BSA Troup and Varsity Program Guides and Guidebooks

Troop Program Resources

Guide to Safe Scouting 
Age Appropriate Guidelines for Scouting Activities
Troop Leader Guidebook Appendix - Boy Scouts of America

Download all Boy Scout Activity Planning Documents in a zip file

Program Features for Troops

Volume 1 (pdf) Volume 2 (pdf) Volume 3 (pdf)
  • Camping
  • Climbing and
  • Rappelling
  • Communication
  • Cycling
  • First Aid
  • Games
  • Geocaching
  • Hiking
  • Outdoor Ethics
  • Paddle Sports
  • Pioneering
  • Rifle Shooting
  • Safety
  • Science
  • Snowboarding and
  • Skiing
  • Spectator Sports
  • Archery
  • Backpacking
  • Citizenship
  • Engineering
  • Fishing
  • Fitness and Nutrition
  • Living History
  • Mathematics
  • Mentoring
  • Music
  • Orienteering
  • Scuba Diving
  • Soccer
  • Special Needs
  • Awareness
  • Wilderness Survival
  • Wildlife Management
  • Caving
  • Cooking
  • COPE
  • Duty to God
  • Emergency
  • Preparedness
  • Ethics
  • Financial Management
  • Multimedia
  • Nature and
  • Environment
  • Project Planning
  • Shotgun Shooting
  • Skateboarding
  • Sustainability
  • Swimming
  • Technology
  • Winter Camping

Program Features for Varisty

Volume 1 (pdf) Volume 2 (pdf) Volume 3 (pdf)
  • Backpacking
  • Basketball
  • Bowling
  • Canoe Camping
  • Caving
  • Cross-Country Skiing
  • Cycling
  • Discovering America
  • Fishing
  • Freestyle Biking
  • Frontiersman
  • Mechanics
  • Operation On-Target
  • Orienteering
  • Rock Climbing and Rappelling
  • Roller Hockey
  • Shooting Sports
  • Snow Camping
  • Soccer
  • Softball
  • Survival
  • Swimming
  • Tennis
  • Triathlon
  • Volleyball
  • Waterskiing
  • Whitewater Canoeing

Venturing