The teaching of regional history in the Mato Grosso Do Sul’s textbook (2005)

Abstract

With the objectives of contributing to the regional history of Mato Grosso do Sul, we present, in this text, final results of the textual configuration analysis of the textbook, entitled History of Mato Grosso do Sul (2005), prepared for the 5th year of Elementary School. Through the processes of location, selection, meeting and ordering of documentary sources present in the school collections of state schools in the interior of Mato Grosso do Sul, we have come across the book analyzed here. The results of the research show, to date, that it is the only book produced in this state on regional history. It proposes a perspective of teaching in linear history, it contains 15 chapters of which 12 present a more detailed discussion about regional history, while the others are inserted in the context of the history of Brazil. The theoretical-methodological options established for the development of this research are anchored in the historical approach, based on the contributions of Cultural History. Through the analysis, it has been possible to understand that this is an adequate text, but with a lot of silencing in relation to the inhabitants of the wetlands, the borders, the center of the state and other ethnic groups in the region. The book also does not offer a problematization of sources that lead the students to a reflection of their historical role in the society in which they live.