eclaration of Independence:

ocument declaring the USA

eing independent from Great
ritain.

Constitutional Convention:
A large assembly that drafted
The Constitution.
Articles of
Confederation:
The first official
constitution of the U.S.
to be passed in 1781.

Constitution
Storyboard
Branches:
The U.S. Government
was divided into three
sectors, executive,
legislative, and judicial

Judicial:
Run by the Supreme
Court and has the last
say.

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History of how
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HOW IT ALL WORKS

Your on your way to creating your own

Digital Story
Directions are as follows:
1. Use the tree you designed along with your class
work on the Three Branches of Government to write
your script for your digital story.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVWD4S4jdX0
2. After you have completed your pre-writing use a
dictionary or a thesaurus to expand your word
choice. (ex. happy to ecstatic)
http://study.com/academy/lesson/effective-prewriting-instructions-and-examples.html
3. Then you will gather and create images, audio and
videos from the internet to make your story come to
life.
4. Now you can put it all together on a PowerPoint

Work Cited
Constitution Signing. (n.d.). Retrieved July 21, 2015.
Creatring a Presentation PowerPoint 2010. (n.d.). Retrieved July 21, 2015.
Effective Prewriting: Instructions and Examples Video & Lesson Transcript
Study.com. (n.d.). Retrieved July 21, 2015.
How to Write a Short Script. (n.d.) Retrieved July 20, 2015

I found great synonyms for happy on the new Thesaurus.com!(n.d.). Retrieve

20, 2015.
Philadelphia News. (n.d.). Retrieved July 20, 2015.
University of Texas Libraries. (n.d.). Retrieved July 20, 2015.