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Task · part of 1. Meet the groups: choose two of five

1(b). Visit a place of worship, school or institution

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This may not apply to you. You have not answered "Requirement 1: which TWO of the five?" yet. Answer it and this step will either settle or drop off.

Identified with one of your groups, then report on what you see and learn. This is a visit you arrange rather than one you turn up to. Ask what is expected of a visitor: dress, where to sit, and whether photographs are welcome.

Note. THIS IS A VISIT YOU ARRANGE, NOT ONE YOU TURN UP TO. A place of worship, a school or another institution will usually be glad of a visitor who wrote or rang first, and they may tell you when there is something worth seeing rather than an ordinary weekday. Ask what is expected while you are asking to come: how to dress, where to sit, whether there is any part of the building or the service to stay out of, and whether photographs are welcome. Asking that question is itself the right way to arrive.

Where this step comes from

  1. American Cultures Merit Badge Requirements (Merit Badge Hub, last modified 2025-09-19), Requirement 1(b)

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