Leveled Readings / Dawes Act
Dawes Act
Dawes Act (1887), title
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 Act to provide for the allotment of lands in severalty to Indians on the various reservations…”
Adapted · about grade 4
This law split up reservation land into pieces for each Native person.
Adapted · about grade 7
This law divided land on Indian reservations into separate plots for individual Native Americans.
Adapted · about grade 10
An act providing for the division of reservation lands into individually owned allotments for Native Americans.
Used in: How did U.S. policy toward Native nations change from 1830 to 1934?