Women making history through 200 years of Independence

Abstract

Throughout  these pages, we have tried to show the usefulness of gender in teaching the history and the visibility of new social actors, through an educational experience at the high school level. We have based our work on the rescue of women who made and still are making history for 200 years. Thus, taking advantage of the anniversary of our national Independence (2016), we put into practice a project that vindicates and makes  the role of women visible in order to break the androcentric stereotypes that exist about them. We consider that these educational practices contribute to a more comprehensive and diverse perspective on the historical process. Moreover, it challenges us in our own actions as teachers, such as questioning how social roles many times are structured in educational institutions. We observed that for the students it was a realization and a learning experience to discover a different image about women. On the other hand, while this is a project that has been running for a few years, we used as an important support the stimulating rules proposed by the I.S.E. (Integrated Sexual Education) with regard to the teaching of Social Sciences. Through this experience, we aimed to make possible more flexible and less totalizing attitudes by which diversity must be respected and accepted in its various forms (sexual, cultural, ethnic, etc.).