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• To explore family relationships using the visual arts.
Colour is part of our lives. Look at the many ways we
can see and understand colour.
• To have children learn about colour theory and its vocabulary.
A sculpture is meant to be seen from all sides and angles.
• To have children learn the basic principles of sculpture.
First Nations peoples often use art and artefacts to
tell stories that are important to their communities.
• To have the participants reflect on the meaning of totem poles
and their history.
• To develop spoken language. To practice public speaking.
• To introduce participants to new art concepts and vocabulary.
• To give participants an opportunity to create art.
• To have them learn and apply elements of art and design.
• To have them experiment with materials, techniques
and processes.
• To have participants share their art and their opinions
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COLOUR
WHEEL
A circular arrangement of contiguous
spectral hues used in some color systems. Also called a color
circle.
CONTRAST
An obvious difference between two or more things:
I like the contrast of the white trousers with the black
jacket.
PATTERN
Any regularly repeated arrangement, especially a design made
from repeated lines, shapes or colors on a surface:
Every snowflake has a different pattern.
SCULPTURE
The art of forming solid objects that represent a thing, person
or idea out of a material such as wood, clay, metal or stone;
an object made in this way.
Traditional African art inspired a lot of modern sculpture.
THREE DIMENSIONAL
(3-D)
Having or appearing to have three dimensions
(length, width and height) and therefore looking real
The picture had a three-dimensional effect.
ASSEMBLAGE
An object made of pieces fitted together
A work of art made by grouping "found" or unrelated
objects.
CONSTRUCTION
The act or a mode of arranging something.
AMERINDIAN
A member of one of the races who were
living in North America before Europeans arrived.
CLAN
A group of families who originate from the same family and
have the same name.
INDIGENOUS
Naturally existing in a place.
Pertaining to the aboriginal people who live in a particular
region.
LEGEND
A very old story or set of stories from ancient times, or
the stories, not always true, that people tell about a famous
event or person.
LINEAGE
Ancestors, members of a person's family who are directly related
to that person going back through the ages.
TOTEM POLE
A tall wooden pole on which family crests or totems are carved
or hung, originating in the culture of aboriginal peoples
on the west coast of Canada.
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Preliminary Activity #4a: The
Colour Wheel
- Student Handout to print: The
Colour Wheel 
- Student Handout to print: Family
colours
- Internet: Colour
symbolism and psychology
(www.paintcafe.com/en/couleur/langage/symbolique/)
Preliminary Activity #4b: What
kind of sculpture is a totem pole?
- Student Handout to print: What
is a Totem Pole?
Activity #4: My Family Totem
Pole
- Paper inner rolls (toilet paper, plastic wrap, wax paper,
aluminum foil,
wrapping paper, fabric (choose 1)
- Stiff rolled paper to insert into smaller rolls, for added
stability
- Masking tape (if using short inner rolls)
- Scissors
- Pencil, eraser, sharpener
- Paint (brushes and/or sponges, water containers, paper towels),
markers,
crayons, oil pastels (in any combination)
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Preliminary
Activity #4a:
The Colour Wheel
Read: The
Colour Wheel
(Student Handout to print)
Group discussion
- What colours do you like? What colours
does your family like? Why?
- Names of colours: red, orange, yellow,
green, blue, purple, brown, grey,
black and white
- Organize colours; colour wheel.
- Discuss primary, secondary,
complementary and analogous colours
Colour
symbolism:
(www.paintcafe.com/en/couleur/langage/symbolique/)
- Associate colours to feelings, moods,
weather, people.
hot and cold
loud and quiet
happy and
sad
boy and girl
Your family members’ favourite colour. Ask them.
Family
colours
(Student Handout to print)
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Preliminary
Activity #4b:
What kind of sculpture
is a totem pole?
Read text: What
is a Totem Pole?
(Student Handout to print)
Group discussion
- What are the differences between
a painting and a sculpture?
- What does 3-dimensional mean?
- What is construction? assemblage?
- What is a totem pole?
- What are they made of?
- Who makes them?
- What are they used for?
- Have you ever seen one?
One of the most interesting things about a family or
“house” pole is that the most important figure is put
at the bottom, or the base of the pole – not at the
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Activity
#4:
My Family Totem Pole
We may not be able to make a totem pole that includes
all our family members. Usually we choose the people
we live with as our immediate family.
• Use a recycled inner roll.
• Using a pencil, mark the roll into
sections - one for each member of your family.
With small rolls, use
one roll for each family member.
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Remember the roll is round and not flat.
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Using a flat piece of paper, demonstrate how the lines
join up in the
back
of the head.
• Colour each section (use light colours
so facial features and details added
later will stand out).
• Add facial features and details
(eyes, ears, nose, mouth, beard, jewelry, etc.) using
darker,
contrasting colours.
• Add pattern to further define each
section.
To make the base solid, roll pieces of stiff paper
and put them inside the smaller rolls. For added stability,
at the bottom make 4 vertical cuts 1 and 1/2" in
length, and open up the pieces to create "feet"
for your pole.
Individual rolls can simply be placed one on top of
the other.
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