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.