Leveled Readings / North Atlantic Treaty (NATO)
North Atlantic Treaty (NATO)
North Atlantic Treaty (1949), Article 5
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
“…an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all…”
Adapted · about grade 4
If one member is attacked, all members will treat it like an attack on all of them.
Adapted · about grade 7
An armed attack on one or more members in Europe or North America will be considered an attack on all of them.
Adapted · about grade 10
An armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all.
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