Developed by Deborah Granger, Ed.D.

The Well Told Story – Note Taking Guide

Instructions: As you watch the documentary, look for elements of the Well Told Story. Provide evidence

of each element in the space provided.

Element Evidence

Exposition (context, background) What happened before you, the audience appeared? What was going on? Who is introduced early in the documentary?

Crisis (trigger, catalyst, cause of a change in course)

What event(s) are especially important in setting the course of the person/event/era featured in this documentary?

Conflict (challenges, obstacles – and how they were overcome)

What were (up to) 3 key challenges/issues/ problems that person/people featured in the documentary had to overcome or that influenced their course of action?

Climax (turning point) What was the lesson learned, the discovery made – by the person/people in the documentary?

Resolution (outcome) What is different as a result of the actions of the person/people involved in this event or era?