John D. Rockefeller

“I am going to tell you the story of the life of John D. Rockefeller. He was a great man – and a wealthy one, too. I cannot quite say what you should think of Mr. Rockefeller – whether you should love him, or not – or admire him, or not. There are people who feel all of those things about him – love, hate, admiration. They have made up their minds. I have not. Nor will you – not for a while, at least…”

So begins the first of four vignettes in the John D. Rockefeller series. Each story in this series is written on a two-sided sheet of paper, and is accompanied by illustrations, a map, and a writing reflection page. The core element of each vignette is a series of “character questions,” designed to have students think more deeply about virtue and vice in the man John D. Rockefeller.