active citizenship
There is no Australian pledge of Allegiance. Children do not recite any such pledge in school.
School children first recited the pledge of allegiance in 1892.
1955
yes
October 1892
No, it is not a law that school children must recite the Pledge of Allegiance. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that students cannot be compelled to participate in the Pledge, as it violates their First Amendment rights. Schools can offer the Pledge as an option, but participation should be voluntary.
The children were trained to recite the pledge of allegiance in unison
I assume you are referring to the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools. The answer is no. It is federal law, under the First Amendment's free speech clause, that children may not be required to recite the Pledge. Children who don't want to do it, for whatever reason, can stand or sit respectfully while the others recite the Pledge. Schools are prohibited from forcing children to recite the pledge, and schools are prohibited from punishing those students for refusing to recite the pledge. However, any students who harass those who don't say the Pledge are subject to discipline or even expulsion.
The United States is the country among the United States, Mexico, and India that requires its citizens to recite a pledge of allegiance.
The children were trained to recite the pledge of allegiance in unison.
As of 2021, 34 states have laws or policies that require schools to allow time for reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. However, individual students cannot be compelled to participate if they choose not to.
To say the Pledge of Allegiance, stand up straight with your right hand over your heart. Recite the pledge by saying: "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."