Standard 2: Criteria A

Understands and uses key concepts, underlying themes, relationships, and different perspectives related to the content area.

I chose a lesson plan as an artifact to show strength and competence in this criteria
Historical Fiction Story 

Columbian Exchange Chart

Reflection:  This lesson plan was a culmination of our study of European Explorers, Pre-Columbian Native Americans, and the Columbian Exchange.  Students were asked to write a historical fiction story as either a Native American coming in contact with an actual European Explorer for the first time, or a European explorer on an actual expedition coming in contact with a real Native American tribe that they might have come into contact with.  Students had to take into consideration, geography, customs, animal life, etc., as well as create new characters that are from different cultures who come into contact with each other for the first time.