Picturing Sarah, Plain and Tall lesson plan: The artifact I have selected to demonstrate this criterion is a reading lesson plan. This particular lesson includes the learning objective “Students will activate prior knowledge about the setting of the story.” Throughout the lesson students were asked to share the prior knowledge they had about the setting of the story and share life experiences related to those mentioned within the story. To help activate prior knowledge and provide experiences with unknown places, I showed students video clips depicting the setting of the story. Creating such experiences for students prior to engaging in additional instruction allows all students to enter into learning ready to make connections. This is where meaningful learning takes place.