Abstract
Objective: To report the lived experience through the dramatization in the development of the discipline of "Historical Social Context of Nursing". Methods: The present study is an experience report about the role of the historical context of Nursing presented at the 2nd Nursing Week of the Federal University of Amazonas, held in May 2015. Results: The role play is considered a methodology active process of being worked, in order to demand a process of preparation that directs the effectiveness of the action. In this context, this method of teaching has been gaining ground in institutions and being incorporated into the training of nurses. In the lived experience, the academics were given the opportunity to work as a team and appropriated the knowledge inherent in the history of the profession. Conclusion: The development of the play proved to be of great value, since this method allowed the students to deepen their knowledge regarding the historical context of nursing.