Breaking Barriers/ Timeline: Broken Barriers

Indigenous

relating to Native people (people who are the first to live in a certain place)

For many Indigenous peoples in South America, weaving has been a tradition for thousands of years.

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translate

change from one language into another

When traveling, Simon uses an app on his phone to translate street signs into English so he can understand them.

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isolated

alone; separate from others

My grandparents live in an isolated area, and it’s very quiet there.

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represented

shown in images

It was nice to see girls wearing hijabs, just like I do, represented in this popular book.

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diverse

different from each other

The event had a diverse selection of desserts to choose from.

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stereotypes

overly simple (and usually negative or wrong) ideas about a group or type of people

Silly stereotypes, like the idea that girls can’t be good skateboarders, have never stopped Aya from doing what she likes.

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