Born around 1765, Sequoya was a member of the Cherokee tribe. He was fascinated by the marks on paper that white people used to communicate. In
1809, he decided to create an alphabet for his people. He devoted 12 years of his
life to the project. His 85-letter alphabet gave a symbol for each sound in the
Cherokee language. In 1821, Sequoya showed the Cherokee leaders how his new
alphabet worked. The wise men recognized the alphabet's great worth Before
long, the Cherokee were able to read and write their own language.
B.
The Cherokee Phoenix was the first Native American newspaper in
the United States. It was first printed in 1828 in New Echota, Georgia, the capital
of the Cherokee Nation. The weekly paper had both Cherokee and English text.
For the first time, Cherokees were able to read the news of their nation in their
own language. The Cherokee tribes were scattered in far places such as Georgia,
Alabama, North Carolina, and Texas. By printing news in the Cherokee language,
the newspaper helped bring the tribes together as a single nation.
1. Which topic is central to both passages?

in the short story the slip-over sweater by jesse stuart, the main character and narrator shan is friends with grace, an intelligent girl he has known since childhood and with whom he used to be in love.

at the beginning of the story, shan believes he’s no longer in love with grace, but loves jo-anne instead. in order to buy a slip-over sweater and have jo-anne wear it so that the other students would know she loved him too, shan takes a loan at the bank.

while jo-anne is wearing shan’s sweater, his friend grace starts to wear another popular boy’s one, roy’s sweater. because of that, the other students begin to pay attention to grace and compliment her perseverance and effort. they admire her for walking 5 miles to school every day, despite the weather, and still getting the best grades. shan, who knows all of that for a fact, says, as the narrator, ‘and i knew she had the durability and the toughness of a storm-battered mountain oak.’ he compares his friend’s strength – not only physical, but also of character – to an oak tree, whose wood is known for being sturdy.

as the story goes on, shan changes his behavior out of concern for the debt he has to pay at the bank. his new girlfriend jo-anne never asks him what is wrong nor offers any sort of . instead, she breaks up with shan for not being as fun as she thought he was supposed to be. grace, however, not only asks about shan’s problem, but him make the money he needs. shan can’t but notice how different the girls are and what a wonderful person grace is.   even though he used to find jo-anne prettier at the beginning of the story, he now says, ‘grace was as beautiful as our mountain was in april, prettier than a blossom of wild phlox or a mountain daisy.’ his comparing grace to a mountain or something that exists on a mountain (such as a mountain oak or daisy) certainly has important meaning since shan loves the mountain and everything about it and he knows the mountain thoroughly. shan also loves and knows grace as completely as he does the mountain.

dont know what all this is english this is america.