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!) All students need to understand that all achievements that help change the world are important, regardless of race. Students need a history lesson in order to understand why Black History Month exist. I would also explain that races used to be separate and were not allowed to share the same resources, such as public bathroom. Students are not going to understand segregation because they have never been taught it before. They need to know about the historical discrimination of blacks in America. Maybe if students understand the discrimination that black people were once subjected to they might understand that need for Black History Month. I would still implement black history into lessons but it would not be the center of every lesson for a month because no other race would receive that attention for a lesson.