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!) I don't feel as if it is a problem because the Social Studies books do not offer a lot of information about African Americans. However, make sure that you explain this to the students in your classroom at the beginning of black history month. Also make them understand that there are more ethnic groups than whites and African Americans. It is not the teacher who made the rule to have a black history month. There are also not a month for Asians, Hispanic, etc.