Leveled Readings / Treaty of Nanking (1842)
Leveled reading · key passage
Treaty of Nanking (1842)
Treaty of Nanking (1842), Article 3
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
“…cedes to Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain, &c., the Island of Hong-Kong, to be possessed in perpetuity…”
Adapted · about grade 4
China gives the island of Hong Kong to the Queen of Britain forever.
Adapted · about grade 7
China gives the island of Hong Kong to Queen Victoria of Great Britain to keep forever.
Adapted · about grade 10
China cedes the Island of Hong Kong to Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain, to be possessed in perpetuity.