Cinema e ensino de história: análise do filme Capitão América - o primeiro Vingador (2011)

Abstract

The present work proposes the discussion about Cinema as a useful tool in the teaching – learning process of History. In this sense, we resort to the movie “Captain America – The First Avenger” (2011) because it is a current work and present in the imagination of children and youth. Based on this, and on the understanding of cinema as a carrier of a discourse, which can provide historical learning, possible ways of how viewers can be influenced by the values and historical knowledge that the film tries to transmit and the importance of using cinema in the teaching of History as a cultural mediator. 2 The methodology of the work is based on a bibliographic review and historiographical analysis based on magazines, and scientific articles. As a result of the research, we realized that the use of the resource brings to the teacher a range of approaches and discussions, from the selection of the work, through the ideological speeches, the historical context of the work, among an infinity of symbologies signed in the work. We conclude that Cinema is a diffuser of knowledge and historical representations, it is an important agent in the proposition and diffusion of historical knowledge, contributing to the formation of thought and the student-citizen.