 Marshall
Cultural Atlas
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.
Surviving the Storm
The Magaden family owned a big house on a hill
in the Jamaican Islands. They had been living there for over six
years. The boy, named, Kess, was 19 years old and he had a younger
sister named Brice who was 16 years old. Their parents were Darius
and Dorian. Dorian owned a company that made stereos.
Kess always went out fishing with his friends,
Elliot and Draven, in his father's sail boat. Draven often asked if
Brice could go fishing with them. But Kess would say no because it
was too dangerous for a young girl like her to swim in the coral reef
the way the boys did sometimes.
One day Brice told Kess, "Mom and dad said the
weather is going to change later on so you can't go fishing!" "I
don't think so Brice," Kess replied, "You just want us to stay home
because you can't go! Bye Brice." But his friend, Elliot, told him
"Kess, you shouldn't make it so hard on your younger sister." "I'm
not," Kess said, "you'd understand if you had one, Elliot. Lets
go."
Just as they left, Kess's mother hollered for
him to come back as soon as they checked the nets. She said she
thought the clouds to the west looked a little strange and the water
was getting rougher.
Sure enough, as they set out around the corner
of the island the sea got even rougher and the wind started to pick
up. So Kess took in some sail and slowed down. He told Elliot and
Draven to relax and stay still or they might fall overboard. But
Elliot asked Kess to turn around because he was afraid they might get
taken too far out in the high winds. He hollered back, "come on guys,
calm down! This is my day off and I need this break from
work."
Then all of a sudden Kess yelled, "I can't
control the steering wheel any longer. The wind's too strong! Paddle
guys! come on, we're drifting out!" But the wind got stronger as they
tried to paddle and they had to ride the storm out to the nearest
island.
When they reached the island, they were all out
of breath. Then Kess yelled, "There's a hurricane coming in. Drag the
boat near the trees. Ready, one, two, three! Push!" When they
finished with the boat, they gathered poles to make a little shelter
to keep the rain off them. Draven then made a fire big enough for the
three of them to dry out and keep warm.
The next morning Elliot and Draven were the
first to wake up. They noticed the weather had calmed down, although
most of the trees were damaged. Draven then woke Kess and said he was
going to check the boat. Soon afterward he ran back and yelled that a
coast Guard boat had just landed on the beach with his parents on
board. So they all ran down to the beach and pushed the sail boat
into the water and headed for home.
Brice was the first to notice the boys coming
home. She hollered and pointed at them. When they finally docked and
Kess looked at his parents, he could see them breathe a deep sigh of
relief.
By: Carmen
Pitka
Authentic
Student Stories
Stories
by Parents
and Community
Stories
by Elders
Stories
by the Elementary
Creative
Student Stories
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 |
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| 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 |
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