KS3/KS2 Art totem pole task- family tree totem drawing made in groups - symbolic family story

**What are the Learning Objectives for this project in Art? **
Students learn from examples and a clear understanding to totem poles is explained visually in slides, also different video clips about Totem poles and their story telling. There are slides which give a background to totem poles. Lots of symbols for different animals given on separate slides which could be used ot make the totem pole.

Students through the research into totem poles will gain an appreciation of how religion and spirituality holds in Native American cultures.

Students will be able to communicate experiences, moods, and stories and reflect on their own family history and family tree in a group project.

Students to create images using the elements and principles and design their totem imaginatively.

Using pictures of animals - students can stylise and create a symmetry outcome to use in the building of their animal/sun/bird/man for their totem pole.

Each student completes a different part of the totem pole and students need to work in teams

Students create images in response to objects from a variety of cultural contexts as students look at and watch various ‘You Tube’ video links about the Totem pole story telling.

Students demonstrate awareness of Pacific Coast heritage

The slides give a sequence of classroom activities leading to the making of a cardboard totem pole.

Students use recycled materials and build their animal/bird/sun/man they designed.

There is an emphasis on coloured paper and pasting this into the cardboard and building up the structure.

Students will complete the following:
**Teamwork: **Complete a group totem pole.
Graphic Design: Design a group/tribe logo.
Independent Research: Interview a Family member and research family history
3D Sculpture Design: Design a totem sculpture that represents your family history in 100 years time.
Recycling materials: Students use recycled materials and construct a standing Totem.
Students can embellish and decorate their totem with coloured paper cut outs and black pen line work.