Este rio é mais que minha rua: a história contada através do Rio Paracauari, uma experiência de ensino de História em Salvaterra – Marajó/PA

Abstract

This research propose to put into practice a methodology of teaching history through rivers, analyzing the connections between the history of the first human civilizations that were organized on the riverside and the experiences of students in the sixth year of elementary school at Oscarina Santos School, located in the Para State, Salvaterra City, in the Marajo Island, considering the knowledge and experience of these students about the Paracauari river. As a result of this research, we produced an annual teaching plan, to introduce the environment in history classes, which includes 60 hours of classes distributed in 40 school days referring to a school year for sixth-year classes, this annual plan is subdivided into didactic sequence and activities. Our target audience is history educators who wish to introduce environmental history into their classes.