A temática dos povos indígenas no livro didático de história

Abstract

The textbook is today the main instrument used in the classroom in teaching and helping teachers. For most students and teachers, it acts, ratifying knowledge, contributing to the formation of the image of the other. Therefore, it is important to reflect on the contents included in history books and how they are contributing to the formation of critical subjects. In the present research, we seek to investigate how the historical contents are inserted in the textbook, since this aspect is of great relevance to understand the formation of different subjects in our society. To achieve this objective, we will have as a source of study and analysis the book "História" by the authors Maria Eduarda Noronha and Maria Luiza Soares from the collection Sucesso Sistema de Ensino, aimed at the 5th year of Elementary School, whose research theme will be the chapter of the copy entitled “Indigenous peoples: first inhabitants of Brazil”, it will analyze how indigenous people are portrayed and how the content adapts to the child's context.