50 Kings and Queens: Supplemental Guide 2 | King Midas and the Golden Touch
images to three images that represent the beginning, middle, and end of
the story.
Note to Teacher
This story presents the concepts of greed and the desire of wanting
more of something. You may wish to talk with students about how King
Midas might be feeling when he counts his gold but is still not satisfied.
In the end, King Midas learns an important lesson about valuing people,
especially loved ones, over gold and riches. You may wish to discuss
with students why this is a good lesson to learn.
The popular saying “having the golden touch” is from this story. You may
wish to explain after telling the story that “having a golden touch” is a
saying that could be used to talk about someone who seems to make
money easily, or who is very skillful or good at something. For instance,
if someone keeps scoring points over and over again while playing
basketball, you could say she has the golden touch for basketball. Or if
someone is very good at fixing things, that person has a golden touch for
fixing things.