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!) There is no problem with what you are doing. These are fifth grade students and sometimes students in general miss the point of a lecture. To be honest there is more emphasis on skin color when it comes to minority contributions. But when you think about it no one ever said The Wright Brothers; the two white/Caucasian men that invented the airplane. Don't change your lessons just explain that each culture is important. As to White History Month? As a history major this quote has been repeated to me a lot:"History is written by the victors, not the conquered". Not to say that anyone is conquered but that whites have held the majority of important matters and dates in history, and we don't put much emphasis on the fact that they were white like we do for Black History Month.