Citizenship in the Nation Merit Badge Helps and Documents

Scouts working on the Citizenship in the Nation merit badge learn about the rights, duties, and obligations of United States citizens. They explore important places in our nation and learn to keep up with national events. They also investigate the importance of documents like the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. Scouts also find out about the branches of our federal government and how they compliment and balance each other.

The Citizenship in the Nation merit badge is required for the rank of Eagle Scout

Get the Citizenship in the Nation Merit Badge pamphlet

Printable helps for requirements:

Printable requirements for Citizenship in the Nation Merit Badge

Printable checkoff sheet for Citizenship in the Nation Merit Badge

Printable note sheet for Citizenship in the Nation Merit Badge

Printable checkoff sheet for all Scouts BSA merit badges

Learn more about US citizenship with these related ideas and achievements:

Citizenship Troop Program Feature for Scouts BSA

The Citizenship feature teaches Scouts understand their rights as US citizens. It also demonstrates how these rights are balanced by duties like paying taxes and voting.

Citizenship Football Game

The purpose of the game is to reinforce the ideas which are discussed in the Webelos Citizen activity badge.

Public Service Troop Program Feature for Scouts BSA

The focus in this program feature is citizenship and service. Younger Scouts BSA can work on flag etiquette, flag ceremonies, and their rights and duties as US Citizens. Older Scouts could work on the Citizenship in the Community, Citizenship in the Nation, and Citizenship in the World merit badges.

Business Troop Program Feature for Scouts BSA

BSA has a set of troop programs which can help PLCs plan activities around a theme. This business program feature offers the opportunity to plan a month's worth of troop activities with business theme.

Constitution Word Search Puzzle

This word search puzzle contains words and phrases related to the United States Constitution. Use it with your citizenship requirements.

The United States Constitution: A Graphic Adaptation

This story of the Constitution in graphic format will engage young readers who are seeking to learn more about the US government.