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1、The Cherokees The CherokeesA Reading AZ Level Z Leveled BookWord Count:2,643www.readinga-Visit www.readinga- for thousands of books and materials.Written by David L.Dreier Illustrated by Stephen MarchesiLEVELED BOOK ZWritten by David L.DreierIllustrated by Stephen MarchesiThe CherokeesLevel Z Levele

2、d Book Learning AZWritten by David L.DreierIllustrated by Stephen MarchesiAll rights reserved.www.readinga-Photo Credits:Page 22:David Ross/iStockPhotosRead other books in Reading AZs Native Americans series:The Algonquins,Level X The Apaches,Level Z The Cheyennes,Level Z The Haidas,Level Ywww.readi

3、nga-The CherokeesCorrelationLEVEL ZUVN/A50Fountas&PinnellReading RecoveryDRA2324“Yeah.And in 1889,the government set aside a large portion of the Great Smoky Mountains for a Cherokee reservation.Its just a short distance from here,and its where I grew up.”Debbie eyes lit up.“Awesome!”Just then Debbi

4、e saw her parents waving to her from the edge of the campground.“Oops,theres my mom and dad.I guess Id better go.”“Thanks very much for telling me about your people,”Debbie said,realizing she had rubbed the arrowhead in her hand to a shine.“It was my pleasure,”Anna said,as she watched Debbie gently

5、replace the arrowhead where she had found it.Anna and Debbie got to their feet and shook hands.Then,with a quick“Bye,”Debbie turned and walked back toward the campground.Glossarycivilization(n.)an organized society with an advanced form of government,religion,science,language,art,and learning(p.20)c

6、onstitution(n.)basic laws of a state or nation that tell how the government is run (p.14)conviction(n.)a firmly held opinion or belief(p.17)descendants(n.)people,animals,or plants related to someone or something that lived in the past(p.22)embankment(n.)a ridge or mound of dirt that holds back water

7、 or supports a railroad track(p.5)expression(n.)a group of words used to communicate a thought,feeling,or idea(p.13)exterminate(v.)to kill or destroy somebody or something(p.10)nuisance(n.)an annoying person or thing(p.11)prosperous(adj.)having success;well off(p.20)unsanitary(adj.)not healthy;dirty

8、(p.18)voluntarily(adv.)done out of free will(p.18)The Cherokees Level ZWritten by David L.DreierIllustrated by Stephen MarchesiThe CherokeesLevel Z Leveled Book Learning AZWritten by David L.DreierIllustrated by Stephen MarchesiAll rights reserved.www.readinga-Photo Credits:Page 22:David Ross/iStock

9、PhotosRead other books in Reading AZs Native Americans series:The Algonquins,Level X The Apaches,Level Z The Cheyennes,Level Z The Haidas,Level Ywww.readinga-The CherokeesCorrelationLEVEL ZUVN/A50Fountas&PinnellReading RecoveryDRA2324“Yeah.And in 1889,the government set aside a large portion of the

10、Great Smoky Mountains for a Cherokee reservation.Its just a short distance from here,and its where I grew up.”Debbie eyes lit up.“Awesome!”Just then Debbie saw her parents waving to her from the edge of the campground.“Oops,theres my mom and dad.I guess Id better go.”“Thanks very much for telling me

11、 about your people,”Debbie said,realizing she had rubbed the arrowhead in her hand to a shine.“It was my pleasure,”Anna said,as she watched Debbie gently replace the arrowhead where she had found it.Anna and Debbie got to their feet and shook hands.Then,with a quick“Bye,”Debbie turned and walked bac

12、k toward the campground.Glossarycivilization(n.)an organized society with an advanced form of government,religion,science,language,art,and learning(p.20)constitution(n.)basic laws of a state or nation that tell how the government is run (p.14)conviction(n.)a firmly held opinion or belief(p.17)descen

13、dants(n.)people,animals,or plants related to someone or something that lived in the past(p.22)embankment(n.)a ridge or mound of dirt that holds back water or supports a railroad track(p.5)expression(n.)a group of words used to communicate a thought,feeling,or idea(p.13)exterminate(v.)to kill or dest

14、roy somebody or something(p.10)nuisance(n.)an annoying person or thing(p.11)prosperous(adj.)having success;well off(p.20)unsanitary(adj.)not healthy;dirty(p.18)voluntarily(adv.)done out of free will(p.18)The Cherokees Level Z2122“So everything went pretty much okay after that?”Debbie asked.“Well,not

15、 quite.When the American Civil War started in 1861,the Cherokee Nation sided with the Souththe Confederate states.After the war ended,the United States was angry about what the Cherokees had done.So it started taking away their land for railroad construction and to build towns.”“Sometime after that,

16、the government divided the remaining lands of the Cherokees and the other Five Civilized Tribes into small pieces.The Cherokees ended up with just a tiny part of the land they had originally been given.”“But it was all just part of the settlement of the country.People wanted to make that area into a

17、 state.In 1907,what had once been the Indian Territory became the state of Oklahoma.”Back to the Present Day“Well,thats just about the end of the story,”Anna said.“There are now about 300,000 Cherokees living in the United States,most of them in Oklahoma.But there are more than 13,000 living here in

18、 North Carolina.”Debbie was puzzled.“Oh,really!Did they move back here from Oklahoma?”The ranger smiled.“No,theyre the descendants of Cherokees whove been here all along.This is one happy little part of the story that Ive saved for last.When the Cherokees were being rounded up back in 1838,about a t

19、housand of them escaped and hid out in the mountains.The army finally gave up looking for them,and the government later gave them permission to stay.They became known as the Eastern Band of Cherokees.”“Wow,thats great.”The Cherokees Level Z34Table of ContentsA Link with the Past .4Olden Times.7Treat

20、ies and More Treaties.10An Amazing Change .13Final Defeat .15A New Life in a New Land .20Back to Present Day .22Glossary .24A Link With the PastWith lunch over,a bored Debbie wandered away from the campsite.“Dont go far,”her mother called after her as she cleaned off the picnic table.Debbie rolled h

21、er eyes.“Dont worry,Mom.Im just gonna take a short walk.”“Parents!”Debbie mumbled to herself.“Always worrying about every little thing.”At the age of twelve,Debbie was quite able to look after herself,thank you very much.The girl strolled through a grove of fragrant pine trees,going nowhere in parti

22、cular.She came to an overlook along the path and gazed across Great Smoky Mountains National Park.She saw several distant mountain ranges,and a bluish mist blanketed the valleys between the low,forested mountains.“This must be the most beautiful place in the world,”she sighed.“I wish we could live h

23、ere.”G U LF O F M E X ICOUnited StatesCherokeeAT LA N T IC O C E A NCherokee TerritoryAppalachian MountainsThe Cherokees Level Z34Table of ContentsA Link with the Past .4Olden Times.7Treaties and More Treaties.10An Amazing Change .13Final Defeat .15A New Life in a New Land .20Back to Present Day .22

24、Glossary .24A Link With the PastWith lunch over,a bored Debbie wandered away from the campsite.“Dont go far,”her mother called after her as she cleaned off the picnic table.Debbie rolled her eyes.“Dont worry,Mom.Im just gonna take a short walk.”“Parents!”Debbie mumbled to herself.“Always worrying ab

25、out every little thing.”At the age of twelve,Debbie was quite able to look after herself,thank you very much.The girl strolled through a grove of fragrant pine trees,going nowhere in particular.She came to an overlook along the path and gazed across Great Smoky Mountains National Park.She saw severa

26、l distant mountain ranges,and a bluish mist blanketed the valleys between the low,forested mountains.“This must be the most beautiful place in the world,”she sighed.“I wish we could live here.”G U L F O F M E X IC OUnited StatesCherokeeATL AN TIC OC EANCherokee TerritoryAppalachian MountainsThe Cher

27、okees Level Z2122“So everything went pretty much okay after that?”Debbie asked.“Well,not quite.When the American Civil War started in 1861,the Cherokee Nation sided with the Souththe Confederate states.After the war ended,the United States was angry about what the Cherokees had done.So it started ta

28、king away their land for railroad construction and to build towns.”“Sometime after that,the government divided the remaining lands of the Cherokees and the other Five Civilized Tribes into small pieces.The Cherokees ended up with just a tiny part of the land they had originally been given.”“But it w

29、as all just part of the settlement of the country.People wanted to make that area into a state.In 1907,what had once been the Indian Territory became the state of Oklahoma.”Back to the Present Day“Well,thats just about the end of the story,”Anna said.“There are now about 300,000 Cherokees living in

30、the United States,most of them in Oklahoma.But there are more than 13,000 living here in North Carolina.”Debbie was puzzled.“Oh,really!Did they move back here from Oklahoma?”The ranger smiled.“No,theyre the descendants of Cherokees whove been here all along.This is one happy little part of the story

31、 that Ive saved for last.When the Cherokees were being rounded up back in 1838,about a thousand of them escaped and hid out in the mountains.The army finally gave up looking for them,and the government later gave them permission to stay.They became known as the Eastern Band of Cherokees.”“Wow,thats

32、great.”The Cherokees Level Z1920Debbie could see it all.“This was such a terrible time for the Cherokees that its called the Trail of Tears,”Anna said.Debbie had tears of her own trickling from the corners of her eyes.A New Life in a New Land“The Cherokees tried to make the best of their new situati

33、on,”Anna continued.“They decided to start a new civilization in the Indian Territory.First,they joined with the Western Cherokeesremember,the ones who lived in Arkansas?”Debbie nodded.“Those Cherokees had also been sent to the Indian Territory.So,the Western Cherokees became part of the Cherokee Nat

34、ion.And the Cherokee Nation became part of a group of southeastern tribes that were called the Five Civilized Tribes.The other four tribes,which included the Creeks,Choctaws,Chickasaws,and Seminoles,had also been resettled in the Indian Territory.“The Cherokees and the other tribes did well in their

35、 new home.Each tribe had its own land and formed its own government.Some Cherokees became very prosperous,just as they had been back in the east.But most of them lived very simple lives.”CherokeesCreeksChoctawsChickasawsSeminolesThe Five Civilized TribesIndian Territory later became the state of Okl

36、ahomaThe Cherokees Level Z56Debbie walked to a grass-covered embankment and sat down at the base of a tree.She picked up a stick and poked lazily at some loose soil by her feet.Suddenly she noticed a small brown object in the turned-up dirt.She picked it up,rubbed it clean,and examined it.It was som

37、e sort of stone point.“Well,what have you there?”said a friendly female voice.Startled,Debbie stood up.A young woman in a park rangers uniform was smiling down at her.She had a tan complexion and dark hair tied in a long ponytail.Debbie held up the object.“I dont know what it is.Some pointed thing.”

38、The ranger reached forward and gently took the object from the girls hand.She looked at it and smileda bit sadly,Debbie thought.“Its a flint arrowhead,”the ranger said,“probably made hundreds of years ago by a Cherokee warrior.”“Whats a Cherokee?”Debbie asked,taking the arrowhead back and rubbing it

39、 between her fingers.“The Cherokees were Native American people who once lived in these mountains.They were my ancestors.Im half Cherokee on my mothers side,and my name honors her family heritageIm Anna High Cloud.Whats your name?”“Debbie Smith.You have a really pretty name.”“Thank you.My people hav

40、e many interesting names.And they have a very interestingand often sadhistory.Would you like to hear about it?”Debbie nodded.“Sure.”“Well,then,”said Anna,“make yourself comfortable,because theres quite a bit to tell.”Debbie leaned back against the tree.Anna adjusted her ranger hat,and then she began

41、 her story.The Cherokees Level Z56Debbie walked to a grass-covered embankment and sat down at the base of a tree.She picked up a stick and poked lazily at some loose soil by her feet.Suddenly she noticed a small brown object in the turned-up dirt.She picked it up,rubbed it clean,and examined it.It w

42、as some sort of stone point.“Well,what have you there?”said a friendly female voice.Startled,Debbie stood up.A young woman in a park rangers uniform was smiling down at her.She had a tan complexion and dark hair tied in a long ponytail.Debbie held up the object.“I dont know what it is.Some pointed t

43、hing.”The ranger reached forward and gently took the object from the girls hand.She looked at it and smileda bit sadly,Debbie thought.“Its a flint arrowhead,”the ranger said,“probably made hundreds of years ago by a Cherokee warrior.”“Whats a Cherokee?”Debbie asked,taking the arrowhead back and rubb

44、ing it between her fingers.“The Cherokees were Native American people who once lived in these mountains.They were my ancestors.Im half Cherokee on my mothers side,and my name honors her family heritageIm Anna High Cloud.Whats your name?”“Debbie Smith.You have a really pretty name.”“Thank you.My peop

45、le have many interesting names.And they have a very interestingand often sadhistory.Would you like to hear about it?”Debbie nodded.“Sure.”“Well,then,”said Anna,“make yourself comfortable,because theres quite a bit to tell.”Debbie leaned back against the tree.Anna adjusted her ranger hat,and then she

46、 began her story.The Cherokees Level Z1920Debbie could see it all.“This was such a terrible time for the Cherokees that its called the Trail of Tears,”Anna said.Debbie had tears of her own trickling from the corners of her eyes.A New Life in a New Land“The Cherokees tried to make the best of their n

47、ew situation,”Anna continued.“They decided to start a new civilization in the Indian Territory.First,they joined with the Western Cherokeesremember,the ones who lived in Arkansas?”Debbie nodded.“Those Cherokees had also been sent to the Indian Territory.So,the Western Cherokees became part of the Ch

48、erokee Nation.And the Cherokee Nation became part of a group of southeastern tribes that were called the Five Civilized Tribes.The other four tribes,which included the Creeks,Choctaws,Chickasaws,and Seminoles,had also been resettled in the Indian Territory.“The Cherokees and the other tribes did wel

49、l in their new home.Each tribe had its own land and formed its own government.Some Cherokees became very prosperous,just as they had been back in the east.But most of them lived very simple lives.”CherokeesCreeksChoctawsChickasawsSeminolesThe Five Civilized TribesIndian Territory later became the st

50、ate of OklahomaThe Cherokees Level Z1718“Andrew Jackson was a stern-looking man.He was more than six feet tall,with bushy gray hair swept back from his forehead.John Ross was a short fellow,only five-and-a-half feet tall.But he made up for his lack of height with an unshakable conviction that his ca