Leveled Readings / Castro: Second Declaration of Havana (1962)
Castro: Second Declaration of Havana (1962)
Fidel Castro, Second Declaration of Havana (February 4, 1962)
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
“Like the first Spanish conquerors, who exchanged mirrors and trinkets with the Indians for silver and gold, so the United States trades with Latin America.”
Adapted · about grade 4
Castro said the U.S. trades with Latin America like the Spanish once traded cheap things for gold.
Adapted · about grade 7
Castro compared U.S. trade with Latin America to the Spanish conquerors trading mirrors and trinkets for silver and gold.
Adapted · about grade 10
Castro argued that, like the first Spanish conquerors who exchanged mirrors and trinkets for silver and gold, the United States trades unfairly with Latin America.