ABSTRACT
The paper explains the contemporary representations of America’s History in the teaching of History in Spanish. It explains and problematizes textual and iconographical configurations that intend to teach a history of the “discovery”, conquest and colonization of America. In methodological terms, one used the methodology of bibliographical and field research, with annotation technique and analytical observations of contemporary historiographical papers, textbooks and places of memory (museums and historical monuments). As for learning guides, 18 History teaching books edited by six publishers were selected and analyzed from 2000 to 2015. One observes the history of “discovery” and colonization under the theoretical perspective of decoloniality (DUSSEL, 1994; LANDER, 2005; MIGNOLO, 2007).
Keywords:
teaching of History; discovery; Latin America; Abya Yala