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Italy LOGO COMPETITION OPEN CLASSES: MIDDLE SCHOOL CHILDREN WORKING TOGETHER! AFTER A HISTORY LESSON STUDENTS PUT THEIR ENERGY INTO DRAWING THE WINNING LOGO OUR NATIONAL HERO (SICILIAN HERO) PEPPINO IMPASTATO WAS BORN IN PALERMO IN 1948 INTO A “MAFIOSA” FAMILY. HE BECAME A JOURNALIST AND A FAMOUS ITALIAN POET DESPITE HIS BACKGROUND. HE WAS WELL KNOWN FOR DENOUNCING TERRIBLE “COSA NOSTRA” MURDERS AND BUSINESSES. HE WAS ASSASSINATED IN 1978 BY THE MAFIA. OUR STUDENTS RESEARCHED INFORMATION ABOUT OUR SICILIAN HERO, STUDIED HIS POEMS AND PERFORMED DURING THE WEEK OF ANCIENT TIMES.