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Totem Poles (School Edition) (Mac / Win)
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Grade Levels: 4 and up
Ages: 10 and up
Overview
Trickster Raven, Sea Grizzly Bear and Killer Whale are waiting for you in Totem Poles. Discover their myths and magic in this spellbinding CD-ROM as you explore the unique art of the First Nations of the Pacific Northwest.
Come to Totem Poles...
Where supernatural beings and man share a dramatic and mystical landscape. Where a people have thrived on rivers and oceans teeming with salmon and shellfish. Where a vibrant culture has existed for 10,000 years.
Come to Totem Poles... the captivating and enchanting story of a civilization the equal of China or Egypt.
DISCOVER...
The Canadian Museum of Civilization and some of the greatest examples of carved poles.
The six major types of poles, plus the stories related to the pole and the carved figures.
The Chief's House, an explanation of what a Totem Pole is and how it fits into native culture.
The role of the cedar tree, an explanation of the various carving tools and a pole raising technique.
EXPLORE...
The tribal nations along the coast, through a geographic boat tour.
Maps of their territory and photos of their villages,
Stories and descriptions about the Totems and Crests unique to each Nation.
The different carving techniques found among the tribes.
LEARN...
Through a reference Index with close-up illustrations of more than two hundred carvings as well as the text describing the origin and history of each carving.
With three challenging games which test student recognition of the many crests and figures featured throughout the presentation.
From a resource list of texts and videos on the topic of Totems.
System Requirements:
Windows:
Pentium system at 90Mhz or better
Windows 95, 98, Me, NT 4, 2000, XP, Vista or Windows 7
16 Mb RAM
25Mb available hard drive space
Display capable of 640x480 resolution at 16 bit color
4X CD-ROM drive
Soundblaster compatible sound card
MS compatible mouse.
Mac: Power Macintosh system at 100Mhz or better System 7.5.3 or higher (Classic Mode) 4 Mb free RAM 25Mb available hard drive space Display capable of 640x480 resolution at thousands of colors 4X CD-ROM drive.
