A Idade Média nos currículos escolares: As controvérsias nos debates sobre a BNCC

Abstract

This article is about the hole of the Middle Ages in the school curriculum in Brazil. We considered the two versions of the National Basis of Common Curriculum: the one published in 2015 and the other one published in 2016. Considering that the historical learning can also happen by the strangeness of the past and also considering the medieval studies, we problematize the teaching of Middle Ages history in Brazil from some entrances. Entrances mean the opportunities to insert some themes in the school context: media discourse about Islam; differences between East and West and residuality. We got the conclusion that there is place for the Middle Ages in the Base, since the understanding of the history teaching is broaden to beyond the "usages du passé". We consider teaching medieval history as an important step of elementary school that it can favor critics and comprehension of the appropriations done from the medieval past.