Name: Native American Heritage Totem Pole Crafts & Indigenous Writing Activities
Brand: Kimberly's Classroom
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Native American Heritage Totem Pole Crafts & Indigenous Writing Activities

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Grades

Kindergarten - 6th

Mostly used with K

Subjects

Writing, Native Americans, U.S. History

Description

❤️Looking for fun and creative ways to celebrate Native American Heritage or Indigenous Peoples' Day in your classroom? Your students will love learning about totem poles and how they were used in Native American cultures, while making beautiful writing craft projects and worksheets!

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✏️Use the cultural guide and symbols guide to teach (social studies & history) about totem poles and how they were used in Native American cultures.

✏️Students can choose from 13 animals to create their personalized totem pole based on traits that they or their family members have. Works great as a social-emotional learning (SEL) activity!

✏️Crafts are differentiated! Students can color or decorate their craft, choose from a variety of writing prompts, and writing sheet options (dotted vs. single lines etc.)

✏️Dive deeper with reading comprehension, true or false, vocabulary, and sentence-fixing worksheets!

✏️Use the arts and craft writing projects to meaningfully decorate your bulletin board, classroom, or hallway, while displaying your students' creativity!

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⭐️Great for centers (literacy, writing, art), whole group lessons, independent work, partner work, indoor recess, sub tub, intervention programs, and more!

⭐️This resource is low prep and will save you time! Simply print and go!

⭐️Create a writing bulletin board, door, or hallway by displaying craftivities!

⭐️Check out the preview and video for more details!

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✅ Includes: (35 pages)

Teaching Materials: (5 pages)

☑ Totem pole information (2 pages)

☑ Animal symbols guide (3 pages)

Craft Project: (5 pages)

☑ Craft directions (1 page)

☑ Craft example (1 page)

☑ Craft pieces (3 pages)

Writing Projects: (13 pages)

☑ Animal name tracing - dotted lines (3 pages)

☑ Animal name / trait - blank dotted lines (1 page)

☑ Animal name / trait - blank solid lines (1 page)

☑ Sequencing (first, next, then, etc.) - blank dotted lines (2 pages)

☑ Sequencing (first, next, then, etc.) - blank solid lines (2 pages)

☑ "My Totem Pole" - dotted lines (1 page)

☑ "All About Totem Poles" - dotted lines (1 page)

☑ "My Totem Pole" - solid lines (1 page)

☑ "All About Totem Poles" - solid lines (1 page)

Worksheets: (12 pages)

☑ Reading comprehension (3 pages)

☑ True or False (3 pages)

☑ Vocabulary words (3 pages)

☑ Fix the sentences (3 pages)

✅ Bonus: (39 pages)

☑ What you need to know (1 page)

☑ Table of contents (3 pages)

☑ Black and white set (35 pages)

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✏️Writing prompt ideas:

☑ animal symbol names

☑ animal symbol traits

☑ all about totem poles in Native American cultures

☑ all about the students' personalized totem pole

✅ Animal symbols included: (13 animals)

☑ badger

☑ bear

☑ beaver

☑ deer

☑ fox

☑ frog

☑ moose

☑ otter

☑ owl

☑ rabbit

☑ squirrel

☑ thunderbird

☑ wolf

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SAVE BIG with bundles!

⭐️Looking for more Native American activities?

Native American Bundle

⭐️Looking for more Native American crafts?

Native American Writing Crafts Bundle

⭐️Looking for more writing crafts?

Writing Craft Bundle

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Thanks for stopping by and taking a look. Wishing you a wonderful school year!

❤️Kimberly

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“Thank you for this resource! My students are going to have a blast making these.”

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“this is the perfect resource i would recommend to anyone”

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May 5, 2026

We used this for rotations on Native American Heritage Day. The kids loved creating their totem poles.

Reply from Kimberly's Classroom

Hi Caitlyn! Thank you for sharing your experience with this resource! I'm so glad that your students enjoyed the activity. That means a lot to me. I hope you and your kiddos have a great rest of the school year! :)

Caitlyn F.

Grades taught: 3rd, 4th, 5th
April 17, 2026

I purchased this to use for my students as part of our social studies monthly theme. I absolutely loved it and more importantly so did my students!

Reply from Kimberly's Classroom

Hi there! You are so incredibly kind! It means the world to me that this activity was helpful in your classroom and that your students enjoyed it. I really appreciate the feedback and hope you have a wonderful rest of the school year! :)

The T.

Grades taught: 4th, PreK, K, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th
April 16, 2026

this was al ot of fun for my kiddos. I wish the terminology used to address the Indigeous people was correct for Canadian content

Reply from Kimberly's Classroom

Hi there! I really appreciate your kind and honest feedback! I'm so glad that your students enjoyed this activity and love the idea of offering a version of this activity with Canadian terminology. I will look into this option further! :)

lakhwinder G.

Grades taught: 3rd, 4th, 5th
December 8, 2025

I loved this resource! It was a fantastic fit for my students and really reinforced what we were learning. The activities were engaging, easy to use, and helped my class practice key skills in a meaningful way. I’ll definitely use it again!

Reply from Kimberly's Classroom

Hi Leah! Thank you for the incredibly kind and thoughtful feedback! It means a lot to me that you found these activities helpful in yout 3rd grade classroom. I hope that you and your students have a wonderful holiday season! :)

Leah C.

Grades taught: 3rd
November 26, 2025

This was a perfect supplement for our Native American unit. Thank you!

Reply from Kimberly's Classroom

Hi Aimee! I really appreciate you sharing this project with your 3rd graders! Thank you for the kind words. It means a lot to me! I hope you and your students have a wonderful holiday season! :)

Aimee T.

Grades taught: 3rd
August 21, 2025

I use this activity yearly! The kids really enjoyed it!

Reply from Kimberly's Classroom

Hi there! Thank you for the kind feedback and for choosing to use this activity yearly with your students! That means a lot to me. I'm so glad your kiddos enjoy it and hope you are having a great start to the new school year! :)

Mrs L.

Grades taught: 1st, 2nd, 3rd
May 4, 2025

The totem poles came out SO well! It was great to have the pictures and the character traits for each; it helped students be able to choose for themselves and their family members. Thank you!

Reply from Kimberly's Classroom

Hi fellow Kimberly! I'm so thrilled that the crafts turned out well and that they were helpful for your students! I really appreciate your kind words and hope you have a great rest of the school year. Thanks for all you do! :)

Kimberly P.

Grades taught: 3rd
April 30, 2025

This was a great resource to utilize during Native American Heritage month! My students enjoyed learning about the month, and completing the totem pole activity!!

Reply from Kimberly's Classroom

Hi Megan! You are so kind! I really appreciate you taking time to leave positive feedback. It means so much to me that your 3rd graders enjoyed learning more about Native American culture and creating the totem pole craft. Thank you for all you do for your students and I hope you have a great rest of the school year! :)

Megan C.

Grades taught: 3rd
April 9, 2025

All my students loved this we will forsue be doing it again.

Reply from Kimberly's Classroom

Hi Sheila! I'm so glad your students enjoyed this activity! Thank you for taking time out of your busy day to share your positive experience. It means a lot! I hope you and your students have a great rest of the school year! :)

Sheila A.

Grades taught: K, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
January 4, 2025

My students loved the personal approach their learning by creating a totem pole representing their families and/or loved ones. The totems look impressive on our bulletin board beside their writing.

Reply from Kimberly's Classroom

Hi Lenette! Thank you for taking time out of your day to leave kind feedback. It means a lot to me that your 3rd graders enjoyed this activity and I'm so glad that it was helpful in your classroom! I hope you have a great start to the new year! :)

Lenette Z.

Grades taught: 3rd

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