Elementary and secondary school students and teachers have until May 2nd to register for the 9th edition of the National Olympiad in Brazilian History (ONHB), project developed by the Department of History at Unicamp (State University of Campinas). In 2016, the Olympics brought together 42,7 students from cities in all Brazilian states, with significant participation from the Northeast region. This year, the expectation of the ONHB organization is that the number of registrants will be even greater.
The Olympiad will consist of five phases carried out online by teams, made up of a History teacher and three students. Each phase lasts one week. The answers (multiple choice questions and tasks) can be prepared by participants through debate with colleagues, research in books, the internet and guidance from the teacher. After the online phases, the finalist teams participate in the in-person grand final, which takes place at Unicamp, in Campinas-SP, on the 19th and 20th of August. In the final, the teams take an essay test and, the following day, participate in the awards ceremony with the presentation of medals.
“ONHB has a completely innovative proposal. In addition to the main objective - which is to promote the teaching of History - its proposal is to encourage the development of critical analysis and discussions on the most varied subjects, through research, the search for information, texts, images and maps. Participation also allows for involvement with colleagues and the professor”, explains the ONHB coordinator, Cristina Meneguello, who is a professor at the Institute of Philosophy and Human Sciences (IFCH) at Unicamp.
Watch the video that promotes the initiative and details information about the event
