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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 believe that you are doing anything wrong to have a student feel this way. I believe that if a student feels this way then you must be doing something right because you're causing them to think. I would answer this question by relaying to my student that all cultures are very important and while we do incorporate various cultures into our lessons, we have a Black History month to specifically focus on the things that African Americans have endured throughout the centuries. While discussing these historical events, I'd also incorporate Latin Americans, Native Americans, Asians and other cultures as well; thus, giving the student multiple viewpoints into our world's history. |
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