Emergency Preparedness (E-Prep) or Lifesaving Environmental Science or Sustainability Communication As of June 2020, the BSA has also announced plans to introduce a "diversity and inclusion" merit badge that will be required for Eagle Scout in the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement. This has been named Citizenship in Society and was released on November 1, 2021. Current badges The last revision date indicates the date of the latest requirement changes; the copyright or printing dates of merit badge pamphlets may have a different date. The Eagle Scout required merit badges are shaded in gray (see above paragraph for details). "Colleges" Merit badge colleges, which are also called fairs, weekends, midways, trail drives, clinics, or jamborees, are events where several troops and counselors meet and focus on teaching merit badges. Larger events are held on college campuses. Workbooks Into the 1990s, a number of merit badge counselors developed worksheets as a way for Scouts to document their work. Counselors could teach to a group but still verify each Scout's progress. More recently, worksheets have given way to workbooks with added graph paper, blank maps and diagrams, logs, charts, checklists, links, and other resources as needed. Merit badge workbooks are used by counselors, summer camps, and merit badge colleges. Workbooks have also been developed for ranks, Cub Scout belt loops, and Webelos activity pins. Historical program Offered only in 2010, the Historical Merit Badge program, part of the Boy Scouts of America centennial, allowed Scouts to earn the discontinued Carpentry, Pathfinding, Signalling, and Tracking (originally called Stalking) merit badges. The patches for these historical merit badges are distinguished by a gold ring on the outside edge. All were based on merit badges that were among the original 57 issued in 1911. See also Discontinued merit badges (Boy Scouts of America) History of merit badges (Boy Scouts of America) Original 57 merit badges (Boy Scouts of America) References Bibliography External links Advancement and recognition in the Boy Scouts of America Scouting uniform