Abstract
This paper aims to present research results of the Polish ethnic schools organized in the State of Rio Grande do Sul in the period between 1875 and 1939. In cultural history, which is a reading reference of the teaching process, emphasis is given to the aspects that involve the rebuilding of the past in a narrative, to the care and to the treatment of the sources. These schools were formed through cultural characteristics of polish immigration, such as language, religion and other cultural institutions. They were associated with the effort to provide elementary education in homogeneous communities of this group of immigrants, with distinct cultural traits in several municipalities in the state. Up to the teaching nationalization process, in 1938, were organized 128 schools, with 4560 students and 114 teachers.
Key-words:
polish ethnic schools; polish immigration; culture and ethnicity