Great Personalities

EE Jardim Moraes Prado II

São Paulo – SP – Brazil

“Love overcomes all obstacles, all the sacrifices. As much as we do, it is little compared to what God does for us”.

Sister Dulce

Maria Rita de Souza Brito Lopes Pontes (Salvador, May 26, 1914 - Salvador, Brazil, March 13, 1992), better known as Sister Dulce, or the Poor Blessed the Poor Dulce, having received the epithet of "the good angel Bahia ", was a

Catholic nun in Brazil. Sister Dulce became famous for his works of charity and assistance to the poor and needy.

Tarsila do AmaralTarsila do Amaral, born Capivari, September 1, 1886 - Sao Paulo,

was a Brazilian painter and designer, and a central figure in Brazilian painting and the first phase

of the Brazilian modernist movement, along with Anita Malfatti. His picture Abaporu, 1928, inaugurated the movement in the visual arts cannibalistic.

From 1966, now sells his paintings, donating part of the money raised

to an institution run by Chico Xavier, whom he befriends.

He visited her when passing through

Sao Paulo and both kept correspondence.

Roberto Marinho

Pisani Roberto Marinho was born in Rio de Janeiro, December 3,

1904 - Brazil.

He was a journalist and a Brazilian businessman, having been

President of Globo Organizations from 1925 to 2003.

One of its most important social projects is the

Roberto Marinho Foundation

The Roberto Marinho Foundation started with the goal of promoting quality education in Brazil. The story began with the Telecourse, a TV program that offered classes on television for completion of basic schooling.

The program has become a methodology, known as teleclassroom, recognized by the Ministry of Education and adopted by public schools, businesses and other institutions and has trained more than five million Brazilians.

In over 30 years, the Foundation has developed educational technologies, using all possible tools, such as television, books and internet, to train educators and students.

Paulo Freire

Reglus Paulo Neves Freire (Recife, September 19, 1921, Brazil was a Brazilian

educator and philosopher.

Was noted for his work in popular education, geared for both the school and

for the formation of political consciousness.

It is considered one of the most outstanding thinkers in the history of Pedagogy world,

influencing the movement known as critical pedagogy.

Your teaching practice was based on the belief that the student assimilate the object of study making use of practice dialectic with reality.

The student create their own education, making himself the way, not following a previously constructed.

Brazil was the most honored in history: he won 41 titles of Doctor Honoris Cause from universities like Harvard, Cambridge and Oxford.

The Paulo Freire method is a proposal for adult literacy developed by the educator Paulo Freire, The method was born in 1962 when Freire was director of the Department of Cultural Extension of Recife University where he formed a group to test the method in the city of Angicos, RN. Freire criticized the traditional system, which used the booklet as a central tool of instruction in teaching reading and writing.

Ayrton Senna

Ayrton Senna da Silva was born in Sao Paulo, March 21, 1960, in Brazil, was a Brazilian Formula 1 driver, three times

world champion in 1988, 1990 and 1991.

He was also runner-up in the controversial championship in 1989 and 1993. He died in an accident at the Autodromo Enzo e

Dino Ferrari at Imola during the San Marino Grand Prix in 1994.

It is recognized as one of the biggest names in Brazilian sport and one of the greatest drivers in motorsport history.

The Ayrton Senna Institute is the fulfillment of the dream of the triple champion of Formula 1 to offer new generations of Brazilians necessary

opportunities to develop their potential and be champions at school and in life.

The Institute's work focuses on education as a means to human development. This is

because we believe this is the most effective way to transform the potential of

each competency and skills to ensure their active participation in society.

Created in 1997, Accelerate Brazil is an emergency program, correction of flow of

elementary school. He combats the repetition that leads to distortion

between age and grade that the student attends, and also school dropouts.

Chico MendesFrancisco Alves Mendes Filho, better known as Chico Mendes, was born in Xapuri, December 15, 1944, was a rubber tapper, unionist and environmental activist in Brazil.

His political activity aimed at the preservation of the Amazon rainforest and gave him worldwide recognition.

In 1987, Chico Mendes was visited by some members of the UN in Xapuri; they could see firsthand the devastation of the forest and the expulsion of rubber tappers caused by projects financed by international banks.

In 1989, the group Torture Never Again, a Brazilian human rights NGO, created the award Chico Mendes Resistance Medal, a tribute not

just to Chico Mendes, but also to all persons or groups who, according to the organization -

fighting for human rights.

The award is given each year and personalities like Dom Paulo Evaristo Arns, Jaime Wright,

Louise Erundina Bicudo, Paulo Freire, Barbosa Lima Sobrinho, Herbert de Souza, Alceu

Amoroso Lima, Luis Fernando Verissimo, Zuzu Angel, Oscar Niemeyer, Brad Will and

organizations like Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, the Bar Association of

Brazil (OAB) have received the honor.

Pelé

Edson Arantes do Nascimento, Pele.Born in Three Hearts - Minas Gerais –

Brazil, ex-football player.

It is an important figure because in Brazil, Pelé is hailed as a national hero for his

achievements and contributions to football.

It is also known for his support of policies to improve social

conditions of the poor, and even dedicated his thousandth goal for

poor children in Brazil.

During his career, was called King of Football, Pele, or simply King.

LULA

Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, former President of Brazil(Garanhuns, PE, October 27,

1945), better known as Lula, is a politician, a former trade unionist, former

steelworker and former president of the Brazilian Republic.

He was the thirty-fifth President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, a position which

position he held from 1 January 2003 to January 1, 2011.

Much has created several popular social programs for the benefit of the Brazilians.

Machado de Assis

Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, was born in Rio de Janeiro, June 21, 1839. It was a

Brazilian writer, widely regarded as the biggest name in national literature.

He wrote in virtually all literary genres, being a poet, novelist, columnist,

playwright, storyteller, feuilletonist, journalist and literary critic.

Witnessed political change in the country when the Republic replaced the Empire and

was a great commentator and reporter of the socio-political events of his time.

At 21 years old Machado was already considered a personality between the wheels intellectual Rio.

Machado has worked extensively as a reporter and journalist from 1860 to 1867. Enjoyed great prestige in life, really rare for a writer at the time.

He was elected first president of the Brazilian Academy of Letters. Machado's work is of fundamental importance for the analysis of political transitions in Brazil and society of Rio de Janeiro - Brazil - nineteenth and twentieth century.

EE Jardim Moraes Prado II

São Paulo – SP – Brazil

2012

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