The document provides information about the Pledge of Allegiance, including its origins, definitions of key terms, and instructions for an activity where students put the words of the pledge in order and write their own classroom pledge. It explains that the Pledge of Allegiance was originally composed in 1892 and has been modified four times, and defines the words "pledge", "allegiance", and "indivisible".
2. Social Studies: Civics and Government Indicator 1.2.6 Roles of Citizens: Know the Pledge of Allegiance and understand that it is a promise to be loyal to the United States Taken from: http://dc.doe.in.gov/Standards/AcademicStandards/StandardSearch.aspx Link to activity: http://www.indianastandardsresources.org/files/soc/ss_1_1_4.pdf
3. Definitions Pledge - a solemn promise or agreement to do or refrain from doing something Allegiance - the loyalty of a citizen to his or her government or of a subject to his or her sovereign Promise - a declaration that something will or will not be done, given Indivisible - not divisible; not separable into parts; incapable of being divided
4. Background Information It was originally composed by Francis Bellamy in 1892 It has been modified four times since then When reciting the pledge, you should stand with your right hand over your heart, make sure to remove hats, facing the flag
6. Activity On a piece of paper, write down what you think the word Pledge means Also on that piece of paper, write down what we are pledging when we recite The Pledge of Allegiance Next, practice saying the pledge Take out the strips of paper that have parts of the pledge written on them Try to put them in the correct order, then copy it down on your own paper
7. Activity- Write your own As a class you are going to come up with your own classroom pledge. Each student is going to write one sentence that can be added to the pledge. Write what you promise to do in the classroom to make it better, make yourself better, or to help others on a piece of paper. When everyone has completed this we will come up with the full classroom pledge.
8. The Pledge "I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
9. References F is for Flag by Wendy Cheyette Lewison and Barbara Duke The American Flag by Lloyd G. Douglas The Pledge of Allegiance by Barbra Clack www.dictionary.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pledge_of_Allegiance