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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!)
I do not think that you are doing anything wrong. However, I do not think that you should integrate African Americans into all of your lessons just during the month of February. I am an African American elementary teacher myself and I normally add things of such nature when I am teaching informational writing. Students could complete a research paper. Allow students to have options on who they will research. Provide students with a list of important historical figures who made life easier for African Americans. I would not refrain from speaking about the month and its importance. The first thing that came to my mind when I read the title is that most of what we teach is geared around white historical figures who made America great, so we have a month dedicated to African Americans. However, I do not agree with this fact. I think that we should celebrate African Americans, White Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, etc. throughout our history books everyday. |
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| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
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| The suggested solution is relevant to the case |
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
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| The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue |
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| Comments: I liked that your solution resolved around including all ethnicities. Not just White Americans and African Americans. This is also a teaching opportunity because students need to learn about the past in order to not make the same mistakes. |
| Rated On: October 14, 2014 1:52 am |
| Rated By: ySaryN |
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
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| Rated On: October 8, 2017 9:38 pm |
| Rated By: Nick |
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| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is relevant to the case |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
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| The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is original |
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| Comments: Great response! I completely agree that diverse figures should be represented in our text books. |
| Rated On: October 16, 2017 1:05 am |
| Rated By: eHuPas |
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