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What's your story, Sequoyah? / Jody Jensen Shaffer ; illustrations by Doug Jones.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shaffer, Jody Jensen, author.
- Series:
- Cub reporter meets famous Americans.
- Cub reporter meets famous Americans
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sequoyah, 1770?-1843--Juvenile literature.
- Sequoyah.
- Cherokee Indians--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Cherokee Indians.
- Cherokee language--Writing--Juvenile literature.
- Cherokee language.
- Cherokee language--Alphabet--Juvenile literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (32 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis, Minnesota : Lerner Publications, [2016]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- How did Sequoyah create a Cherokee alphabet? How did he improve the lives of the Cherokee? Cub Reporter interviews him to find out Learn how Sequoyah overcame adversity in his childhood, and created the Cherokee alphabet, which helped thousands to become literate. Readers will see how to use interviewing skills and journalistic questions to reveal the story behind a famous American.
- Contents:
- Sequoyah
- When and where were you born?
- What was your childhood like?
- What were your interests as a young man?
- What was your life like when you got older?
- How did you create a Cherokee alphabet?
- Why were people unhappy with your writing system?
- How did your system spread beyond the village?
- Did anyone else help spread your writing system?
- What happened after you signed the treaty?
- How did the Cherokee Nation change after the Trail of Tears?
- How did you continue encouraging the Cherokee to work together?
- How did the lives of the Cherokee improve because of you?
- Timeline
- Glossary.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4677-9652-2
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