Ho Chi Minh: Vietnamese Declaration of Independence (1945)

Ho Chi Minh (1945)

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

“All men are created equal. They are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights…”

Adapted · about grade 4

All people are made equal. Their Creator gave them rights that cannot be taken away.

Adapted · about grade 7

All men are created equal and are given by their Creator certain rights that cannot be taken away.

Adapted · about grade 10

All men are created equal; they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights.

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