 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.
Ben Peteroff
Lord of the Flies II
The Trip Home
As they boarded the two Navy skiffs, the teared
faces that a minute ago had shown the end of innocence now all turned
to smiles of shining happiness. Only one thing ran through their
minds. Home! Percival climbed into the officer's lap sucking his
thumb. "Mom," he said, as he embraced the man for comfort. This
brought a blushed smile to Ralph's face, remembering a time when he
himself did the same in the view of his own mother's caring
eyes.
Jack's voice ended his deep thought. "Sorry about
everything, I mean all the shit I put you through."
"Neither of us could have stopped what happened,
so let's just leave all of it here," Ralph said, as he shook Jack's
hand.
When they were all aboard the boats they shoved
off toward the ship and then, from there, home. When they arrived at
the ship there was food waiting, and, after scarfing down his meal,
Ralph began to think of all the comforts of home. The others must
have been thinking of the same things because when Ralph looked
around they were asleep. Some were smiling, others mumbled the words
they dreamed, and some slept in peace for the first time since before
the plane crash. Ralph left the room for the deck of the ship where
he wandered under the stars over the Atlantic Ocean.
He was deep in thought when he heard his name
being called. The officer who had piloted one of the boats that
rescued them called him by his first name, "Ralph!" He turned around
and for a second wondered how the man knew his name. Then he
remembered some of the young'ns telling the seamen their names. They
must have told them all of our names. "I just wanted to know what
happened, exactly. You don't have to tell me if you don't want to
because the real questioning starts tomorrow," the officer said.
Ralph gave him a blank look and said, "I'll wait till tomorow." Then
he fixed his gaze on the setting sun and stood there until it was
dark. He had difficulty finding his way back to the room where the
others were. Thankfully, he met up with one of the seamen who gave
him a flashlight. Once he was in his sleeping quarters he settled
down and focused his thoughts on home, a place which he would soon
return to. That night Ralph slept peacefully for the first time since
before the crash, because now he had nothing to worry about. He
didn't have to think about how to get food and what to do to keep the
boys together.
The ship was sailing at cruising speed on its way
to London and would be there in about thirty-six hours. Everything
seemed to be going well, but there was something that the captain and
the others didn't know about. A Geman U-boat (submarine) was closing
in fast on the ship. Only when the sub came within 200 meters of the
ship and surfaced to get a clear shot were they spotted. The captain
gave orders to turn the ship around and prepare to fire. Ralph awoke
feeling the boat making a sharp turn to the starboard side. The
Germans realized they had been spotted, and fired two torpedoes just
as the British ship's weapons locked onto the sub. The ship shot a
few volleys from its big guns and released a torpedo, but nothing
could be done to stop the German torpedoes traveling toward
them.
Ralph was awake when the explosion shook the ship.
Everyone immediately awoke, and Ralph, Jack, and Roger rushed out to
the deck where most of the crew was in the process of readying the
life boats. The three boys were running toward the control room when
the sub exploded. This captured Roger's attention, and he detoured
over to the edge of the ship to watch the flames. In his evil mind he
thought of all the people who'd died and it brought him a sense of
satisfaction. But he was in for a sad surprise.
When Ralph and Jack entered the control room, no
one noticed them. Everyone had been too busy rushing around. The
captain was on the radio reporting their position and what had
happened, and was waiting for a damage report. An officer walked in
and announced to the captain they were taking on water quickly and
that the other torpedo that had been fired before the sub went down
was lodged in the hull of the ship. He then gave orders to abandon
ship. Just then Ralph and Jack noticed that Roger had disappeared.
They looked out the window and saw him still watching the sub. All of
a sudden there was a big BOOM! Everyone dropped to the floor. When
Ralph looked again, Roger was nowhere in sight. Then he and Jack ran
with the others over to the life boats.
As the sun was rising, the occupants of the life
boats saw a plane circling, and about an hour later a search and
rescue ship sailed up to them. Ralph felt totally relieved when he
and the others were pulled aboard the ship. In a few hours he and
Jack would both be with their parents at home.
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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