Leveled Readings / Worcester v. Georgia
Worcester v. Georgia
Worcester v. Georgia (1832)
These are adaptations, not the original. The original wording is always shown first. Each adapted version restates the same passage at about a grade 4, grade 7, or grade 10 reading level without adding or removing ideas. Quote the original in student writing.
Original wording
“…and that these laws of Georgia are, therefore, unconstitutional, void, and of no effect…”
Adapted · about grade 4
The Court said Georgia's laws over the Cherokee went against the Constitution and do not count.
Adapted · about grade 7
The Court ruled that these Georgia laws were unconstitutional and had no legal force.
Adapted · about grade 10
The Court held that these laws of Georgia were unconstitutional, void, and of no effect.
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