ENGLISH 8 : UNIT 6

MATCH THE ACTIVITIES WITH THE CORRECT PICTURES
a. HELPING BLIND PEOPLE
b. HELPING ELDERLY PEOPLE
e. HELPING HANDICAPPED
CHILDREN
d. CLEANING UP BEACHES
c. CARING FOR ANIMALS
f. TAKING PART IN SPORTS
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Unit 6
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Like the Y & Y, the Boy Scouts of
America (BSA) is a youth organization.
It builds character, and encourages
good citizenship and personal fitness.

Scouting began in England in 1907.
Two years later an American businessman,
William Boyce, got lost in London. A boy
helped him and explained that he was a
scout. This meeting led to the Scouts
Association crossing the Atlantic in 1910.
Although scouting is mainly for boys, there are
organizations similar to the BSA which girls can join. The Girl
Guides Association and the coeducational Camp Fire Boys
and Girls, both of which started in 1910, are two such groups.
In 1994, there were 5,400,000scouts in
America. Now scouting is popular
worldwide. The Scouting Association
has more than 25 million members,
making it the largest voluntary youth
organization in the world.
Although each nation's
scouting program differs
slightly, the three aims,
established in 1907, are the
same for the 21st century.
NEW WORDS
1. Boy Scout
2. encourage (v.) - encouraged
3. citizenship (n.)
4. personal fitness
5. The Scouts Association
6. coeducational (adj.)
7. Voluntary youth organization
8. aim (n.)

9. establish (v.) - established
Dates
Dates
Events
Events
the beginning of the Scout Association
William Boyce was introduced to scouting
the founding of the Girls Guide
Association and Camp Fire Boy and Girl
over five million scouts in the USA
a. _____
b. _____
c. _____
d. _____
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1909
1910
1994
a) When did Scouting begin in England ?
b) What led to the Scouts Association crossing
the Atlantic in 1910?
c) What are the scouting groups that girls can join?
d) What are there aims of the scouting program?
Scouting began in England in 1907.
The meeting between a boy Scout and
Mr. William Boyce led to the Scouts Association
crossing the Atlantic in 1910.
Girls can join in the girls guides Association and
Camp Fire Boys and Girls.
They are building characters, good citizenship

and personal fitness.
3. William Boyce is a
businessman in London.
4. BSA is mainly for girls.
5. The scouting Association is the
biggest voluntary youth organization
in the world.
1. The Boy Scout of America is
a Youth organization.
2. Scouting began in America.
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