Texas TEKS 4.14.C
The Standard
recite and explain the meaning of the Pledge to the Texas Flag
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students recite the Texas pledge in the correct order. They explain key words and phrases, including honor, allegiance, and indivisible, in their own words.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student recites the full pledge accurately without mixing in words from the United States pledge. The student explains that it expresses respect, loyalty, and unity.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may blend the Texas and United States pledges or leave out words. They may think indivisible means physically unbreakable rather than united as one state.
How to Assess It
- Ask each student to recite the pledge, then explain one assigned phrase in one sentence. Listen for accurate wording and a clear meaning.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs mixed-up phrase strips and have them arrange the Texas pledge in order, then explain each strip.
Ask students to write what showing honor and loyalty to Texas could look like in daily life.
Play a missing-word challenge by displaying the pledge with selected words covered and having teams supply them.
List places where people say pledges, such as schools and public meetings, then discuss why communities use shared statements.
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Related Standards
- 1.13.B
recite the Pledge of Allegiance to the United States Flag and the Pledge to the Texas Flag;
- K.9.B
recite the Pledge of Allegiance to the United States Flag and the Pledge to the Texas Flag; and
- 5.16.C
recite and explain the meaning of the Pledge of Allegiance to the United States Flag; and
- 2.11.A
recite the Pledge of Allegiance to the United States Flag and the Pledge to the Texas Flag;
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