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.
Being A Druggy
My name is Stephanie. One day as I
was walking along the road in Anchorage, I saw a couple of my
friends, Beverly and Sophie. I stopped to talk with them. While we
were talking Beverly asked if I had any money with me, and I told her
that I didn't. Then she asked me, "How much money do you have at
home?" I replied, "Oh, about $95.00. How come? What do you want to do
with money?" And she said, "Uh, I was wondering if you would like to
help us out in getting some weed, if you don't mind?"
After my friend mentioned weed, it
made me think about how to spend my money. Should I spend it on
something useless like drugs, or save it? Should I help my
friends?
Then Sophie said, "So, are you going
to help us get the weed? If you help us you could smoke with us, if
you want to. We know where to get some. We can even get it right now,
just like that." I said, "OK, I'll go to my place and get my money
and then I'll meet you two in about 10 to 15 minutes on main street." So I went
to my place, got my money, and went back to my
friends.
I gave Beverly the money and she told
both me and Sophie to wait for her. While we were waiting Sophie
asked me if I'd ever had drugs before, and I told her that I'd never
touched them and that I didn't know how to do drugs. She then told me
that they would show me how it's done.
When Beverly got back, we went down
to the end of town, and then we started smoking pot. Sophie was the
first to smoke, then Beverly. I was the last because I didn't know
how to smoke pot. After watching them, I tried, and I started
coughing. Then, I panicked and didn't know what to do. They were
telling me not to panic and just to inhale as I lit up my
lighter.
After doing it a few more times, I
got used to smoking the stuff. Later, as I did it more and more I got
hooked on weed. Then after many months, I began to forget little
things from day to day. But even though I tried my best to quit, I
couldn't quit for a long time. Than a half year later, I was in a bad
boating accident from smoking too much, so I quit doing drugs
altogether. Now I feel good not doing drugs anymore. I feel like I'm
back to my old happy life again.
By:
Mary Jane Shorty
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 |
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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 |
Marshall
Cultural Atlas