Caminhando e lendo o centro histórico de Piracuruca: ensino de história e educação patrimonial

Abstract

The debate on cultural heritage in Brazil has advanced substantially in the quarter of the 21st century. From a political point of view, President Lula’s rise to power in 2003 and the appointment of Gilberto Gil as Minister of Culture brought great relevance to the topic of heritage education. The theme of this research is the Historic and Scenic Center of Piracuruca, and the idea is to undestand how the Historic Center can be used as a tool in the Teaching of History based on the theorical framework of Heritage Education. Studies that deal with concepts such as heritage, Heritage Education and History Teaching were analyzed, which allwed us to analyzed the space considered as the Historic Center of Piracuruca, in addition to guiding the production of pedagogical material that can assist basic education teacher (6th to 9th grade elementary school) in the preparation, execution and evaluation of a field trip through the Historic Center of Piracuruca. With the area concentration being History Teaching the Line of Research being Historical Knowledge in different spaces of memory, the relationship between the theme and the classroom results from thinking about how elementary school teachers can prepare a field trip through the Historic Center of city, more specifically in the city of Piracuruca; the materials or resources that allow the preparation os the class; what sources are available for research? What basic bibliography for Reading? And if the theacher needs to put together a written project, what is the first step? What will be proposed in the Education Product is script that only part of the historic center and that can be adapted according to the theacher’s interests. In addition to the field trip script, the composition of the Education Product will bring subsidies that will be produced to help the teacher both in the preparation and in the development of the class.