Your task is two-fold: inform your parents) or guardian about your sibling’s civil rights in this area – including the history of the Pledge cases and the arguments that led to the current rules – and persuade your sibling to either sit or stand. In your introduction, in order to let your parents)/guardian and sibling into the room, be sure to describe in detail what the Pledge ritual has looked like in your classrooms.
Then in the two body sections of your essay, you should integrate small pieces of evidence while you paraphrase and explain the history of First Amendment arguments and decisions in this area, and your reasoning. And in your argument, be sure to include and counter your opposition’s claims and evidence while also adding your own development using elaboration techniques such as cause and effect, comparison/contrast and extended example.
