Leveled Readings / Warsaw Pact (1955)
Warsaw Pact (1955)
Warsaw Pact (1955), preamble
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
“…with the participation of a remilitarized Western Germany and the integration of the latter in the North-Atlantic bloc, which increased the danger of another war…”
Adapted · about grade 4
West Germany now has an army again and has joined the NATO group, which makes another war more likely.
Adapted · about grade 7
With West Germany rearmed and joined to the North Atlantic alliance, the danger of another war has grown.
Adapted · about grade 10
With a remilitarized West Germany participating and integrated into the North Atlantic bloc, the danger of another war has increased.
Used in: Who started the Cold War?