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Flow Chart Instructions
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Flow Chart Instructions        Revised 28 January 2020

FLOW CHARTS DEFINED

A flowchart is a diagram that visually conveys cause and effect in telling the story of history.  Each event is presented as the cause of the next event. Thus an effect becomes the cause of the next event.

CREATING  THE FLOWCHART

  1. Read the text that supports the creation of the flowchart.
  2. After the first read, go back and read again, but this time create a numbered list of the events that occurred.  
  3. Review the list to ensure that the listed items form a cause and effect chain where each event is the effect of the previous and the cause of the next in the list.  If there is an event that does not originate from the previous event, this is a related factor -- it fits into the flow chart differently.  Mark this item with an asterisk (*) so it can be addressed later.
  4. Give each event a 1-3 word title that captures the big idea of that event.
  5. Create a description of the event in one to three sentences.
  6. Layout the events in a flow chart design of boxes connected by arrows to show cause-and-effect flow. Inside the arrows include an appropriate “connecting phrase” [‘led to’ -- ‘caused’ -- ‘resulted in’ -- etc]
  7. Fill in the text and add an image/scene for each box.
  8. Provide a title for the entire flow chart
  9. Number the boxes in chronological order

PRODUCT EXPECTATIONS