Leveled Readings / Alexander Hamilton: Report on Manufactures (1791)
Alexander Hamilton: Report on Manufactures (1791)
Alexander Hamilton, Report on Manufactures (1791)
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
“The separation of occupations causes each to be carried to a much greater perfection than it could possibly acquire if they were blended.”
Adapted · about grade 4
When each person does one kind of job, each job gets done much better than if one person did them all.
Adapted · about grade 7
When work is divided into separate jobs, each job can be done far better than if the jobs were mixed together.
Adapted · about grade 10
Separating occupations allows each to be carried to a much greater perfection than it could reach if they were combined.