 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.
Panda Bear
A Panda bear is like the Koala bear but they aren't true bears.
Pandas are big with white and black colors. They have black ears,
legs, eye patches, feet, chest, and shoulders. Sometimes the tip of
the tail is black. Both males and females look alike. They both are
6.25 to 6 feet in length and they weigh up to 200 pounds. But the
male weighs 10 to 20 percent more than the female.
The Chinese people call the Pandas "Xiongmao," which means "giant
catbear." This is because Pandas have vertically split eyes just like
cats. All the other bears have round pupils. The Panda also has a
sixth finger which is something like an opposable thumb. In reality
the thumb is only an enlarged bone which has independent movement. It
is very important to the Panda because it helps handle the bamboo
stems and leaves that they eat. It has to eat up to 45 pounds of the
plant in order to survive each day. Pandas have no heal pad though
like the rest of the bears.
Pandas have lived in the forests of China since the Pliocene
Epoch. They have been around for 12 million years. Long ago they
roamed as far north as Beijing and as far south as northern Burma.
Pandas live in bamboo thickets that provide them with food and
protective cover. They are built short and squat so they can slip
right in when they need shelter.
The Panda bear doesn't gallop like the rest of the bears. They
trot like cats, and after they are done eating they lie around just
like cats too. Pandas even climb trees, marking the trees with claw
scratches. They don't hibernate like the rest of the bears. They go
to lower elevations and continue to feed on bamboo. They don't make
winter dens. They sleep in hollow trees or rock crevices only during
very bad storms. Wild Pandas are active most of the time looking for
bamboo to eat.
No one knows how long a Panda may live, but they say they may live
up to 30 years. Panda cubs really dislike dogs and leopards. But
adult Pandas rarely have enemies other than humans.
The Panda's home range is from 1.5 to 2.5 square miles. When adult
Pandas are together they make very loud noises. Some noises they make
are: chirps, yips, squalls, moans and barks. Pandas mark their
territory by urinating on it. They sometimes do it in a weird way, by
doing a handstand to get very high.
Pandas are found mostly in zoos. There they can do a lot of things
they are taught by humans) Iike stunts, riding a bicycle, rolling
somersaults, eating with a knife and fork and even dunking a
basketball.
Palassa Sergie
Bear Fire
Stories and Poems
about Bears
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by Marshall High School
Language Arts Classes
Spring, 1992
Produced
by
Information
about Bears
Creative
Stories from the Imagination
True
Stories from Experience
Poems
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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