African Culture and Its Presence in Brazil

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⚠️ This material is an adapted activity designed to explore African Culture and Its Presence in Brazil in a visual, contextualized, and accessible way.

Number of questions in the activity:

6 adapted questions + complete answer key, distributed across 3 activity pages.

The sequence begins by helping students understand that Africa is a continent made up of many countries, peoples, and cultures. It then explores the African presence in Brazilian culture and expands the discussion to identity, belonging, cultural appreciation, and confronting prejudice. Finally, the activity also addresses different artistic languages present in Bumba Meu Boi.

Target audience:

The material can be used in Middle School and High School, depending on the student’s curricular adaptation needs. The main knowledge object addressed is African Culture and Its Presence in Brazil.

It may be especially helpful for students with mild to moderate Intellectual Disabilities, reading and interpretation difficulties, difficulties with abstraction, and students who need support in developing cultural and social literacy.

It is particularly suitable for students who understand historical, social, and cultural content more effectively when concepts are supported by images and concrete situations, reducing dependence on long texts and abstract definitions.

Format:

Printable color PDF, containing:

🔹 6 adapted questions;
🔹 3 activity pages;
🔹 large, contextualized images;
🔹 diversity of African peoples and cultures;
🔹 African contributions to Brazilian culture;
🔹 capoeira and acarajé;
🔹 Afro-textured hairstyles, braids, and identity;
🔹 cultural appreciation and confronting prejudice;
🔹 Bumba Meu Boi and artistic languages;
🔹 answers primarily through selecting and marking options;
🔹 material available entirely in UPPERCASE;
🔹 BNCC-related skills;
🔹 complete visual answer key.

⏱️ By purchasing this material, you save approximately 4 hours and 35 minutes of preparation time, receiving an activity that is already adapted, illustrated, formatted, available in uppercase, and accompanied by a complete answer key.

Content covered:

The activity presents Africa as a diverse continent, made up of many countries, peoples, languages, customs, and cultural expressions. The proposal seeks to avoid presenting Africa as culturally homogeneous, using different visual representations to highlight its diversity.

It also explores the African presence in the formation of Brazilian culture, using examples such as capoeira and acarajé, while also addressing Afro-textured hairstyles and braids as elements that may be connected to identity, belonging, and cultural appreciation.

The activity further expands the discussion to confronting prejudiced standards and recognizing the different artistic languages found in Brazilian cultural expressions.

Important information for teachers:

In the first question, students observe a map of the African continent surrounded by representations of different peoples and cultural expressions. The supporting statement “Africa → many countries → many peoples → many cultures” guides interpretation. Students then identify Africa as a continent with different cultures.

In the second question, different scenes represent peoples, languages, customs, and artistic expressions. Students are asked to understand that these images demonstrate the diversity of African cultures, challenging the idea that all African people share the same customs or speak the same language.

In the third question, the activity connects the content to Brazilian culture. Students observe a capoeira circle, acarajé, and tango and select the cultural expressions related to the contributions of African peoples to Brazilian culture: capoeira and acarajé.

In the fourth question, students observe representations of Afro-textured hairstyles and braids. They identify that, for many Black people, these elements can represent identity, belonging, and cultural appreciation, expanding the discussion beyond a strictly historical approach.

In the fifth question, the material directly addresses prejudice related to Black people’s hair characteristics. Students analyze an illustration of Black teenagers with different hairstyles and identify that valuing Afro-textured hair can contribute to strengthening identity and challenging prejudiced standards.

Finally, in the sixth question, students observe a representation of Bumba Meu Boi and identify the different artistic languages present in this cultural expression. Among the options, they recognize music, dance, and theater.

Key features:

✅ Explores cultural diversity, identity, and belonging with visual support.

✅ Presents Africa as a continent of many peoples and cultures.

✅ Connects African influence to elements present in Brazilian culture.

✅ Uses Afro-textured hairstyles and braids to discuss identity and cultural appreciation.

✅ Addresses confronting prejudice without excessively simplifying or infantilizing the content.

✅ Available entirely in UPPERCASE, with BNCC-related skills and a complete answer key.