21 Teachable Totem Pole Activities - Teaching Expertise
Feb 15, 2023 — Totem pole activities are a great addition to any Native American unit and a great introduction to cultures that students may not yet be familiar with. These teaching resources are a wonderful way to include creativity and artistic freedom in your lessons.
A totem pole is a form of art that tells clan stories, describes historical events, and some are even the final resting place of clan leaders. A totem pole typically features symbolic and stylized human, animal, and supernatural forms.
Totem poles are sculptures carved from large trees, such as the Western Red Cedar. In North America, totem poles are part of the cultures of many indigenous people – the people who first lived in America before Europeans arrived a few hundred years ago.
Totem Poles (4th) - Art with Mrs. Nguyen
Jan 2, 2013 — We talked about how the totem poles were typically stylized images of animals that often represented people, events, or even whole communities! We also talked about how animals often have associated human characteristics - for example a dog is …
Level III-Art Lesson 5: The Pacific Northwest Totem Pole
This lesson is an introduction to some of the rules of formline design. The original totem pole includes four figures: the owl, the raven, the whale, and the coyote. The lesson guides students in drawing their choice of one to three of these figures before adding the formline elements.