Leveled Readings / Ibn Battuta (1304-1368/69): The Plague (Black Death) in Damascus 1348, from Travels in Asia and Africa, 1325-1354
Ibn Battuta (1304-1368/69): The Plague (Black Death) in Damascus 1348, from Travels in Asia and Africa, 1325-1354
Ibn Battuta, on Damascus in July 1348
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
“…the Jews came with their Book of the Law and the Christians with their Gospel, all of them with their women and children.”
Adapted · about grade 4
Jews came with their holy book and Christians with theirs, with their families.
Adapted · about grade 7
The Jews came with their Book of the Law and the Christians with their Gospel, along with their wives and children.
Adapted · about grade 10
The Jews came with their Book of the Law and the Christians with their Gospel, all of them with their women and children.
Used in: How did people explain and respond to the Black Death?