Leveled Readings / The Levée en Masse (1793)
The Levée en Masse (1793)
Levée en Masse decree (August 1793)
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
“From this moment until that in which the enemy shall have been driven from the soil of the Republic, all Frenchmen are in permanent requisition for the service of the armies.”
Adapted · about grade 4
Until the enemy is pushed out of France, every French person must serve the army.
Adapted · about grade 7
From now until the enemy is driven out of the Republic, all French people are called to serve the armies.
Adapted · about grade 10
From this moment until the enemy has been driven from the Republic's soil, all French people are permanently requisitioned for the service of the armies.
Used in: Did the French Revolution live up to its own ideals?