Italy

Italy Presentation

Mrs. Strong

By: Student Blogger Sofia

On Thursday, May 3rd a very special guest, Mrs. Strong, came to share her immigration story and experiences with Italy. She came because in class we are learning about immigration and we wanted to learn about some experiences people in Team Gibbas had. Mrs. Strong taught Team Gibbas all about Italy. We learned some history about Italy, the differences between Italy and America, and then how Mrs. Strong keeps some traditions of Italy with her family like the befana and going to Italy every year. We also saw pictures of Italy and Mrs. Strong´s family in Italy.  Plus she brought in things to pass around such as little cars because Italy is famous for their cars, a mask because when the Italians celebrate they're big about masks, a wild boar stuffed animal because in Italy instead of deer there are big wild boars.

Mrs. Strong also passed around a little sculpture because Italy is big about art and sculptures, and last she passed around the befana. The befana is a tradition in Italy and the befana is a little lady who is poor but on January 6th she passes around small gifts like a mini Santa. We did learn a little Italian and we got to hear Sofia Mrs. Strong's daughter sing a song in Italian about the befana.

Thank you so much Mrs. Strong for teaching us all about Italy! We all hope to visit there one day.