Click here to print. Students are asked to read the American "Consumer's Victory Pledge" of World War II. Students then define key terms from the text. This is a great way to combine history, economics, and language arts. For materials on National Thrift Week, click here.
As a consumer, in the total defense of democracy, I will do my part to make my home, my community, my country ready, efficient, strong.
I will buy carefully—and I will not buy anything above the ceiling price, no matter how much I may want it.
I will take good care of the things I have—and I will not buy anything made from vital war materials which I can get along without.
I will waste nothing—and I will take care to salvage everything needed to win the war,
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