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Adult with clipboard talking to adolescent who is looking at phone — 7 Generation Games and the Strong Mind Strong Body Foundation are collaborating to provide free educational resources to students in order to help them face: risk of child sexual abuse, exposure to domestic violence in the home, and creating a safety plan among others.

Strong Mind Strong Body Good Games

June 2, 2021 in 7GenGames / Educational Games / Strong Body Strong Mind tagged decision-making by AnnMaria De Mars

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

May 5, 2021 in 7GenGames / Cultural content tagged Cinco de Mayo by Hannah Wren

7 Generation Games will be exhibiting virtually at the annual California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE) 2021 conference.

CABE 2021 Virtual Exhibit Announcement

March 15, 2021 in 7GenGames / Bilingual Education / Conferences / Educational Games / Teachers tagged CABE / conference / Conferences by Christy Hanson

March 8 is International Women’s Day (IWD). This UN-sanctioned day celebrates the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements women have made and serves as a call to action for women’s equality. According to the IWD site, the first IWD was in 1911. Today, it is not country, group, or organization […]

Happy International Women’s Day 2021

March 8, 2021 in 7GenGames / Women in Tech tagged iwd by Christy Hanson

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

February 22, 2021 in blogposts / Book Club / History / Newsletter tagged international women's day / newsletter / Women's History Month by Christy Hanson

Thank you for all your wonderful submissions to our inaugural art Growing Math art contest. Here's what we have so far from our talented artists!

Inaugural Growing Math Art Contest Gallery

February 17, 2021 in 7GenGames / Educational Games / Growing Math tagged Growing Math art contest / newsletter by Christy Hanson

salmon — When you have six times as many people using your products you need to increase your staff, and quickly. The end result is more features, more support - but less sleep for us while we scale up.

User numbers, you and the fail whale

February 2, 2021 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Educational Games / Founders Corner by AnnMaria De Mars

Ojibwe women in a circle — There are so many incredible young artists out there, and with the launch of the Growing Math project, we want to celebrate their work and help showcase their artistic talents. That is why 7 Generation Games is launching its first quarterly Growing Math art contest. The top three prize-winning works […]

Announcing the Inaugural Growing Math Art Contest!

January 12, 2021 in 7GenGames / Events / Growing Math tagged Contest / Growing Math / newsletter by Christy Hanson

In ReflectionSince the beginning, 7 Generation Games has been steadily working to deliver much-needed resources to rural learners and educators in Native American and Latino communities. The pandemic ramped up our efforts to develop a response to the education disparities that were laid bare last spring. Closing the digital […]

What is Growing Math About?

January 5, 2021 in 7GenGames / Cultural content / Educational Games / Educational Resources / Growing Math / Newsletter / Remote Education tagged Growing Math / newsletter by Christy Hanson

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 […]

Elizabeth Peratrovich

December 30, 2020 in 7GenGames / Cultural content / Educational Resources / History / Newsletter tagged newsletter by Christy Hanson

Now, as many Native people are decolonizing history, or dismantling Western ideologies while revitalizing Native spiritual practices, customs, and livelihoods, they are recognizing that exploring traditional subsistence methods is a positive way to restore their personal resilience and well-being. As an example, Native families in many tribes may gather wild […]

Traditional Subsistence Culture

December 17, 2020 in 7GenGames / Cultural content / Educational Games / Newsletter tagged newsletter by Christy Hanson

Here are some activities, projects, and experiments that can be done in class or at home. Some are USDA and others are from Ag in the Classroom. Here are 12 for today. Elementary School Science Resources Pre-K to 2nd grade Eggology – will learn what a chick needs for survival […]

Free Agricultural Science Resources for Grades 3-8

December 7, 2020 in 7GenGames / Cultural content / Educational Games / Educational Resources / Newsletter / Remote Education / Teachers tagged Reading / science / STEAM / Teacher Resources / Vocabulary by AnnMaria De Mars