Totem Pole Research Paper

Totem poles are symbolic sculptures that originated in some of the native tribes of North America. They can represent stories, someone’s life, they can even be a family tree! Most of them have things such as animals on them. My totem pole is a timeline of my past, present, and future that is represented by animals. I feel that the turtle and the panther best represent who I was in the past. The turtle represents shyness. I actually used to be a really crazy and outgoing kid, but when I got into fourth grade, I became super shy. I think it was because we had just gotten into the intermediate grades and kids had become a bit more gossip-y and sensitive or something like that. I was afraid that if I said something, I would say something that