A história e cultura afro-brasileira no Ensino de História em Santa Helena

Abstract

History as an important field of teaching and research has the mission of improving the knowledge that occurs over time and that dimension society to think about the facts of the past in order to enlighten people's minds in the present. Education is a path that we believe is capable of breaking with certain attributes considered taboo by societies, so it is important to make the school a place of dialogue and motivator of knowledge. This dissertation is a yearning in the face of the changes we want to make in our society and the directions we want to take when we are willing to talk about such significant issues for our lives. Thus, this research consists of an exploratory analysis and documents and books that talk about the subject studied here. In the first chapter we will talk about the legal framework for the teaching of Afro-Brazilian History and Culture, where the social identity of black people will be discussed and, thus, bring some documents that guide the theme of the Teaching of Afro- Brazilian and African History and Culture. In the second chapter, a description of the city of Santa Helena will be made with a historical-cultural focus, bringing the geographical characteristics, foundation process, population, religion, education and Afro-Brazilian and African presence in the municipality. The intention of the third chapter is to analyze the History textbook used by the Santa Helena school system, and to build an analysis of the History contents in the student's 7th year book and in the teacher's manual, as well as to talk about the importance of local history.