Fourth grade students learned about totem poles and how they were originally discovered in the Northwest United States and Canada. They learned about their story telling purpose, community importance and witnessed some installation rituals.
Later, the students designed their own totem piece, knowing that they were to be displayed together as a whole. Students planned, cut, layered and assembled the shapes on their pieces. They considered balance, color harmony, tone and color symbolism as it related to the personality or “spirit” of their totem.
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