INTERVIEWING SEQUOYAHThis is Erica reporting for USBT. I am going back into time interviewing Sequoyah.Erica: When were you born?Sequoyah: I was born in 1776.

Erica: What did you do to keep the Cherokee Nation alive?Sequoyah: I wrote the Cherokee Alphabet.

Erica: Where were you born?Sequoyah: I was born in the village of Tuskegee.

Erica: Who were your mother and father?Sequoyah: My father was Nathaniel Gist, a Virginia fur trader. My mother was Wut-teh, daughter of a Cherokee chief.

Erica: What did you do when you grew up? Sequoyah: When I grew up, I married a Cherokee woman, had a family, and became a silversmith by trade.

Erica: What was one thing you wanted to learn?Sequoyah: I wanted to learn the English Alphabet, but I never did.

Erica: What did you do after the war?Sequoyah: After the war, I began writing the Cherokee Alphabet.

Erica: How many symbols did your Cherokee Alphabet have?Sequoyah: The Cherokee Alphabet had 85 symbols

Erica: Did you teach any of your kids these symbols?Sequoyah: Yes. I taught my daughter, Ayoka, these symbols.

Erica: Did your daughter help you teach this Cherokee Alphabet?Sequoyah: Yes.

Erica: How long did it take for the Cherokees to learn their alphabet?Sequoyah: The Cherokees learned their alphabet within a few months.

Erica: Did you ever win something for your Cherokee Alphabet?Sequoyah: Yes. I won a silver medal.

Erica: When you were a kid, could you speak English?Sequoyah: No When I was a kid, all I spoke was the Cherokee language.

Erica: Did you give your symbols a nickname?Sequoyah: Yes. I called my symbols “talking leaves”.

Erica: Was the newspaper printed in Cherokee Language?Sequoyah: No. Half was English and half was Cherokee.

Erica: Did your father have any other names?Sequoyah: Besides George Gist, my father was known as George Guest or Guess.

Erica: What would the village of Tuskegee be called now?Sequoyah: Tennessee on the Tennessee River in the Overhills country.

Erica: When you grew up, was there anything else you did besides being a husband, father, and a silversmith?Sequoyah: Yes. I was also a blacksmith.

Erica: Were you ever seriously injured?Sequoyah: Yes. I was lame from an injury in a hunting accident.

Erica: Did you ever leave home?Sequoyah: Yes. I went to Mexico.

INTERVIEWING ALBERT EINSTEIN Good Morning. This is Joshua from the DBZ newsroom going back in time to visit Mr. Albert Einstein.Josh: Mr. Einstein, what year were you born?Einstein: 1879

Josh: When did you begin to investigate the natural when?Einstein: In 1884 when I received my first compass.

Josh: When did you first start school?Einstein: When I was 10 years old, I started educating myself.

Josh: What was your favorite subject?Einstein: Science, I read as much as I could.

Josh: How old were you when you graduated high school?Einstein: I was 17 years old.

Josh: When did you marry?Einstein: Mileva and I married in 1903.

Josh: What is the “Miracle Year”?Einstein: 1905. The year my Special Theory of Relativity was born.

Josh: What happened in 1907?Einstein: I began working on the laws of gravity.

Josh: In 1911, what happened at the German University?Einstein: We had the first world physics conference.

Josh: In 1917 you became very ill. What did you do after you got better? Einstein: I published my first paper on cosmology.

Josh: What year did the solar eclipse happen that proved your General Theory of Relativity was correct?Einstein: 1919.

Josh: What year did you receive the Nobel Prize?Einstein: 1922.

Josh: What did you win the Nobel Prize for?Einstein: Physics

Josh? When did you and your wife move to the United Stated?Einstein: My wife and I move here in 1913.

Josh: Where did you settle?Einstein: Princeton, NJ.

Josh: What happened to your wife?Einstein: In 1933, she died after a brief illness.

Josh: When did you write to President Franklin D Roosevelt?Einstein: In 1939, when WWII began.

Josh: Why did you write him?Einstein: To warn him of the possibility of Germany’s Atomic bomb.

Josh: When did you become an American citizen?Einstein: In 1940, I became a citizen.

Josh: What happened in 1955?Einstein: I died on April 16th of heart failure.

INTERVIEWING ROBERT E. LEEDerek: What war were you in?Lee: The Civil War.

Derek: Where were you born?Lee: Stratford, Virginia.

Derek: When were you born?Lee: 1807

Derek: When did the war start?Lee: 1861

Derek: When did the war stop?Lee: 1865

Derek: Where did you go to school?Lee: U.S. Military Academy.

Derek: Were you hit in the war?Lee: Yes.

Derek: Were you a president?Lee: No.

Derek: Which side were you on?Lee: The Confederates.

Derek: Were you ever commander of the Confederate Army?Lee: Yes.

Derek: Did you ever work for Jefferson Davis? Lee: Yes.

Derek: Is war hard?Lee: Yes.

INTERVIEWING JOHN ADAMSI am interviewing John Adams from DPH news.Jake: How old were you when you died?Adams: I was 37

Jake: How did you die?Adams: A person shot me in the back of the head.

Jake: Where were you?Adams: At the theater.

Jake: What college did you go to?Adams: I went to Harvard.

Jake: Who did you marry?Adams: Abigail Smith.

Jake: What president were you?Adams: I was the second president.

Jake: Where were you before you became president?Adams: I was in Congress.

Jake? Did you live in the White House?Adams: Yes. I was the first president to live there.

Jake: When were you born?Adams: In October, 1735.

Jake: Did you have a son?Adams: Yes I did.

Jake: When did he die?Adams: On July 4th.

Jake: Who was your great grandfather?Adams: Henry Adams.

Jake: Was your son a president?Adams: Yes he was.

Jake: Which president was he?Adams: He was the sixth president.

This is Steven Reporting for KEVS12 News. I am interviewing Ulysses S. Grant.Steven: What were you famous for?Grant: I was the president of the United States.

Steven: What school did you go to? Grant: I went to Military School.

Steven: When were you born?Grant: I was born April 27th, 1822.

Steven: When were you married? Grant: I was married in August 22, 1884 in St. Louis.

Steven: What were your children’s names?Grant: Their names were Fred, Ulysses Jr., Nellie, and Jesse.

Steven: What were your parents’ names:Grant: Their names were Jesse Grant and Hannah Simpson Grant.

INTERVIEWING RUBY BRIDGESThis is McKena from MSIC News reporting Ruby Bridges.McKena: We are happy to have you here!Ruby: Thank You!

McKena: So how old were you when you went to an all white school?Ruby: I was six. McKena: Did the police help you?Ruby: No.

McKena: What color was your teacher, Mrs. Henry?Ruby: White.

McKena: When were you born?Ruby: September 8th, 1954.

McKena: Where were you born?Ruby: In Tyler Town, Mississippi.

McKena: What white school did you go to?Ruby: William Frantz Elementary School.

McKena: Who was Dr. Coles?Ruby: A child Psychologist.

McKena: Did you like your teacher?Ruby: Yes. She was wonderful!

McKena: Were you brave?Ruby: Yes.

McKena: Why did you only eat packaged food?Ruby: I thought other kind had poison.

McKena: Were you married?Ruby: Yes.

McKena: When did you realize you were so important?Ruby: When my brother died in a drug related shooting.

McKena: Well, that is all for now. Bye.Ruby: Bye Bye!

INTERVIEWING MICHAEL JORDANThis is Shambrea reporting for OJH. I am interviewing Michael Jordan.

Sham: What is your position?Michael: I am a guard

Sham: How tall are you?Michael: My height is 6’6”.

Sham: When were you born?Michael: I was born on February 17th, 1963.

Sham: What high school did you go to?Michael: I went to Zaney High School

Sham: Where was it?Michel: It was in Wilmington, NC.

Sham: When did you go to college?Michael: I went to college in 1963.

Sham: How many seasons have you played?Michael: I have played 14 seasons.

Sham: When were you named Most Valuable Player?Michael: 1997-1998

Sham: What is your nickname?Michael: My nickname is MJ.

Sham: How much do you weigh?Michael: I weigh 216 pounds.

Sham: What team did you play for in 1998?Michael: I played for the Bulls.

Sham: Where were the Bulls?Michael: In Chicago.

Sham: How long were you retired the second time?Michael: 3 years.

Sham: How many people came to the first Wizards?Michael: 20,000 people.

Sham: What was your favorite team?Michael? I like them all the same.

Sham: How old are you?Michael: I am 38.

Sham: How many points did you score against New York Nicks?Michael: I scored 19 points.

Sham: What team do you play for now?Michael: I play for the Wizards.

Sham: When did your first shoe come out?Michael: In 1998.

INTERVIEWING HARRIET TUBMANThis is Keith reporting BES with Harriett Tubman.

Keith: Where were you born?Harriet: I was born on a Maryland Plantation.

Keith: How did you free slaves?Harriet: I snuck them out at night.

Keith: What was your work?Harriet: I worked as a child’s nurse.

Keith: Why were families broken apart?Harriet: An owner could sell them whenever he or she wished.

Keith: What did you want to learn?Harriet: to read and write.

Keith: What illness did you have?Harriet: I suffered blackouts.

INTERVIEWING GEORGE WASHINGTONHi. My name is Brittany. I am interviewing George Washington by HGC>

Brittany: When were you born?George: February 22nd, 1732.

Brittany: Who were your parents?George: Augustine Washington and Mary Ball Washington.

Brittany: Did you have children?George: Yes. 5 adopted: John, Jack, Parke, Martha, and Patsy.

Brittany: What was your religion?George: My religion is Episcopalian.

Brittany: Did you have an education?George: No. I had no formal education.

Brittany: Did you win the Revolutionary War?George: Yes. We won the Revolutionary War.

Brittany: Was beating the British hard?George: Yes, very hard.

Brittany: Did you like your life?George: Yes, but sometimes it was hard.

Brittany: Did you like being president?George: Yes.

INTERVIEWING ADAM HOUSEHi. I am Bethany for BEB News. We have traveled back in time to 1800. I am here with Adam House, my great, great, everso great granddad at House Springs. I am about to talk to him right in the middle of the massacre he is famous for.

Beth: What exactly happened?Adam: Indians massacred me.

Beth: Why didn’t you give them the horses when they attacked you?Adam: They didn’t give me a chance.

Beth: When did your kids return?Adam: It took several days for their return.

Beth How many Indian were there?Adam: Two.

Beth: How long ago did this happen?Adam: 200 years ago.

Beth: What was the date of this massacre?Adam: March of 1800

Beth: Who got help?Adam: My son, John, ran all the way to Carondelet.

Beth: Who did he get there?Adam: The French Commander, Pierre Treget.

Beth: Why did you get a French Commander?Adam: Missouri was not yet a state and was ruled by the French.

Beth: How many children were killed?Adam: My nine year old son, Jacob.

Beth: Who else was killed?Adam: My wife and I.

Beth: Who escaped?Adam: My two daughters, Betsy and Peggy ran in one direction to get help. My son, John, ran in the other direction.

Beth: What were you doing when the Indians attacked?Adam: Making maple sugar.

Beth: How did Indians massacre you?Adam: First they came and wanted horses. Then I told them no. Thy came at night to steal them. I caught them and got them arrested. They killed me.

Beth: How did they kill you?Adam: They beheaded me and hung my head on the tree right here.

Beth: What were some main inventions in your life?Adam: A covered wagon and a plow.

Beth: What was your favorite invention?Adam: The plow.

INTERVIEWING ELVIS PRESLEYHi. I am Jalisa interviewing Elvis Presley at KVS12.

Jalisa: What was your wife’s name?Elvis: Pricilla

Jalisa: What was your daughter’s name?Elvis: Lisa Marie

Jalisa: What is your home called?Elvis: Grace land.

Jalisa: Do you have an airplane?Elvis: Yes.

Jalisa: What is the name of the airplane?Elvis: Lisa Marie.

Jalisa: Did you have a twin?Elvis: Yes.

Jalisa: Do you have a recording studio in your home?Elvis: Yes.

Jalisa: Do you have different colored rooms in your house?Elvis: Yes.

Jalisa: Did you ever own a pink Cadillac?Elvis: Yes.

Jalisa: What was one of your songs?Elvis: Heart Break Hotel.

Jalisa: Did you have a horse on Grace land?Elvis: Yes.

Jalisa: How many horses did you have?Elvis: 5

Jalisa: Did you design your own clothes?Elvis: No.

Jalisa: Were you and Pricilla high school sweethearts?Elvis: No.

Jalisa: Did you and Pricilla divorce?Elvis: Yes.

Jalisa: Were you still friends after divorcing?Elvis: Yes

Jalisa: Was a street named after you?Elvis: Yes.

Jalisa: Was your house big?Elvis: Yes.

INTERVIEWING JK RAWLINGSThis is Ron at RMJ News broadcasting JK Rawlings. Let’s go back to the year 2000.

Ron: What was your first book?Rawlings: Cold Rabbit

Ron: How old were you when you wrote it?Rawlings: I was six.

Ron: What made you think of writing books about wizards?Rawlings: When I divorced and was living on public assistance.

Ron: Did you have any kids?Rawlings: Yes. I had a girl.

Ron: Did your daughter write any stories?Rawlings: No.

Ron: When did you write Harry Potter and the Sorcerer Stone?Rawlings: At the coffee table during my daughter’s naps.

Ron: Did you win the British book award?Rawlings: Yes I did.

Ron: How many places have Harry Potter books been sold?Rawlings: It was sold in Italy, Germany, France, England, Holland, Greece, Finland, Denmark, Spain, and Sweden.

Ron: That is good! Let’s go back to 2001.

INTERVIEWING MARK MCGUIREThis is Frank reporting for BBHOF News. I am interviewing Mark McGuire.

Frank: How did it feel to break the homerun record?Mark: It felt great!

Frank: Are you going to retire?Mark: I don’t know.

Frank: Are you going to say “Good job” to Barry Bonds?Mark: Yes I am

Frank: Why?Mark: He broke my record.

Frank: I would not say “Good job” to Barry Bonds.Mark: Why?Frank: I like you much more.Mark; Okay.

Frank: Do you like the Cardinals?Mark: Yes I do.

Frank That was your Baseball Hall of Fame News. See you later.

INTERVIEWING SEQUOYAHThis is Jessica at JHITC News broadcasting Sequoyah

Jessica: Hi Sequoyah. How are you?Sequoyah: Fine. Thank you.

Jessica: Did you ever learn the English alphabet?Sequoyah: No. I didn’t.

Jessica: Who did you teach the Cherokee symbols?Sequoyah: My little girl, Ayoka.

Jessica: How long did it take you to work on the new language?Sequoyah: 12 years.

Jessica: Who introduced the syllabary?Sequoyah: My daughter and I.

Jessica: When did they start the “Cherokee Phoenix”?Sequoyah: In1828

Jessica: What were you working on?Sequoyah: The “Talking Leaves”.

Jessica: The syllabary was proven and adopted by who?Sequoyah: The Cherokees

Jessica: What are you famous for?Sequoyah: I am famous for the Cherokee alphabet and language.

Jessica: What was your birth date?Sequoyah: 1760

Jessica: Who wrote the book, “Sequoyah”?Sequoyah: Grant Foreman

Jessica: How did you hurt yourself?Sequoyah: A hunting accident.

Jessica: What did you become recognized as?Sequoyah: A leader of my people.

Jessica: What was your greatest concern?Sequoyah: The Cherokees.

Jessica: What did you become interested in?Sequoyah: Cherokee people who lived in Mexico.

Jessica: What are you going to do in the future?Sequoyah: Teach more and more kids the Cherokee alphabet and the language.

INTERVIEWING MICHAEL JORDANHey. This Saveon reporting for BES News. I am interviewing Michael Jordan today.

Saveon: How old are you Mr. Jordan?Jordan: I am 38 years old.

Saveon: When is your birth date, Mr. Jordan? Jordan: February 17th, 1963.

Saveon: What college did you attend?Jordan: I went to North Carolina.

Saveon: How many championships?Jordan: I won 6 championships

Saveon: How many blocks did you make when you were playing against the Raptors?Jordan: I made 3 in 1998.

Saveon: How much did you score against the Cavs in 1990?Jordan: I scored 69 points.

Saveon: How many FT attempts did you make against the Knicks, Jordan?Jordan: I made 24 in 1998.

Saveon: What is your wife’s name?Jordan: My wife’s name is Juanita.

Saveon: How may kids do you have?Jordan: I have 3.

Saveon: What year did you slam dunk?Jordan: I dunked in 1987 and 1988.

INTERVIEWING ABRAHAM LINCOLNCeCe: What did you do?Lincoln: I helped free the slaves.

CeCe: Which president were you?Lincoln: I was the 16th president.

CeCe: What did you like to do most?Lincoln: read.

CeCe: What did you grow up to be?Lincoln: A lawyer.

CeCe: When were you born?Lincoln: In February.

INTERVIEWING THOMAS JEFFERSONThis is Dylan reporting for ET News. I have traveled back in time to 1759 and I am interviewing Thomas Jefferson.

Dylan: When were you born:Jefferson: 1743

Dylan: Do you live in a colony?Jefferson: Yes.

Dylan: Are you studying the government?Jefferson: Yes.

Dylan: Where are we?Jefferson: We are in Williamsburg.

Dylan: Do you wish to vote in the House of Burgesses?Jefferson: Yes.