In the united kingdom, where nearly all of the links with the jungle book have been taken out of the cub scout programme, the names of jungle book characters are still used for cub scout leaders. Every man in the tribe learnt to be a good scout, as a young brave. Some of the most common ones are shown in the table below. At your first cub scout meeting you will be welcomed into the pack and join in with one of the pack sixes. The leaders have taken their names from characters in the jungle book. Youth leaders from more senior sections of scouting are actively encouraged to assist as cub scout leaders. Jungle book names here is a incomplete collection of named from the jungle book which are sometimes being used as names for cub scout leaders. Our scout leaders and adult helpers are based on australian animals, real or otherwise. Cub leaders can take any of the names of the animals and birds from the jungle book, except from those that have bad characters such as the banderlong, shere khan etc.
What are all the character names in the jungle book. He travelled widely during his life, living in england, india, the united states and south africa. There are some instances where it will be another jungle book character possibly because an assistant cub scout leader acslhas assumed the role of cub scout leader csl. Whilst the jungle book provides the names of the leaders, it also provides inspiration for many of the games and lessons learned in cub scouts, including our grand howl, which we do at the opening of every cub pack meeting. You have the priceless opportunity to help boys learn to live the cub scout promise. Leaders take the names of the good characters from the jungle book, above are the most commonly used jungle book names. Alertness phao son of phaona leader leader after akelas death phaona gray tracker tracking pukeena the grasshopper highjump rahska mother wolf intensely loyal rama great herd bull leader rahn the eagle good eye sight. Instead of using farmyard animals, try using the jungle book characters.
Quickly look up rank requirements, awards, electives, achievements, academic and sports belt loops and pins, merit badge requirements, lds duty to god, faith in god, and much. The following is a list of names of present and past leaders of the 28th cambridge cub scouts. Dec 15, 2019 when the cub scout section first started, leaders were known by their jungle book character names, the most important being an akela, the lone wolf and leader of the wolf pack. Cub scoutage boys are eager to learn and are open to new ideas. Our cub leaders are based on jungle book characters or animal names. Over here in australia, scout leaders and cub leaders are given names by the youth members. Baloo and bagheera, a panther, save mowgli from shere khan the tiger and endeavor to teach mowgli the law of the jungle in many of the. He is a wolf, chief of the seeonee wolf pack and presides over the packs council meetings. Names from the jungle book akela the lone wolf pack leader of the free people wolf pack raksha mother wolf was known as demon when she was younger, raises mowgli father wolf raises mowgli, teaches him hunting baloo is the brown bear that teaches mowgli all the law of the jungle. The jungle book joseph rudyard kipling was born in india in 1865. The jungle book provides the names for the leaders but it also provides inspiration for many of the games and lessons learned in cub scouts.
Scoutbook mobile brings the world of cub scouting and scouts bsa to your mobile device. The leader of the pack is always akela, who was the head wolf of the pack in the jungle book. Like scouts, cub scouts are assigned to small teams within the pack. Thats our way of remembering how cub scouting began with the jungle book. Our next game creeping through the jungle is a favourite of ours and really enjoyed by the leaders and cubs alike.
During his second visit to india, from 1882 to 1889, he worked as a journalist, keeping exhaustive notes about life in that country. The cubs are taught that the leader is called akela. Peer leadership in beaver scouts the scout association. Akela is still reserved for the leader of a cub pack, but is not universally in use i. The cubs within the pack are separated into sixes, ideally of five to seven members, with a sixer and a seconder or second. The cub scout leader always takes the name of akela. As well as acsls, pack assistants usually nonuniformed and not authorised to lead pack activities may have jungle book names, as may young leaders explorer scouts.
This name is taken from rudyard kiplings the jungle book as akela was the lone grey wolf who led the pack. It is traditional for assistant cub scout leaders to take one of the other names from the jungle book, such as baloo or bagheera. We have altered the page references to make them refer to the macmillan uniform edition of the jungle book 1 and the second jungle book 2. All of the cub leaders take a name from the jungle books only the good guys though. This list of names, their meanings, and pronunciation, was provided by rudyard kipling as an authors note for the definitive sussex edition of his works vol. When cub scouts was stared by lord robert badenpowell he used the jungle book story for ideas. Cub scouting began with the jungle book bryan on scouting. There is development of skills and the passing on of those skills to others as expressed in the stories. Meet the leaders who run the pack rosanna cub scouts. From akela to the pack, cub scouting has roots in the jungle book. It is a table of accepted pronunciations obtained from all the mowgli stories. Many cub scout traditions come from rudyard kiplings the jungle book. Since the cub section has many jungle book names to pick from what if any are available for scout leaders clean responses please.
The leader of the pack is always akela, who was the head wolf of. The warranted leaders and young leaders are often given names from the jungle book the csl is normally. I try to get the names in as many languages as i can get, so please contribute where ever you can. Kipling gave baden powell permission to use the names of his characters for scouting. It is at such a meeting that the pack adopts the human cub mowgli as one of its own and akela becomes one of mowglis mentors. The way to do that is by explaining the words in simple language that boys can understand. Shere khan, kaa, baloo, mowgli, bagheera, hathi and others. Other leaders without jungle names are referred to as scouter firstname. Hi mang shere khan is not on the list because in canada it is not normally used as a leader or cub name because he is evil.
Adult leaders of cub packs often take the names of the jungle book s main characters. Baloo, a bear, is the strict teacher of the cubs of the seeonee wolf pack. When i last ran a troop the only name i was aware of to use was skip. Jungle book names badenpowell, the founder of scouting, based cub scouting on one of the stories in rudyardkiplings jungle book. The teams are known as sixes, referring to the six members of the team. In the scouting world, baloo is an acronym for basic adult leader outdoor orientation, a bsa course for adult cub scout leaders wherein they learn the fundamental skills for taking cub scouts on an overnight campout. Akela occasionally called the lone wolf or big fox is a fictional character featured in rudyard kiplings mowgli stories collected in the jungle book and the second jungle book.
Guide oo turtle slow oonai the wolf reciting onaway awake. The traditional source of names for cub leaders is rudyard kiplings jungle book. There are up to 24 boys and girls in a cub scout pack which is divided into sixes, so named because each six will have about 6 people in it. The warranted leaders and young leaders are often given names from the jungle book the csl is normally given the name akela and popular names for the acsls include baloo, bagheera, kaa, raksha, chil, hathi and rama. Mowgli came to the jungle in the first storey the jungle book mowglis brothers. Baloo is a main fictional character featured in rudyard kiplings the jungle book from 1894 and the second jungle book from 1895.
For example, cub groups are called packs and cub leaders are traditionally called akela after the wise leader of the wolf pack in rudyard kiplings novel, the jungle book. Enjoy watching thousands of scouting videos, news updates, forums, blogs and more. This explains why some cub scout leaders use names from the jungle book. Akela is still reserved for the leader of the cub pack, but is not universally in use i. A copy of part of the story is in the wolf cub scout book. Akela is the alpha wolf of the seeonee wolf pack in rudyard kiplings the jungle book.
The cub who catches it must say a name from jungle book before the person in the middle gets to them. I think that list is a mix, most of the names are from the jungle story but some are from native north american lore and not the jungle story, for instance haiawatha and keneu are not likely to be found in the jungles of india. Like all of the main jungle book characters, baloo is used as a name for an adult leader in many cub scout packs. Shere khans steak a good circle game which at least helps cubs to learn mowgli and shere khan. It is reproduced from the gilcraft book entitled wolf cubs, my copy is dated 1948. Rudyard kipling author of the jungle book wolf cub handbook published 1916. There is no set name for peer leadership in beaver scouts and colonies can choose whatever works best for them.
Akela has become the name traditionally adopted by the leader of each cub scout pack. Leaders names are taken from the positive characters of rudyard kiplings jungle book. Link to mossys site with certificates and other printable resources. These names are used in the united states, the united kingdom, canada, australia, and many other countries. When badenpowell the founder of the scout movement started the cubs, he was inspired by my story as told in the jungle book by rudyard kipling meet our leaders. Quickly look up rank requirements, awards, electives, achievements, academic and sports belt loops and pins, merit badge requirements, lds duty to god, faith in god, and much more.
Akela, the great gray lone wolf, who led all the pack by strength and. Cub scouts are organized in packs, which are usually linked to a scout group district, providing a community with all age sections. The following may be of interest to scouters not familiar with the jungle book nomenclature. The scouting program is known for using themes from these popular childrens stories. A part of the story is also in the cub scout leader book. If you want to embrace this tradition in your own group, you and your leadership team could choose to go by jungle book themed nicknames. He also knew it was important for the boys to have a wise leader like akela, the wolf. To this day, we have names like akela and baloo, and words like. Those made up names that scout and guide leaders have. We still use some of these in our scouts and cub scout packs.
The jungle book provides excitement, and action combined with a strict moral code of the jungle law. We have altered the page references to make them refer to the macmillan uniform edition of. As the youngest scouting section, beaver scouts is the start of a young persons journey to develop leadership skills and this will likely be their first opportunity to be a leader. The game starts when the cub in the middle throws the ball to any cub on the outside circle and then runs towards them. The following also from the same source is a list of jungle names for the cub pack.
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