Leveled Readings / Khrushchev: The Secret Speech (1956)
Khrushchev: The Secret Speech (1956)
Nikita Khrushchev, “Secret Speech” to the 20th Party Congress (1956)
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
“…this term made possible the usage of the most cruel repression, violating all norms of revolutionary legality, against anyone who in any way disagreed with Stalin…”
Adapted · about grade 4
Khrushchev said this label let Stalin's government cruelly punish anyone who disagreed with Stalin.
Adapted · about grade 7
This label made it possible to use the cruelest repression, breaking all rules of law, against anyone who disagreed with Stalin in any way.
Adapted · about grade 10
This term made possible the most cruel repression, violating all norms of revolutionary legality, against anyone who disagreed with Stalin in any way.
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