This artifact demonstrates my understanding of Standard One. In this photo, I am interacting with twenty students, teaching them about sand-painting, commonly done by the Navajo First Nations people. This demonstrates that I can see all students, therefore ensuring that they are all involved in the lesson, and that all students are aware of both their history and the history of various other children in the group. Furthermore, the picture does not look at all like me, which shows that I am willing to become anything, including dress up in an 1800s costume, in order to help students learn both aurally and visually.

This artifact shows that I am aware that I am responsible for the physical and emotional safety of all students. Because of the set-up of the circle discussion, I can view all students so they all feel heard and I can see when students are in danger and fix it if that’s the case. It also shows that I am responsible for the intellectual, physical, and social development of all students, which is why I opted to use traditional First Nations means to portray information to the students in a non-threatening and valuable way.