A História da geometria descritiva e uma proposta de atividades para o ensino médio

Abstract

The Descriptive Geometry had its origin during the Napoleonic Age through the mathematician Gaspard Monge. It arrived in Brazil in the early nineteenth century by imposition of D. João VI. It excelled mainly as part of the curriculum of higher education courses such as Engineering, Architecture and Arts discipline. In high school, teaching Descriptive Geometry is almost extinct, being restricted to only a few more traditional institutions. However, Descriptive Geometry is closely related to the Space Geometry, Analytical Geometry and Differential and Integral Calculus, so that its application in middle school will be of fundamental contribution to the learning of other geometric concepts