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From the Ted Talk by Emily Pilloton: Teaching design for change

Unscramble the Blue Letters


So Bertie County is not only very rural; it's incredibly poor. It is the perosot county in the sttae. It has one in three of its children living in poverty, and it's what is referred to as a "rural ghetto." The economy is mostly agricultural. The biggest crops are cotton and tbaccoo, and we're very proud of our btiree County penaut. The biggest employer is the prudue chicken processing plant. The county seat is Windsor. This is like Times saqrue of Windsor that you're looking at right now. It's home to only 2,000 people, and like a lot of other small towns it has been hollowed out over the years. There are more bignuidls that are empty or in dispeiarr than occupied and in use. You can count the number of restaurants in the county on one hand — Bunn's Barbecue being my absolute favorite. But in the whole county there is no coffee shop, there's no Internet cafe, there's no movie theater, there's no bookstore. There isn't even a Walmart.

Open Cloze


So Bertie County is not only very rural; it's incredibly poor. It is the _______ county in the _____. It has one in three of its children living in poverty, and it's what is referred to as a "rural ghetto." The economy is mostly agricultural. The biggest crops are cotton and _______, and we're very proud of our ______ County ______. The biggest employer is the ______ chicken processing plant. The county seat is Windsor. This is like Times ______ of Windsor that you're looking at right now. It's home to only 2,000 people, and like a lot of other small towns it has been hollowed out over the years. There are more _________ that are empty or in _________ than occupied and in use. You can count the number of restaurants in the county on one hand — Bunn's Barbecue being my absolute favorite. But in the whole county there is no coffee shop, there's no Internet cafe, there's no movie theater, there's no bookstore. There isn't even a Walmart.

Solution


  1. buildings
  2. purdue
  3. square
  4. bertie
  5. tobacco
  6. peanut
  7. poorest
  8. disrepair
  9. state

Original Text


So Bertie County is not only very rural; it's incredibly poor. It is the poorest county in the state. It has one in three of its children living in poverty, and it's what is referred to as a "rural ghetto." The economy is mostly agricultural. The biggest crops are cotton and tobacco, and we're very proud of our Bertie County peanut. The biggest employer is the Purdue chicken processing plant. The county seat is Windsor. This is like Times Square of Windsor that you're looking at right now. It's home to only 2,000 people, and like a lot of other small towns it has been hollowed out over the years. There are more buildings that are empty or in disrepair than occupied and in use. You can count the number of restaurants in the county on one hand — Bunn's Barbecue being my absolute favorite. But in the whole county there is no coffee shop, there's no Internet cafe, there's no movie theater, there's no bookstore. There isn't even a Walmart.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


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  32. peanut
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  38. processing
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  50. tobacco
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  53. windsor
  54. years