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Case: Why No White History Month? It is the month of February again, and I am very excited about the Black History month. As a young African American elementary school teacher, I make sure that I fully take advantage of the Black History month in my lessons with my 5th graders. Yesterday, we were talking about important African American political figures, who made life better for all Americans. During this lesson, one of my students raised her hand and asked why there was no "White History month?" "Were White Americans not as important?" I did not have a good answer to her question. I must be doing something wrong to have a student feel this way. How would you answer this question? Do you think it is problematic to integrate African Americans to all my lessons during February? How can I fix this? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) The student would need to understand that african americans were not in power until a certain era. Famous white individuals have been recognized since history has been documented. African americans started to recognition when certain individuals began to take a stand and realize that they were people to and had the right as much as others. What would help this student and others is research back before african americans are rights just like others. This may help them realize that famous people have been celebrated and maybe just did not realize it. |
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