Sequoyah – Inventor of the Cherokee Alphabet
by Jo Carol Hebert Who Are the Cherokees? They called themselves ‘Ani-yun-wiya’, the Principal People. They are the ‘indigenous’ peoples of the North American Southeast regions. The dark and quiet […]
First Flight – A Wright Brothers Poem
Listen and read-along with this poem by, Jo Carol Hebert Orville and Wilbur were brothers by birth; but their dreams were not planted firmly on earth. For when they would […]
Clementine Was An Artist
by Marcella S. Meeks In the late 1800’s, there lived a girl named Clementine Hunter. She lived with her family at the Melrose plantation located near Natchitoches, Louisiana. A plantation […]
The Story of Sacajawea
by, Jo Carol Hebert Setting the Stage of History 1620. English ‘Pilgrims’ found Plymouth Bay colony on the Atlantic Coast of America. 1776. The 13th colonies of America are named […]
I Wish I Was a Pilgrim…
…because Pilgrim kids didn’t have to take baths! The ‘thanksgiving’ Pilgrims sailed from England in early September of the year 1620. At that time, the culture of Europe did not […]
Napoleon Bonaparte and the Attack of the Bunnies
by, Jo Carol Hebert Napoleon Bonaparte. Born in 1769. Was a General and military genius at the age of 24. Commander of the army of the First French Republic after […]
