The use of biographies of black intellectuals in the teaching of History according to law nº 10.639/2003

Abstract

The analyses that constitute this article aim to discuss about the possibility of introducing biography as a methodology to be used by teachers in the teaching of history. Specifically, the article proposes to discuss the use of biographies of black intellectuals as a tool for teaching and learning the History of Africa and Afro-Brazilian Culture, having as a parameter the educational legislation nº 10.639, promulgated on January 9, 2003, which provides for the inclusion in the official curriculum of the school network, the mandatory teaching of the theme "Afro-Brazilian History and Culture". The biography recognized as historiographical praxis would occur during the movement of theoretical and methodological renewal of historical science in the twentieth century, in which gender has become rehabilitated as a legitimate form of interpretation of the past, in addition to becoming a powerful tool in school teaching and learning whose reasons have been duly justified in this article, where we suggest the possibilities of using the biographies of three black intellectuals in the teaching of history, according to the curricular requirements of Law nº 10.639/2003, which provides for the mandatory teaching of History of Afro-Brazilian Culture in the official education network of Brazil.