They were having a discussion about poll tests administered to African-Americans to keep them from voting and it sounded pretty extreme to me. So, I went to the Library of Congress site and the next thing I new I was making a game.
History
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
Welcome to the Bozeman Trail! We’re excited to share this game with everyone. A really cool fact about the Bozeman Trail game is that it comes from an existing board game by Elephanta Education. Working on the Bozeman Trail game was very exciting because of the fact mentioned above, it […]
Welcome to the Bozeman Trail
The Bozeman Trail is a game within the BRAVE series: a game-based, cross-curricular approach to social studies that engages & inspires students to push the boundaries of who they are. What began as a single board game over a decade ago has evolved into something more insightful with every go. […]
Turning School Into a Piece of Cake
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
Most of the time, words like “studying” and “vacations”, can sound like complete antonyms. In general, studying at a school can be exhausting, to the point that can become stressful for kids. However, studying by itself may not be as stressful as studying while at school, where kids must past […]
Why is it good to learn during vacations?
We updated Making Camp Lakota. Prepare your kids to beat summer learning loss with this free game!
Prevent Summer Learning Loss with Making Camp Lakota!
Welcome to the 7 Generation Games and Growing Math Fall 2021 Art Contest Gallery! Here, you can view all the submissions from the contest participants. The theme for the art contest is Native American Heritage Month. Contestants' grade levels range from 2nd to 8th grade.
Students Illustrate Indigenous Culture in the Growing Math Art Contest-Winners ...
The Growing Math art contest ends on November 30, 2021.
Fall 2021 Growing Math Art Contest–Extended!
She was a notable Native American woman who championed for policy changes and legislation that would allow Native Americans to become citizens in their own country. She also wrote the first Native American opera.
Women’s History Month: Zitkála-Šá
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a time for reflection upon civil rights movement of the 1960s. What will you be teaching your students today? Many who aren’t in education are thinking of service work, volunteering through Americorps, or celebrating virtually this year. For students, we have curated some adaptable […]
Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Here’s a little bit of US history from Southeast Alaska. Today, civil rights activist and Tlingit tribal member Elizabeth Peratrovich was celebrated as a Google Doodle. She was also honored on a new $1 coin from the US Mint earlier in 2020. Peratrovich was a key figure in establishing the […]