Fig. 1: Civics-C5-Front
- Cloth: Lightweight tan right twill
- Embroidery: Cotton lock stitch
Fig. 2: Civics-C5-Reverse
- Back: Plain NO imprint with starch
Item Name: Civics 1939 - 1943
Item ID: Civics-C5
Collector Rating: 1
Pamphlets Used to Earn this Badge
Requirements March 1927 until November 1938
1. State the principal citizenship requirements of a voter in his state, territory, or district.
2. Know the principal features of the naturalization laws of the United States.
3. Know how the President, Vice-President, senators, and congressmen of the United States are elected and their terms of office.
4. Know the number of judges of the Supreme Court of the United States, how appointed, and their term of office.
5. Know the various administrative departments of government, as represented in the President's Cabinet.
6. Know how the governor, lieutenant-governor, senators, representatives, or assemblymen of his state are elected, and their terms of office; or, if living in a territory or the District of Columbia, know who the corresponding officers are in that territory or district, how elected, and their terms of office.
7. Know whether the judges of the principal courts in his state, territory, or district, are appointed or elected, and the length of their terms.
8. Know how the principal officers in his town or city are elected and for what terms.
9. Know the duties of the various city departments, such as fire, police, board of health, etc.
10. Submit a map upon which he has personally drawn the principal buildings and points of interest within a radius of two miles of his troop headquarters. The map need not necessarily be drawn by the scout.
11. Give satisfactory evidence that he is familiar with the provisions and history of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States.
Requirements November 1938 until December 1942
To obtain this Merit Badge a Scout must in addition to meeting the following requirements, be familiar with the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, and have a working knowledge of the structure of his federal, state and local Government.
1.(a) Tell which department of his local government has jurisdiction in each of the following instances-automobile accident, mad dog scare, permit to hold a political meeting in a public building, building permit, dog license, contagious disease, garbage disposal.
(b) Learn by visiting one of these departments and talking with some of those responsible for its management, how it operates. Tell where the money comes from to run the department and what it costs the average family in the community per year.
2. (a) Present a simple scrapbook of clippings from newspapers or other current literature, setting forth some local, county, state, or national civic problem, if possible showing both sides of the question. Explain how he thinks it can best be solved, or list the principal arguments on both sides, OR
(b) List the various departments of his local government such as fire, police, health, department of education, etc., with the amount of tax money spent during the last year for the work of each. List departments in the order of amounts spent.
3. List at least two important civic regulations, which apply to him or his family, with regard to each of the following: highway safety, property rights, fire hazards, sanitation, and special permits such as hunting and fishing.
4. Attend a political meeting, meeting of a city or town council, a session of court, or other public civic meeting, and make a full report of his observations.
5. Take active part in at least one co-operative civic enterprise, such as: Checking a local precinct for complete list of voting registration or for accuracy of registration; get-out-the-vote campaign; clean-up week; anti-noise campaign; improving the appearance or usefulness of a vacant lot; collecting magazines and books regularly and taking them to hospital, old peoples' home or similar institution; cleaning up some spot of historic interest: control of insect pests.
6. Select someone who has figured prominently in the history of his community or in the history of our country and from incidents in his life show why he deserves the title "a good citizen."
7. Select four types of foreign government and tell how each differs from that of the United States.
Requirements December 1942 until June 1948
1. Be familiar with the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, and have a working knowledge of the structure of his federal, state and local Government.
2.(a) Tell which department of his local government has jurisdiction in each of the following instances-automobile accident, mad dog scare, permit to hold a political meeting in a public building, building permit, dog license, contagious disease, garbage disposal.
(b) Learn by visiting one of these departments and talking with some of those responsible for its management, how it operates. Tell where the money comes from to run the department and what it costs the average family in the community per year.
3. (a) Present a simple scrapbook of clippings from newspapers or other current literature, setting forth some local, county, state, or national civic problem, if possible showing both sides of the question. Explain how he thinks it can best be solved, or list the principal arguments on both sides, OR
(b) List the various departments of his local government such as fire, police, health, department of education, etc., with the amount of tax money spent during the last year for the work of each. List departments in the order of amounts spent.
4. List at least two important civic regulations, which apply to him or his family, with regard to each of the following: highway safety, property rights, fire hazards, sanitation, and special permits such as hunting and fishing.
5. Attend a political meeting, meeting of a city or town council, a session of court, or other public civic meeting, and make a full report of his observations.
6. Take active part in at least one co-operative civic enterprise, such as: Checking a local precinct for complete list of voting registration or for accuracy of registration; get-out-the-vote campaign; clean-up week; anti-noise campaign; improving the appearance or usefulness of a vacant lot; collecting magazines and books regularly and taking them to hospital, old peoples' home or similar institution; cleaning up some spot of historic interest: control of insect pests.
7. Select someone who has figured prominently in the history of his community or in the history of our country and from incidents in his life show why he deserves the title "a good citizen."
8. Select four types of foreign government and tell how each differs from that of the United States.