Leveled Readings / George Kennan, The Long Telegram (1946)
George Kennan, The Long Telegram (1946)
George Kennan, the Long Telegram (February 1946)
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
“At bottom of Kremlin's neurotic view of world affairs is traditional and instinctive Russian sense of insecurity.”
Adapted · about grade 4
Kennan said Soviet leaders feared the world because Russians had long felt unsafe.
Adapted · about grade 7
At the root of the Kremlin's fearful view of the world is Russia's old, instinctive sense of insecurity.
Adapted · about grade 10
At the bottom of the Kremlin's neurotic view of world affairs lies the traditional and instinctive Russian sense of insecurity.
Used in: Who started the Cold War?