This Wednesday morning, around 30 students learned about the collections of the Puntano publishing house and local history for their classroom projects.
At the end of April, Saint Louis Book began with guided tours of the Old Santo Domingo Temple, located in the historic center of the capital. The proposal allows not only to appreciate the vast catalog that the San Luis publishing label has had for more than 15 years, it also encourages learning with a multidirectional criterion. This Wednesday it was the turn of the students of School No. 12 ‘Ramón Carrillo’ from the capital, who learned about the editions of the local publishing house and made numerous inquiries about the history of San Luis.
“We found out about this initiative through Instagram and we worked on some content previously with texts from local newspapers and historians. It is important that the children visit these spaces so that they can appropriate their culture and in the future generate their own research, because there is still a lot to know,” said Erica Molina, the History teacher, who added: “I was born in Buenos Aires and Little by little I learned to love this mountain province, that’s why I think the most important thing is to take care of this cultural heritage.”
For his colleague Andrea Ballerini, the experience was also meaningful and stimulating. “We feel very happy with this visit because the children were able to quickly integrate into the school project, whose objective is for the next graduates to know more about our history,” she said.
“Valuing these cultural riches is a different way of learning. Furthermore, we have an orientation in the humanities and economics, so it is essential to learn in this way, connected to these institutions that are present in our daily lives,” he added. “In our past we can find values such as patriotism, sacrifice, work and building the future. Because in its beginnings this province was a transit point and then it achieved a great transformation, since the return of democracy and until now,” the teacher analyzed.
“I try to convey to my students that history also has to do with personal history, because each one writes it in their own way. That is, it is about learning from the past, understanding the present to project the future,” Ballerini reflected during the meeting.
For next Wednesday there are more schools interested in getting to know the institution. Guided tours can be coordinated through email [email protected] or in the telephone 4452000, extension 6978.
