1. Complete these three requirements for Belt Loop (Year One):
   
   

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   Talk with members of your family about your family heritage: its history, traditions, and culture.
   
   

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   Make a poster that shows the origins of your ancestors. Share it with your Den/Patrol or other group.
   
   

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   Draw a family tree showing members of your family for three generations.

   
   
   
2. Earn the Heritage Belt Loop and complete five of the following requirements for the Heritage Pin (Year Two):
   
   

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   Participate in a pack heritage celebration in which Cub Scouts give presentations about their family heritage.
   
   

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   Attend a family reunion.
   
   

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   Correspond with a pen pal from another country. Find out how his or her heritage is different from yours.
   
   

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   Learn 20 words in a language other than your native language.
   
   

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   Interview a grandparent or other family elder about what it was like when he or she was growing up.
   
   

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   Work with a parent or adult partner to organize family photographs in a photo album.
   
   

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   Visit a genealogy library and talk with the librarian about how to trace family records. Variation: Access a genealogy Web site and learn how to use it to find out information about ancestors.
   
   

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   Make an article of clothing, a toy, or a tool that your ancestors used. Show it to your Den/Patrol.
   
   

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   Help your parent or adult partner prepare one of your family's traditional food dishes.
   
   

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   Learn about the origin of your first, middle, or last name.

   
   
3. Earn the Heritage Belt Loop and Heritage Pin and complete remaining requirements above for the Heritage Letter (Year Three).

To help with Den/Patrol organization: Print out this page, check off requirement as completed, and turn in to Leader when all requirements for Belt Loop, Pin, or Letter are completed.

• Genealogical Resources on the WWW - From the Minnesota Historical Society, this is an excellent collection of resources for cubs to use in tracking their roots!