Leveled Readings / Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Versailles (1919), Article 231
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 Allied and Associated Governments affirm and Germany accepts the responsibility of Germany and her allies for causing all the loss and damage…”
Adapted · about grade 4
Germany agrees that it and its allies are to blame for the war's losses and damage.
Adapted · about grade 7
The Allies state, and Germany accepts, that Germany and its allies are responsible for all the loss and damage of the war.
Adapted · about grade 10
The Allied governments affirm, and Germany accepts, the responsibility of Germany and its allies for causing all the loss and damage of the war.