Requirement
2. Imagine one group alone, then all three together
Required Often forgotten
The only requirement on this badge you cannot research, and it has two halves. First, what a place would be like if one of your groups had always lived there alone. Then what it would be like if all three of your chosen groups had lived there at the same time.
Notes and warnings
Note. THE SAME THREE GROUPS, AND TWO HALVES THAT COLLAPSE INTO ONE IF YOU LET THEM. First, imagine that ONE of your groups had always lived alone in a city or country no other group ever came to, and say what you think it would be like today. Then say what you think it would be like if THE THREE GROUPS YOU CHOSE had lived there at the same time. The second half is the point of the requirement and the first is what makes it answerable, so do them separately and in that order. This is also the only requirement on the badge you cannot research, which makes it the one to do while you are waiting for a festival date or a reply to a letter.
Where this step comes from
- American Cultures Merit Badge Requirements (Merit Badge Hub, last modified 2025-09-19), Requirement 2 · The requirement names the three groups you chose, which is the unnumbered note above requirement 1.