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After playing Spirit Lake or Making Camp, it’s time for a nature walk. Visiting local trails or the park and identifying elements from the game could be a good way to immerse kids in the natural world. Materials: Pencils Small, light notebook (nothing too fancy) If you and your kids […]

Keeping a Nature Journal

15 Jun, 2020 in 7GenGames / Cultural content / Educational Games / problem-solving tagged 7GenGames / summer learning by Christy Hanson

Choices page for Ojibwe history in Making Camp — Learn about Ojibwe clans in this five-minute history lesson. Short social studies lessons make learning at home easier.

Ojibwe clans: Five-minute history

13 May, 2020 in 10 Minute Lesson / Cultural content / Educational Games / Fourth Grade / Teachers tagged Ojibwa / Ojibwe Clans by Daniel Mondaca

Spirit Lake has multiplication word problems — In nearly 30 years teaching and consulting on American Indian reservations, I’ve seen a dismaying number of failures to provide a good education. In the movie, Mask, the mother of a boy with a noticeable physical disfigurement is trying to register him for middle school. The principal says, Perhaps a […]

Failing Native American students: Let me count the ways

11 May, 2020 in AnnMaria / Cultural content / Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Resources tagged Native American heritage month by AnnMaria De Mars

Student on bed with pillow over her head — Your 4th grader feeling unmotivated? These 5-minute lessons are perfect. They combine math and Ojibwe history using a video and a game playable on phone or computers.

Lesson 3: Ojibwe hunting and Multiplication

7 May, 2020 in 10 Minute Lesson / Cultural content / Educational Games / Fourth Grade / Math / Mathematics / multiplication / Teachers by Daniel Mondaca

Cinco de Mayo commemorates the day the Mexican army won the 1862 Battle of Puebla against the French. Counter to popular belief, Cinco de Mayo tends to be a bigger deal in America than it is in Mexico. In America, the holiday has become a day long celebration of Mexican […]

Cinco de Mayo Teacher Resource Videos

5 May, 2020 in 7GenGames / Cultural content tagged Cinco de Mayo by Hannah Wren

Foggy road with no traffic in the Canadian Rockies — When we heard schools were closing, our first thought was, "How can we help?" So, we made all of our games, apps and other resources free.

When the world closed down, we asked, “What can we ...

4 May, 2020 in 7GenGames / Bilingual Education / Cultural content / Educational Games / Educational Resources / Math / Teachers tagged Digital Learning / learning at home by AnnMaria De Mars

Explanation of how Ojibwe fished pops up when you click on item — Take a 5-10 minutes out of their day for your student to learn about Ojibwe history. It's fun and educational. Part two in 7 days of short lessons with Making Camp

Lesson 2: Trade for a wigwam

29 Apr, 2020 in Cultural content / Educational Games / Educational Resources / Fifth Grade / Fourth Grade tagged math lesson / Ojibwe / social studies / Trade / wigwam by Daniel Mondaca

Did you know that children who know a second language do better in school, have stronger cognitive abilities, and have a higher chance of getting employed? Those are just a few of the benefits of being bilingual. Even if you’re not a kid anymore, it is never too late to […]

Learn Spanish Today with Making Camp: Bilingual

7 Feb, 2020 in Cultural content / Educational Games / Game Progress tagged Bilingual / Learn Spanish / Making Camp by Hannah Wren

Choice screen with option of números and sociedad — If you actually ARE a bilingual teacher, you may already know what I’m going to say. In that case, read on to nod in agreement and feel superior. For me, this was one of the many things about education that only seemed obvious after I learned it. Our software was […]

Why Bilingual Teachers Need Our Bilingual Software

30 Jan, 2020 in AnnMaria / Cultural content / Educational Games / Educational Resources by AnnMaria De Mars

Here’s one thing you will never hear someone say: “I wish I knew fewer languages.” You know why? Because knowing another language is a key to unlocking parts of the world you couldn’t otherwise access, from conversations to literature to music to more. OK, so you might never become Ziad Fazah, […]

The Benefits of Bilingualism

22 Jan, 2020 in 7GenGames / Cultural content by Victoria Moll-Ramírez

African-American teen for Forgotten Trail game — African-American mathematicians can be great role models and inspiring stories. Teach those stories in history class. Don't shortchange students on learning math

African-American Kids Need MORE than Role Models in Math

10 Dec, 2019 in Cultural content / Educational Games / Math by AnnMaria De Mars

GUEST POST FROM DR. ERICH LONGIE, 7 GENERATION GAMES LEAD CULTURAL CONSULTANT From the fourth grade on — when my older sister started reading books to us (her younger siblings) in the loft of the log cabin where we lived — I have been a voracious reader. My curiosity knew […]

Teaching Native American Indian Students Math the Easy Way

26 Nov, 2019 in 7GenGames / Cultural content / Educational Games tagged Native American heritage month by Maria Burns Ortiz