This collection of student work is from
Frank Keim's classes. He has wanted to share these works for others
to use as an example of Culturally-based curriculum and documentation. These
documents have been OCR-scanned. These are available
for educational use only.
A Life of
Violence
My name is Mark. My younger brother
and sister and I lived in a violent family for some time now. It has
affected my life a whole lot. It wasn't always like that until my dad
lost his job at the steel mill. Then he would go out and get drunk
every weekend. My mom struggled to make money and put food on the
table, and she nagged my dad about going out and finding a job. He
got very upset when she told him that she was doing all the work and
he was just sitting around and doing nothing. It got to the point
where they started arguing over things that didn't make any
sense.
Then one day my dad just exploded and
hit her repeatedly in the face. After that he started beating her
whenever he was upset over even little things. Every time they fought
I would get very scared and confused. My younger brother and sister
would start crying and would go to their rooms where they cried their
lungs out. And my mom really never did anything about it. She never
turned him in and would just go about her business as if nothing
happened. Sometimes she would miss a couple days of work because she
wanted to wait until the bruises and blackeyes healed but she never
told anybody what was happening to her. I fell behind in school
because I couldn't concentrate on my studies at home. My brother and
sister were always late for school and they weren't doing so good in
school either.
My dad's drinking worsened, and he
started drinking every day. His fights with my mom became even more
common. When they started fighting I'd take my brother and sister up
to my room and lock the door and we wouldn't come out until the next
morning. Every weekend he would go out and drink heavily and wouldn't
come home until the wee hours of the morning. He got to the point
where he was easily irritated, even with us, and he got angry at us
for just little mistakes. Then when he started to get really violent
I would take my brother and sister to my uncle and aunt's
house.
After awhile my dad wouldn't even let
my mom leave the house for work. It was like he wanted to keep her
prisoner in the house. One day I got tired of this and did something
about it. My dad was beating my mom up pretty badly, so after taking
my brother and sister up to my room I ran next door to my best
friend's house and asked him if I could use their phone. I called the
police and told them I had an emergancy at our address. But I didn't
tell them what was happening. I stayed at my friend's until the
police arrived.
After they took my dad away, my mom
got upset with me and asked why I turned him in. I replied that he
was better off in jail and that she didn't deserve to get hit by a
man who only beat women. But she still got mad at me for turning him
in. I guess I'll never understand her. I just did what I thought was
right!
Fred
Alstrom
My name is
Kerry and I have
AIDS
(Now I'm dead!)
Going,
Going Gone!
Man and the
Environment
Christmastime Tales
Stories real and imaginary about Christmas, Slavik, and the New Year
Winter, 1996 |
Christmastime Tales II
Stories about Christmas, Slavik, and the New Year
Winter, 1998 |
Christmastime Tales III
Stories about Christmas, Slavik, and the New Year
Winter, 2000 |
| Summer Time Tails 1992 |
Summertime Tails II 1993 |
Summertime Tails III |
| Summertime Tails IV Fall, 1995 |
Summertime Tails V Fall, 1996 |
Summertime Tails VI Fall, 1997 |
| Summertime Tails VII Fall, 1999 |
Signs of the Times November 1996 |
Creative Stories From Creative Imaginations |
| Mustang Mind Manglers - Stories of the Far Out,
the Frightening and the Fantastic 1993 |
Yupik Gourmet - A Book of
Recipes |
|
| M&M Monthly |
|
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| Happy Moose Hunting! September Edition 1997 |
Happy Easter! March/April 1998 |
Merry Christmas December Edition 1997 |
| Happy Valentine’s
Day! February Edition
1998 |
Happy Easter! March/April Edition 2000 |
Happy Thanksgiving Nov. Edition, 1997 |
| Happy Halloween October 1997 Edition |
Edible and Useful Plants of Scammon
Bay |
Edible Plants of Hooper Bay 1981 |
| The Flowers of Scammon Bay Alaska |
Poems of Hooper Bay |
Scammon Bay (Upward Bound Students) |
| Family Trees and the Buzzy Lord |
It takes a Village - A guide for parents May 1997 |
People in Our Community |
| Buildings and Personalities of
Marshall |
Marshall Village PROFILE |
Qigeckalleq Pellullermeng ‘A
Glimpse of the Past’ |
| Raven’s
Stories Spring 1995 |
Bird Stories from Scammon Bay |
The Sea Around Us |
| Ellamyua - The Great Weather - Stories about the
Weather Spring 1996 |
Moose Fire - Stories and Poems about Moose November,
1998 |
Bears Bees and Bald Eagles Winter 1992-1993 |
| Fish Fire and Water - Stories about fish, global warming
and the future November, 1997 |
Wolf Fire - Stories and Poems about Wolves |
Bear Fire - Stories and Poems about Bears Spring,
1992 |
Marshall
Cultural Atlas