A história da América Latina “das cavernas ao terceiro milênio”: uma análise dos livros didáticos de história da Unidade Básica de Ensino Paulo VI

Abstract

This paper analyzes how the History of Latin America is presented to the students of the Basic Unit of Education Paulo VI, belonging to the São Luis / Maranhão state primary school system. We took the didactic book of History adopted by the institution - "From the Caverns to the Third Millennium", by the authors Patrícia Ramos Braick and Myriam Becho (2013, Volumes: 1, 2 and 3) as the main source of reflection and object of analysis. to demonstrate, through the approach of certain themes, how the history of the subcontinent appears in this material, the limits of the proposals and possibilities of more consistent deepening of the study on the subject.