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We are in Hispanic Heritage Month, and the truth is you don’t hear nearly enough about Hispanics in math. Today’s post sets out to change that. The history of Hispanics in our country can be traced back to at least the 1500s (and obviously for modern day Hispanics with indigenous roots […]

Hispanics Who Have Led The Way in Math

7 Oct, 2019 in Cultural content / Math tagged Hispanics / Math by Victoria Moll-Ramírez

Tic-tac-toe game for teaching multiplication — If you teach math, you are well aware of how essential it is that students learn basics such as multiplication and division. Of course math shouldn’t be all about rote memorization but if you believe it is a waste of time for students to memorize 9 x 7 = 63 […]

Teaching multiplication: Lesson Plan

19 Aug, 2019 in 10 Minute Lesson / 7GenGames / Cultural content / Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Games / Educational Resources / Fourth Grade / multiplication / Third Grade tagged Multiplication Games / teaching multiplication by AnnMaria De Mars

Ojibwe men in canoe - photos are a good primary resource for teaching Ojibwe history — Resources for teaching Ojibwe history – from the Library of Congress This week we are bringing you what we consider to be some of the most stellar photos of the Ojibwa that you can find at Library of Congress‘ online catalog. Why 7? It seems kind of odd, doesn’t it? Well, […]

Resources for Teaching Ojibwe History

14 Aug, 2019 in 10 Minute Lesson / 7GenGames / Cultural content / Educational Resources / Teachers tagged Ojibwa / Ojibwe by Victoria Moll-Ramírez

3 men and a buffalo — 10-minute lesson on primary sources Have your students watch the following two videos back to back. Not the galloping buffalo, the video below that. These two videos together are great resources for a lesson on the value of primary sources. Becoming a Buffalo Hunter How did you learn to hunt […]

Are primary sources important in learning history?

8 Jul, 2019 in 10 Minute Lesson / Cultural content / Educational Resources / History / Teachers by AnnMaria De Mars

Beaded ear ring — Is there such a thing as Native American math? Of course! Math is in every culture and adding Native American content to your math class is easy.

Native American Culture in Math

30 Jun, 2019 in AnnMaria / Cultural content / Education: Innovation and STEM tagged Native American culture by AnnMaria De Mars

Spirit Lake - game teaching multiplication, division and Dakota history — Several years ago, Dr. Erich Longie and I participated in an analysis of the NIES database where we found that the more native youth learned their culture and language in school, the worse their math scores. This finding held true even when we controlled for socioeconomic indicators like mother’s education. […]

Including Native American culture in your math class

12 Dec, 2018 in AnnMaria / Cultural content / Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Games / Educational Resources / Game Progress by AnnMaria De Mars

grandfather with a pile of fish — Growing up you’re taught of this wonderful American holiday known as Thanksgiving. It’s a time where you gather with your loved ones and give thanks for all you have and indulge in a bountiful feast. You’re also taught about this wonderful American story of how Thanksgiving began. In short, you’re […]

Thanksgiving Dos & Don’ts

22 Nov, 2018 in 7GenGames / Cultural content tagged 7 Generation Games by Victoria Moll-Ramírez

horse in a field — I have mixed feelings about this time of year. On the one hand, I love my family and I’m flying about 40 hours round trip from Santiago and back just to spend a few days with them. I have SO much to be thankful for. On the other hand, I’ve […]

Native American Culture for Thanksgiving

20 Nov, 2018 in AnnMaria / Cultural content by AnnMaria De Mars

Presenter at NIEA — I go to quite a few conferences but the National Indian Education Association is one of my favorites because they fit with my idea of how education should be. I go to mathematics conferences that are all about – you guessed it – mathematics, and technology conferences that are focused […]

It’s Indian Education – Why I Like the NIEA conference

11 Oct, 2018 in AnnMaria / Cultural content / Educational Games / Educational Resources by AnnMaria De Mars

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

11 Sep, 2018 in AnnMaria / Cultural content / Educational Games / Educational Resources by AnnMaria De Mars

We are working on a new game, set on an American Indian reservation, Crossroads, and we have a female character named, Jessie and a male character named ? He is supposed to be from a tribe in the Great Plains and live on or near the reservation. He has a […]

Name this guy!

10 Sep, 2018 in AnnMaria / Cultural content / Game Progress by AnnMaria De Mars

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

25 Aug, 2018 in AnnMaria / Cultural content / Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Resources by AnnMaria De Mars