Native American Totem Poles | One Pager Research Project

Description

Help your students dive into the culture and meaning behind Pacific Northwest Indigenous art with this engaging Totem Poles One-Pager Research Project! Designed for middle-school social studies (grades 6–8), this activity guides learners to research the origin, cultural meaning, symbols, and creation of totem poles, then transform their findings into a visually dynamic one-page summary.

Perfect for a unit review, gallery-walk display, alternative assessment, or enrichment task, this resource is built for flexibility. Whether you teach in-person, remote or hybrid, this print-and-go or fully editable digital version saves you prep time while engaging students meaningfully.

Totem poles are “monuments created by First Nations of the Pacific Northwest to represent and commemorate ancestry, histories, people or events.”

When students are finished with their one pagers, have them do a gallery walk to view other students work. When my students finish one pagers, I put all of their finished projects on a Prezi and have them do a virtual gallery walk. The students love it! A gallery walk worksheet is included!

Whats included?

• (PDF) Student directions that double as a place for them to record their research.
• (PDF) Grading Rubric
• (PDF) Gallery walk worksheet
• (PDF) 20 one pager templates
• (PPT) Student directions that double as a place for them to record their research. (Fully editable)
• (PPT) Grading Rubric (Fully editable)
• (PPT) Gallery walk worksheet (Fully editable)

This “Native American Totem Poles” one pager project is a great way to celebrate Native American Heritage Month and have beautiful artwork to display on a bulletin board!

Intended for classroom and personal use ONLY.

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