Formando a Consciência Histórica – Por uma Didática Humanista da História

This paper present  some reflexions between History Didactics and a new concept of  Humanism. It shows among other questions the challenges of nowadays historical culture, which come from the growth of the interculturality and communication in all  dimensions of pratical human life. To develop the argumentation it has been necessary to clarify some categories like History Didactics, Historical consciousness, Historical culture, Historical  learning and Humanism. Moreover, to answer the challenges, one has developed the idea of a new humanism and its implications for historical learning. The paper also discutes how to learn Universal History means the understanding that the unity of historical time within the diversity of historical experience and how it could be a contribution for people to learn to be human