O uso de jogos no ensino de história acerca da criança escravizada no Maranhão Colonial

Abstract

The present study addresses the presence of enslaved black children in Colonial Maranhão, especially in the regions of São Luís and Ribeira do Itapecuru, between 1801 and 1818, mentioning the particularities existing within the process of enslavement. In this sense, we problematize the figure of the enslaved child, through the bibliography consulted and the data collected in the database organized by the team of researchers from the Center for Studies, Research and Extension on Africa and the Global South (NEAFRICA) and the Court of Justice Archive of Maranhão (ATJMA). In this way, we developed a paradidactic with educational games, privileging the understanding of the reality of the enslaved child in Maranhão lands. Thus, the paradidactic was elaborated with the objective of including the theme of this study in Basic Education (7th grade). Demonstrating how educational games can be efficient in the transmitting of knowledge in the Teaching of History. Therefore, through these reflections, we believe that not only does knowledge become more accessible, but that, in addition, it can promote critical learning about the historical injustices that affected black children during the period of enslavement in Maranhão.