find out that courtesy and kindness are a kind of strength.

Start this week

  1. Ask your adult to help you find a picture book about knights or castles at the library.
  2. Start saving clean boxes, tubes, and cups for your castle.
  3. Think of two or three things you want your shield to show, like your favorite animal or something you're good at.

Stay safe

  • Adults handle sharp scissors and box cutters when you make shields and castles.

Requirements · 4

Every official requirement and part, numbered to match Scouting America, in plain language. Sign off against the official wording (opens in a new tab).

  1. Requirement 1

    With your den or adult partner, talk about courteous behavior and how a knight acts; tell another Tiger which Scout Law points help you act like a knight

    Tip: Talk with your den about what a good knight does, like being polite and brave, and match it to Scout Law points.

    For example: A good knight holds the door, says please and thank you, protects people who need help, and keeps promises. That matches courteous, helpful, kind, and trustworthy in the Scout Law.

  2. Requirement 2

    Make a shield for your den or for yourself

    Tip: Cut a shield from cardboard and decorate it with symbols that show what you stand for.

    For example: Cut a shield from cardboard with your adult. Split it into four parts and draw a tiger for courage, a heart for kindness, a book because you love reading, and your family's favorite color.

  3. Requirement 3

    At a den meeting or at home, design and build a small castle from recycled and other materials

    Tip: Use boxes, tubes, and cups to build a small castle. Add towers and a drawbridge.

    For example: Stack cereal boxes for walls, use paper towel tubes for towers, and make a drawbridge from a flap of cardboard with string. Add paper flags on top.

  4. Requirement 4

    Do a Good Turn

    Tip: Do a Good Turn, like helping a neighbor or picking up toys without being asked.

    For example: Do a Good Turn like a knight: help a neighbor carry groceries, read to a younger sibling, or clean up the den room without being asked.

Places to visit

Ask an adult to set it up, and go with your family, den, patrol, or crew.

  • An art museum with armor or medieval art

    Some museums have real suits of armor, shields, and swords, plus paintings of castles.

    How: Have your adult check a nearby art or history museum's website for a medieval collection and family days, and go with your family or den.

Talk about it together

  • What does it mean to be courteous, and when is it hardest for you?
  • What do the pictures on your shield say about you?
  • Who is someone you know that acts like a good knight?
  • How did it feel to do a Good Turn without being asked?

Helpful reads

For leaders & parents

  • Collect recycled materials ahead of time for a den castle build.
  • Make a den shield together to hang at meetings.

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Tips, examples, and questions are ideas from experienced leaders, not extra requirements. Your unit leader or counselor decides when a requirement is complete.