O uso da pintura rupestre da região amazônica como fonte histórica: uma possibilidade na disciplina História no sexto ano

Abstract

This research had as objective to present the experience lived in the State School of Elementary Education "Professor Waldemar de Freitas Ribeiro", in the municipality of Belém, capital of the state of Pará, of how to work with a historical source, which in most cases is in the didactic manuals or outside them, the historians leave much to the margin: the rock painting, especially those of the Amazon region. The survey involved the single morning class and the three afternoon classes of the sixth year of elementary school. In order to achieve better analyzes and results with the use of rock paintings, a strong approach was sought with Archeology. In order to detect students' understanding of rock painting, a questionnaire was applied consisting of four questions (before and after the application of the rock paintings production workshop). The execution of a rock paintings production workshop was presented as one of the highlights of this research. This strategy of using rock painting aims to help students to take another look at "Prehistory", about human beings who lived in this period, and also the so-called rupestrian painting (being much more characterized as a historical source).