Mortuary 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. 
 
Pacific Northwest Art and TOTEM POLES — This is a 15 page resource and includes (use as worksheets or use as slides on a screen):
Introduction to what a totem pole is and the 6 types of totem poles.
4 totem pole styles and enlarged sheets/slides for each style.
Animal Symbolism in Totem poles with examples
Color Symbolism in totem poles
2 coloring sheets, an easy for younger students and a bit more complicated one for older students
Clip art sheet of stylized totem pieces and 3 poles - I've had students cut out the pieces and start stacking on the pole as practice before the final project
1 sheet with a colored stylized totem and 1 blank so students can practice drawing their own details
 
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.