2 SS Unit 2 Sequoyah

 Sequoyah invented
a written Cherokee
_l_a_n_g_u__a_g_e_.

Cherokee language
symbols

 Sequoyah did

 not go to
_s_c_h_o_o__l when
he was a boy.
He helped
on a farm.

 Sequoyah ran a
_tr_a_d__in__g_ post where
hunters traded
animal skins for
goods.

Trading post,
buy and sell for profit

 _G_e_o_r_g_e__G_u_e__ss__was
Sequoyah’s English
name.

Book written
in Cherokee

 In 1814 Sequoyah War of 1812
joined the U.S.
Army where he
saw people writing
l_e_t_t_e_rs_ to their
families. He thought
that it would help
the Cherokee to be
able to write.

 Sequoyah
thought
that a
_w_r_i_t_t_e_n__
language
could help
his people.

 Sequoyah listened to people speak and
noticed that _w_o_r_d_s_ have different
parts or syllables.

Example of
Cherokee Writing

 Sequoyah came up with a _s_y_m__b_o_l_ for each
syllable.

 Sequoyah’s new
written language
had _8__5__ symbols.

Cherokee letter

 The _C_h_e_r_o_k_e_e_ learned to read and
write using Sequoyah’s symbols.

Page from modern
children’s book in the
Cherokee language

 People still use Sequoyah’s
__s_y_m_b__o_l_s__today.

Street sign in
Cherokee language

Sequoyah died in _1_8_4_3_.

Sequoyah Monument
Located at the
Intersection
of U.S. 41 and Ga. 225.
Calhoun, Ga.