PROJECT ZAP:
Blackstone River Cleanup
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Blackstone River
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Description
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Today, the Blackstone River is a beautiful natural resource that people can enjoy in many different ways. However, that was not always the case. Read on to learn more about the condition of the Blackstone River and its surrounding areas years ago.
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Primary Sources
Primary sources help us learn about the past. They are documents and objects that were created during the time of the historical event. A newspaper from the past created by a writer who was there at that time is an example of a primary source. Use your copies of the newspaper articles to learn more about the Blackstone River’s history.
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Use your copies of the �Primary Source Analysis Worksheet to record key facts about each newspaper article related to �Project Zap.
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Article #1
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Based on the reading from “Goal: Renew the Blackstone,” what caused the pollution of the Blackstone River?
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Based on the reading from “Goal: Renew the Blackstone,” what caused the pollution of the Blackstone River?
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Article #2�
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Article #2�Continued.
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Causes and Effects of Project Zap
CAUSE and EFFECT
Causes tell us the reasons why something happened. Effects tell us what happened.
Slide each effect on the right to match its correct cause on the left.
Many volunteers were needed.
Different tools were required.
People were fed up with pollution.
CAUSE
Waste and debris were removed.
EFFECT
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Causes and Effects of Project Zap
CAUSE and EFFECT ANSWER KEY
Causes tell us the reasons why something happened. Effects tell us what happened.
Slide each effect on the right to match its correct cause on the left.
Many volunteers were needed.
Different tools were required.
People were fed up with pollution.
CAUSE
Waste and debris were removed.
EFFECT
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Zap the Blackstone
�Watch the video to see the river and its surrounding areas before and after Project Zap.
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How can you protect the
Blackstone River?
Turn and talk to your neighbor to brainstorm at least 3 different ways to keep the Blackstone River clean.
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Ways to keep our river and surrounding areas clean include the following:
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Ways to keep our river and surrounding areas clean include the following:
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Design Projects
Click Here To Create a Then/Now Poster
Click Here To Promote the Project Zap Revival
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Promote the Project Zap Revival
Design a poster for the Project Zap Revival event advertising the 50th anniversary of Project Zap, which will take place on September 9, 2022. Be sure to include illustrations representing facts learned in the newspaper articles and video.
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Then and Now
Draw a line separating your paper into two halves. Design a poster comparing the Blackstone River before and after the 1972 Zap cleanup occurred. Be sure to include illustrations representing facts learned in the newspaper articles and video.
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Sources
“Operation Zap - Blackstone River Cleanup 1972.” YouTube, Blackstone Valley Tourism Council, 24 Feb. 2020, www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpYtjdfAYro.
Providence Journal, 6 Aug. 1972, p. 208. NewsBank: America's News – Historical and Current, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/� document-view?p=AMNEWS&docref=image/v2%3A14728889532D3B69%40EANX-NB-164ECACA46C28920%402441536-� 164E19020D90D7EA%40207-164E19020D90D7EA%40. Accessed 28 May 2021.
Providence Journal, METROPOLITAN ed., 10 Sept. 1972, p. 37. NewsBank: America's News – Historical and Current, infoweb.newsbank.com/
apps/news/document-view?p=AMNEWS&docref=image/v2%3A14728889532D3B69%40EANX-NB-1650891CE3D8AC9C%402441571-164
DD0A311CF57EB%4036.Accessed 28 May 2021.
“ZAP the Blackstone.” YouTube, Blackstone Valley Tourism Council, 19 Aug. 2021, www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezMUWQy6mGE.
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