A independência do Brasil nos livros didáticos de história (PNLD, 2020)

Abstract

The independence of Brazil constituted a landmark in the historical culture. History helped to consolidate this process, integrating it with civic education. This role of discipline is largely exercised in school systems through the textbook. As a cultural product, the didactic manual is guided by its moment of production. The history book also materializes a sample of historical culture, in which the past is re-elaborated and conveyed in constant dialogue with different social environments. This article proposes to investigate the ways of systematizing, conceiving and representing the independence of Brazil in the didactic collections approved in the National Textbook Program (PNLD) of 2020. truth”, in addition to being mobilized as a space of legitimacy for social groups. However, it is still marked by premises of previous national narratives. The analysis of the contents referring to the process of emancipation in Brazil included symbols, metaphors and images present in the main and secondary texts. In addition to pointing out clues about the cultural universe to which they belong, these elements point towards other interpretative paths, which indicate obstacles, possibilities and the role of history teaching in the current conjuncture.