Teaching About Greed

     I read to the middle school students the other day Leo Tolstoy's "How Much Land Does a Man Need?"  It is an eloquent story that can help teens understand the obsession and destruction of greed.  And of course, for us adults, the Oliver Stone 1987 movie Wall Street character Gordon Gecko played by Michael Douglas brought greed to the big screen and in an image that updates Tolstoy's farmer.
     Another story "The Fisherman and His Wife" by the Brothers Grimm is excellent for teaching greed to younger children.