Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         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!) You are not doing anything wrong. I can understand why the student would feel the need to ask this question when the emphasis is on African Americans during the month of February. I would explain that African Americans, as well as, other ethnicities accomplishments have been left out of the history books until fairly recently, and the federal government chose February to celebrate the African Americans accomplishments. It is also fair to point out that a majority of our history is taught about white adult males throughout the school year. I would incorporate African Americans, Indians, Asians, and everyone else who impacted our history, throughout my lessons during the whole year and not just during the month of February or Women's History month.