Leveled Readings / Lugard: The Rise of Our East African Empire (1893)
Leveled reading · key passage
Lugard: The Rise of Our East African Empire (1893)
Frederick Lugard, The Rise of Our East African Empire (1893)
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
“…as long as our policy is one of free trade, we are compelled to seek new markets…”
Adapted · about grade 4
Because Britain trades freely, it has to find new places to sell its goods.
Adapted · about grade 7
As long as our policy is free trade, we are forced to look for new markets.
Adapted · about grade 10
So long as our policy remains one of free trade, we are compelled to seek new markets.