Leveled Readings / Declaration of Independence
Declaration of Independence
Declaration of Independence (1776)
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
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal…”
Adapted · about grade 4
We believe some things are clearly true. One is that all people are made equal.
Adapted · about grade 7
We believe certain truths are obvious: all men are created equal.
Adapted · about grade 10
We hold certain truths to be obvious without needing proof, beginning with the claim that all men are created equal.
Used in: Where do our rights come from? · Were the colonists justified in declaring independence?