Environmental Watchdog Group Monitors Pollution in China | PBS NewsHour

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Title:

 Environmental Watchdog Group Monitors Pollution in China | PBS NewsHour

URL:

 https://aptv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/3e8b8878-d484-402a-b5f7-35d662d16d43/environmental-watchdog-group-monitors-pollution-in-china/

Content Source:

 PBS
Type: Audio/Video

Overview:

Students watch how a Chinese watchdog group is protecting the environment with this video and educational resources from PBS NewsHour from December 7, 2015. After, students read an informational text related to the video and respond to open-ended questions. This resource provides students with the opportunity to make inferences, summarize, and cite what the text says explicitly. The resource also includes domain-specific vocabulary. 

Content Standard(s):
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 6
2. Make inferences and draw logical conclusions from the content and structures of informational texts, including comparison and contrast, problem and solution, claims and evidence, cause and effect, description, and sequencing.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 6
23. Use an audio or audio-visual source of information to obtain the answer to a question.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 7
30. Read and evaluate texts from science, social studies, and other academic disciplines to determine how those disciplines treat domain-specific vocabulary and content organization.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 8
29. Read, analyze, and evaluate texts from science, social studies, and other academic disciplines to determine how those disciplines treat domain-specific vocabulary and content organization.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 9
7. Read, analyze, and evaluate texts from science, social studies, and other academic disciplines to determine how those disciplines treat domain-specific vocabulary and content organization.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 10
7. Read, analyze, and evaluate texts from science, social studies, and other academic disciplines to determine how those disciplines treat domain-specific vocabulary and content organization.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 11
8. Read, analyze, and evaluate texts from science, social studies, and other academic disciplines and explain how those disciplines treat domain-specific vocabulary and content and organize information.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 12
8. Read, analyze, and evaluate texts from science, social studies, and other academic disciplines and explain how those disciplines treat domain-specific vocabulary and content and organize information.
Tags: Audio visual Sources, Cite Text Evidence, Domain specific Vocabulary, Inferences, Informational Texts
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Comments

Students should watch the video, read the attached text, and complete the handout. The text and handout are attached under the heading, "Support Materials for Use with Students".

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Author: Jessica Byrd