The Pledge of Allegiance Opening Song: "Star-Spangled Banner," Hymns 340 Lesson: Ask who can recite the Pledge of Allegiance. Recite it together as a family. "| 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.” Do you know how the pledge came to be? Have someone read the history of the Pledge of Allegiance. What does it mean to pledge allegiance to someone or something? Do you understand what you are saying when you say the pledge of allegiance? Match the words and definitions. Say the pledge replacing the words with their definitions. “| [promise loyalty] to the flag of the United States of America and to [our goverment of elected leaders] for which it stands one [country] under God [cannot be divided] with [freedoms] and [faimess] for all." Activity: Try to leam the Pledge of Allegiance in sign language. Activity: Crayon Scratching- Color a design on white paper with various colors of crayon. Press hard and cover the whole paper. Color aver all the colors with a black crayon making sure all the colors are covered with black. Use a paper clip to scratch out firework designs. Closing Song: "My Country Tis of Thee," Hymns, 339Signing the Pledge of Allegiance "| pledge allegiance to the flag of PE AAA the United States of America and to bY fa E> the Republic for which it stands, one nation under dh, co si cae indivisible, with liberty and justice forpromise loyalty cannot be divided ||freedom fairness| | country goverment of elected leaders Francis Bellamy of Boston, MA, believed that Artefican school children should make a promise of loyalty to the United States. He wrote the Pledge of Allegiance in 1892. Originally it contained the words, "my flag," instead of "the flag of the United States of America." Those words were changed in 1923 by the First National Flag Conference. In 1942, COngress made the pledge an of ficial vow of loyalty to the United States. In 1954, the words “under God" were added.