SPELLING BOOKS AND TEXTBOOKS IN POMERANIAN LUTHERAN SCHOOLS IN RIO GRANDE DO SUL (1900-1940)

Abstract This article aims to compare spelling books and textbooks used in Pomeranian communities in the southern region of Rio Grande do Sul, driven by the following Lutheran institutions: Missouri Synod, Synod of Rio Grande do Sul. As theoretical methodological scope, there has been used the field concept and habitus ruled by Pierre Bourdieu (2002; 1983). It is worth mentioning that the Synod of Rio Grande do Sul had tried using their textbooks in schools outside their ethnic doctrinal bias, such as Catholic and other independent schools, aiming to increase the German Faith Movement with emphasis on general education, while the Missouri Synod sought, through booklets, the increase and strengthening of Lutheran doctrine and little involvement with political issues of Germanity.