A educação patrimonial como tema transversal: uma experiência no município de Itaqui

Abstract

The purpose of this Course Completion Work is to strengthen the indigenous identity of the region and promote the visibility of the corresponding archaeological heritage of the Charrua, Minuano and Guarani peoples of Itaqui municipality, located in the western border of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, through (Escola Municipal de Ensino Fundamental Otávio Silveira (9th grade) and the São Patrício State College (2nd year of high school) in 2017. In order to achieve these objectives, we developed initially with a survey and analysis of the bibliography on these ethnic groups, from the time they occupied the territory of the western border until the process of Spanish colonization and later Portuguese. Next, the concepts of Heritage Education and their relation and importance for the perception and valorization of the indigenous culture and the local history were approached. Based on this theoretical framework, it was possible to create substrates for three workshops in the two mentioned schools, where the theoretical and practical elements of relation, enabling the Patrimonial Education and the duty to be a constant practice for the awareness can be internalized and experienced.