Pacific Northwest Art and TOTEM POLE!
This is a mortuary pole, made to commemorate someone's life. I wanted a totem pole that wasn't clip art and looked authentic to the Pacific Northwest. I've included the native folklore story that accompanies the eagle and the bear as well as what defines a mortuary pole. Enlarged images of 2 mortuary poles included for print or digital viewing. I've included it as a 8.5x11 but then also students can color and tile it with 4 sheets together to make a bigger one. This is a great accompany piece to my other resource:
 
TOTEM POLE Resource: Art History: Pacific Northwest Totem Poles — Lesson Worksheets Presentation
 
I grew up in Alaska and when I decided to teach totem poles I couldn't find authentic looking totem poles, accurate information, etc. — I use this prior to jumping in to a final project. I've done toilet paper roll totem poles, paper mâché miniatures totems, personal/life totems that tell the story of the students life, collaborative totems with stacked milk jugs... just as some ideas.