Cross-Curricular Connections

The Devil and Tom Walker

Tom Walker becomes a greedy moneylender before being taken away by the devil. Bad loans and greed have been blamed for the downturn of the United States banking system in 2008. Click on the link below to hear two experts explain the banking system and what went wrong.

http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio_episode.aspx?episode=375

The devil is vividly described in this story. Click on the link below to see how artists have represented this incarnation of evil throughout history.

http://www.textweek.com/art/satan.htm/