Lowell Elementary ART! Navajo Rugs, Totem Poles, and Collars for Native American Week

Performance-Based Objectives:

·       Students will choose one animal and draw it using stylization.  

·       Students will work with others at their table in order to create a totem pole.

·       Students will choose an animal that symbolizes their family or personality.

Performance-Based Assessment Strategies:

Vocabulary:

Totem Pole – A carved tree used by Native Americans to tell a story.

Stylize – To alter natural shapes, forms, colors, or textures in order to make a representation in a preset style or manner.

Positive Space – An actual object that is drawn.

Negative Space – The area around an object that is drawn.