Teaching of history and black literature:
a proposal of anti-racist approach in Didactics of present time History.
History teaching, anti-racism, black literature, skills of historical thought.
The approach to sensitive themes of the present time in the classroom is a great challenge for the History teachers. Choosing methodologies that enable the development of the process of learning and sensitive historical knowledge, requires from the teacher a work that is committed to the student’s education. Such work enables the student to understand the importance of the study of History in his practical life. The process of teaching and learning in the course of History provides the opportunity to develop skills of historical thought that are important for the construction of educational historical knowledge. The present research proposes a dialogue between black literature and history teaching as a possibility of pedagogical strategy for an anti-racist education in the classroom; considering that racism is configured as a sensitive theme of our history and still denied by the society because of the myth of racial democracy propagated during the twentieth century. This research proposes a reflection on the importance of the commitment of the basic education teacher to anti-racist education, specifically in History teaching. The study of black Brazilian literature is configured as a possibility of redirecting historical thought in the construction of representative narratives. As a methodological strategy for the teaching work, we used the concept of "escrevivências" developed by Conceição Evaristo as a guiding for the studies in the face of the experiences of the black body in relation to racism, approaching the construction of the school historical knowledge with the practical life of the student. As the final product of the research, a blog called “História & Vivências: um espaço de escritorvências” was created. This blog’s mission is to suggest to history teachers the use of digital tools associated with the teaching of sensitive themes, specifically racism. Intentionally moving forward in topics considered sensitive requires teacher training and appropriate methodologies that transcend stereotypes that consider sensitive topics as difficult and inadequate for the classroom approach.