California Digital Stories

Your task

Use a Google document to collaborate with your partner and write a story set in California. Then turn your story into a movie using Windows Movie Maker and digital images you find online.

 

The Basics

When read out loud, your story should last NO MORE THAN two minutes.

 

Your story must visit at least THREE different California locations.

 

Readers need to learn a little something about each California location from

your story.

 

California locations

These two websites will give you some good ideas for choosing THREE California locations.

A Kid-Friendly Guide to Travel In California

Lonely Planet California

 

Story starter ideas:

  • A great race
  • A family vacation to California theme parks
  • Spies/intrigue
  • Being chased by a pack of rabid wolves/coyotes/raccoons/zombies
  • The mystery of the missing _________.
  • A California ghost story
  • Outdoor adventures in California's national parks
  • Historical fictoin: 1906 earthquake, 1949 gold rush, etc.