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From the Ted Talk by Emily Pilloton: Teaching design for change
Unscramble the Blue Letters
So this is a story of a place that I now call home. It's a sroty of pbliuc education and of raurl cmeniomitus and of what design might do to improve both. So this is Bertie County, North Carolina, USA. To give you an idea of the "where:" So here's North clornaia, and if we zoom in, Bertie County is in the eastern part of the state. It's about two hours east driving-time from Raleigh. And it's very flat. It's very swampy. It's mostly farmland. The entire county is home to just 20,000 polpee, and they're very sparsely distributed. So there's only 27 people per square mile, which comes down to about 10 people per square kilometer.
Open Cloze
So this is a story of a place that I now call home. It's a _____ of ______ education and of _____ ___________ and of what design might do to improve both. So this is Bertie County, North Carolina, USA. To give you an idea of the "where:" So here's North ________, and if we zoom in, Bertie County is in the eastern part of the state. It's about two hours east driving-time from Raleigh. And it's very flat. It's very swampy. It's mostly farmland. The entire county is home to just 20,000 ______, and they're very sparsely distributed. So there's only 27 people per square mile, which comes down to about 10 people per square kilometer.
Solution
- story
- rural
- communities
- public
- people
- carolina
Original Text
So this is a story of a place that I now call home. It's a story of public education and of rural communities and of what design might do to improve both. So this is Bertie County, North Carolina, USA. To give you an idea of the "where:" So here's North Carolina, and if we zoom in, Bertie County is in the eastern part of the state. It's about two hours east driving-time from Raleigh. And it's very flat. It's very swampy. It's mostly farmland. The entire county is home to just 20,000 people, and they're very sparsely distributed. So there's only 27 people per square mile, which comes down to about 10 people per square kilometer.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
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bertie county |
10 |
rural communities |
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public education |
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shop class |
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creative capital |
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school system |
3 |
school district |
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high school |
3 |
small towns |
2 |
public school |
2 |
education system |
2 |
learning landscape |
2 |
blue dots |
2 |
internet connection |
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public education system |
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Important Words
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- raleigh
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- usa
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