Leveled Readings / Joseph Stalin (1879-1953): Industrialization of the Country, 1928
Joseph Stalin (1879-1953): Industrialization of the Country, 1928
Joseph Stalin, Industrialization of the Country (1928)
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 must also overtake and outstrip these countries technically and economically. Either we do this, or we shall be forced to the wall.”
Adapted · about grade 4
Stalin said the Soviet Union must catch up with and pass richer countries, or be crushed.
Adapted · about grade 7
We must catch up with and pass these countries in technology and economy. Either we do this, or we will be crushed.
Adapted · about grade 10
We must overtake and outstrip these countries technically and economically; either we do this, or we shall be forced to the wall.
Used in: Did the Russian Revolution deliver what it promised? · Why did communist states collapse?