Unit Title: Totem Poles (Bad Version)

Lesson Title Totem Poles

Grade Level 4th Grade

Length of Lesson 1 day, 40 minutes

Task Description Students will create one animal representing of themselves. After they create
their piece of the totem pole, they will be put all together.

Enduring Understanding Exploring the totem poles created by the Pacific Northwest Native
Americans. Totem poles were typically stylized images of animals
that often-represented people, events, or even whole communities
South Carolina Standards

Learning Targets I can:

 Draw an animal that represents me
 Paint and decorate my animal in a stylistic manner
Vocabulary  Totem Pole:
 Pacific Northwest Native Americans:

Curriculum Connections College and Career Readiness

Materials  14x12 white posterboard

 Paint
 Construction paper

Instructional Procedures Day 1:

Intro:
- Power Point exploring the totem poles created by the Pacific Northwest
Native Americans.
- Discussion about the stylization images of animals and meanings.

Sketching:
- Students pick an animal they feel represents them and sketch with detail
in their artist journals before beginning their final copy.
Art Making:
- Once students were pleased with their sketch, they were given a piece of
 14"x12" white posterboard and redrew their animal onto the board in
pencil.

- This was then traced over in black sharpie.

- Once the drawing was completed, students used tempera paint to add
color to their animals.

- Once the painting was finished, teacher will put strips of posterboard
stapled to the back of their boards to make their pieces 3-dimensional.

- Students that finished early had the opportunity to use construction

paper to add more detail.

Set Up/Clean Up Teacher will hand out all materials for sanitation purposes.

Formative and Summative Formative:

Assessments - The teacher will be observant and ask questions as the students
create their artwork.
 Why did you choose your animal?
 What traits relate you to your animal you chose?
 Did you add detail after you were finished?

Summative:
Checklist:
- Did the student pick an animal to depict?
- Did the student practice and sketch their animal with details?
- Did the student paint and add extra details to their animal?

Accommodations UDL:
- Show examples.
- Give a demo.
- Assist as needed.
Use the Multi-Modal Presentation Method:
- Speech: Information presented in an open discussion format.
- Visual: Information will be presented with visuals.
- Tactile: Students will create their own artwork.