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". . .I give lessons to seven children; my children and the neighbor's children, ages five to twelve!" -- parent When I was a child, I didn't think about The...See more » ". . .I give lessons to seven children; my children and the neighbor's children, ages five to twelve!" -- parent When I was a child, I didn't think about The Pledge of Allegiance as I recited it each school morning, but gained new insight as I worked on this book. Marie (my coauthor and mother) taught a unit on George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, but we decided to change the focus for this book from the two presidents to a basic description of our country's government. We had several lessons relating to the general topic, but nothing to tie them together. So, I searched for a song. One morning, I woke, not with a song on my mind, but with the Pledge of Allegiance. As I said it over to myself, I was able to match Marie's lessons to the statements in the pledge. It was just what we were looking for - a promise full of hope and pride. We used seven main concepts as the frame for our lessons: pledging allegiance, republic, one nation, indivisible, liberty, justice, and these things for all. -- Kim Stitzer Coauthor, Draw Write Now, Books 1 - 8See less »