Transcript I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States and to the

Pledge of Allegiance
• Warm-Up:
– Should we
have to
say the
Pledge of
Allegiance
in school
everyday?
Why or
why not?
Debate.org
34%-Yes
66%- No
• What is so wrong with the
Pledge of Allegiance? Is it
going to kill you to say it? No!
Is it constitutionally
correct? Yes. It has always
been a part of this country
and always will be in schools
and government. Whether
you like it or not, it will
always be a part of American
history and rituals. And if
you don't like it , leave then.
• You cannot enforce
patriotism- rote recitation of
an altered and flawed
declaration of allegiance does
not make a person patriotic
or loyal to his or her nation.
It just means you forced a
kid to memorize something
and spew it back out without
thinking. Never mind the
unconstitutional insertion of
religious propaganda in the
1950s.
Origins
• Francis Bellamy, a Baptist Minister and
socialist, wrote the Pledge of Allegiance
in 1892.
• In that same year public schools
recited it on Columbus Day due to a
Presidential Proclamation, the first time
the Pledge of Allegiance was said in
schools.
How the Pledge of Allegiance
has evolved
• I pledge allegiance to my flag and the
republic for which it stands: one nation
indivisible with liberty and justice for
all.
• (1923)-I pledge allegiance to my flag
and to the republic for which it stands:
one nation indivisible with liberty and
justice for all.
Evolution continued…
• (1924)- I pledge allegiance
to the flag of the United States and to
the republic for which it stands: one
nation indivisible with liberty and
justice for all.
• (1954)- I pledge allegiance to the flag
of the United States of America, and
to the republic for which it stands; one
nation indivisible with liberty and
justice for all.
Final version….
• (1954)-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.
• Louis A. Bowman is credited for
starting the push to get that phrase
added. After Congress passed the bill,
President Eisenhower signed it into
law. This phrase has led to a lot of
debate:
What does it mean?
• 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.
In Summary…..
• Read John McCain’s speech and answer
the following essential question in your
journal:
• What is the meaning of the Pledge of
Allegiance and why is it an important
tradition in American schools?