Our Heritage our histories our cultures

Through qualitative ethnographic research this paper aims to analyse how 4th grade primary school teachers emphasise with their students the study and analysis of monuments that are part of the cultural heritage of the municipality of Ivoti. In this way students can understand how buildings should be cared for and valued so that succeeding generations can feast their eyes on the local culture that will be preserved. Throughout the chapters I give a brief history of the arrival of the Germans in the municipality the theories covered in the classroom on heritage education and the criteria used to organise heritage listings.