In the novel Touching Spirit Bear, Cole Matthews goes on a journey of self-discovery, eventually creating a totem pole to explain what he has learned about himself. Similar to Cole, students will make a totem pole that symbolizes their life. Students will select a minimum of 3 animals and a minimum of 3 objects that represent their past, present, and future. The base of the totem should represent what they have done in the past, the middle should represent their present, and the totem’s top se