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Hey everyone, it’s Day of the Dead. For those who observe and celebrate the holiday, you would have already seen ofrendas (altars) or calaveras (skulls) around your community in public spaces or built your own private one at home. For those that don’t know, Día de los Muertos (Day of […]

Celebrate Day of the Dead With Us

November 2, 2026 in Bilingual Education / Cultural content tagged Cultural Content / Day of the Dead / Día de los Muertos by Diana Sanchez

What’s the importance of being bilingual? I’ve often thought about my answer to that question and have had discussions about it. To me personally, being Mexican-American and bilingual is extremely important. Knowing the Spanish language is what allows me to communicate with my family. I can communicate with not only […]

The Importance of Being Bilingual

September 28, 2026 in Bilingual Education / Cultural content tagged Bilingual / Hispanic Heritage Month by Diana Sanchez

Splash Screen with Powwow Stands on green star quilt background — Absolutely by far the number one request we get at 7 Generation Games is for games for lower levels of mathematics, "Couldn't you do something with addition or subtraction?" So, I made Powwow Stands

Powwow Stands: Finally a game for younger students

April 13, 2026 in Cultural content / Educational Games by AnnMaria De Mars

Plant Knowledge — Thanks to the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources grant from the western region, we were able to meet with cohorts of teachers to co-design games. The first six are completed with two more in progress.

Games Teaching Indigenous & Rural History with Primary Sources

November 10, 2025 in Cultural content / Educational Games / Educational Resources / History by AnnMaria De Mars

Co-designing Games to Teach Indigenous History with Primary Sources If you can't make it to NCSS or you did make it but we ran out of handouts, here are the links to all of the things.

Did you meet 7 Generation Games at NCSS?

November 19, 2024 in Conferences / Cultural content / Educational Resources by AnnMaria De Mars

Do you really want to help me as a teacher? Can you give me more time? Yes. Here is how 7 Generation Games can help you in the first weeks of school with engaging standards-aligned games and assignments, with built-in differentiated instruction.

Making Your First Weeks of School Easier

August 21, 2024 in Cultural content / Educational Games by AnnMaria De Mars

dancers at Veterans week powwow — Co-design Games to Teach with Primary Sources from Indigenous and Rural History, starting with a game about Native American Veterans

Educators – Make Games about Native American Veterans with Us

July 14, 2024 in 7GenGames / Cultural content / Educational Games by AnnMaria De Mars

National Native American Heritage Month is celebrated in the month of November. Here are some fun activities that your K-12 students can participate in all year.

Native American Heritage Month Activities for Students

November 23, 2022 in 7GenGames / blogposts / Cultural content / Educational Games / Educational Resources / Fifth Grade / History / Holiday / Newsletter / powwow / Remote Education / Seventh Grade / Sixth Grade tagged 7 Generation Games / Native American culture / Native American heritage month / Native American Language Games / Native American Resources by Christy Hanson

We always like to recognize the contributions of Indigenous people in STEM fields. Here is a selection of Indigenous science and healthcare professionals and their respective accomplishments that you and your students can learn about all year round. Dr. Lillian Dyck has experienced many firsts in her tenure as a […]

Native Americans in Science and Healthcare

November 17, 2022 in Careers / Cultural content / Educational Games tagged Native American History by Christy Hanson

This November, we are celebrating National Native American Heritage Month. Let's give the spotlight to these notable Indigenous professionals in business and technology.

Celebrating Native Americans in the Space and Tech Industries

November 16, 2022 in blogposts / Careers / Cultural content / Educational Games / Newsletter tagged Native American heritage month / Native American History by Christy Hanson

As you know, all our 7 Generation Games apps are standards aligned. We have since included standards for math, English and Navajo history. You can click here to view them. What Standards are included in Making Camp Navajo? We included Common Core State Standards for mathematics and ELA. Dine’ Content […]

Making Camp Navajo Standards

May 19, 2022 in 7GenGames / Cultural content / Educational Games / Newsletter tagged 7 Generation Games / Educational Games / newsletter / standards / Teacher Resources by Christy Hanson

Much of my interests and family history with sheep is what guided our video game development for Making Camp Navajo. This new game is set to be bilingual in English and Diné bizaad. Spinning wool is not easy to learn. It takes some time and some investment to learn. First, […]

Working with Wool Pt. 2: From Sheep to a Traditional ...

April 25, 2022 in 7GenGames / Cultural content / Educational Games / Growing Math / Newsletter / rural education tagged agriculture / making camp navajo / Navajo Nation / newsletter / sheep by Christy Hanson