HISTORY GAME ABOUT RURAL REVOLTS IN THE 1ST BRAZILIAN REPUBLIC

The purpose of our project is to present a didactic game in the subject of History with a focus on elementary school students. This tool will be used as a learning object in the process of understanding the historical context of the peasant revolts of the 1st Brazilian Republic (1889-1930). The revolts chosen were Canudos (1896-1897) and Contestado (1912-1916). However due to setbacks in the construction of the games we were only able to put together the game relating to the Canudos revolt. The perspective on these revolts is based on the experience of the historical subjects the workers who lived through these revolts. The resource for transforming these historical events into a learning object was the game. Since we understand gamification as something to be explored in pedagogical terms it is believed that some students can absorb the gamified content more clearly because they can develop better concentration. These students may show greater active participation in class and even lead to a deeper understanding of the concepts being worked on. We don't want to replace conventional teaching methods but we do want to create a tool that can be used in the classroom.