Leveled Readings / Reagan Brandenburg Gate Speech
Reagan Brandenburg Gate Speech
Ronald Reagan, Brandenburg Gate, West Berlin (June 12, 1987)
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
“In the Communist world, we see failure, technological backwardness, declining standards of health, even want of the most basic kind-too little food. Even today, the Soviet Union still cannot feed itself.”
Adapted · about grade 4
Reagan said communist countries had failure, old technology, worse health, and not enough food. The Soviet Union could not feed itself.
Adapted · about grade 7
In the communist world we see failure, backward technology, falling health standards, and even shortages of food; the Soviet Union still cannot feed itself.
Adapted · about grade 10
In the Communist world we see failure, technological backwardness, declining standards of health, even want of the most basic kind, too little food; the Soviet Union still cannot feed itself.
Used in: Why did communist states collapse?