Patriotic Symbols and Practices
Session 2: Create a Classroom Pledge or Contract

Materials

• The Pledge of Allegiance on poster or chart paper
• Chart paper or poster board
• Markers
• List of classroom or school rules

Instructional Activities

1. Review the classroom rules and the reasons we have them.
   
   
2. Review the session “Pledge of Allegiance.”
   
   
3. Create a classroom pledge that incorporates the classroom rules. The following could be a model for this pledge:
   
   We, the students of ___________’s classroom, pledge to:
   (List classroom rules)
   Signed,
   (Each student signs his/her name)
   
   
4. Have students practice reciting the classroom pledge, and display it prominently in the classroom so it can be referred to easily for reminders and reinforcement.