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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: Rudyard Kipling

For Students 9th - 10th
Poets.org provides a brief biographical overview of Rudyard Kipling including information on his life and links to selected poems. A column of links to additional reading information on Kipling is also provided.
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Website
Other

Poetry Lovers' Page: Rudyard Kipling

For Students 9th - 10th
An alphabetical listing of all of Rudyard Kipling's (1865-1936 CE) poems. Included in the list is a link to biographical information.
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eBook
Other

The Kipling Society: Some Kipling Poems

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The Kipling Society provides full texts of almost 40 of Kipling's poems.
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eBook
University of Pennsylvania

Digital Library Project: The Online Books Page

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the complete texts for 19 of Rudyard Kipling's literary works.
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: The White Man's Burden

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "The White Man's Burden" by Rudyard Kipling, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
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Other

Barrack Room Ballads by Rudyard Kipling

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides links to the full texts of Rudyard Kipling's Barrack-Room Ballads, which features such poems as "Gunga Din."
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Handout
Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Modern British Poetry: Biographical Sketches

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers brief biographies of many British poets of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. These include Oscar Wilde, Thomas Hardy, Robert Louis Stevenson, A. E. Housman, and many more.
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Curated OER

Rudyard Kipling

For Students 9th - 10th
Not only does this site contain a good, in-depth biography on the life and literary career of Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936 CE), but it also contains the online text to almost 50 of his short stories and poems.
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Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Poems of Condition

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson the students will use the conditional "if" in order to guide their reader to become someone or something.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: If

For Teachers 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A poem called "If" by Rudyard Kipling. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Other

Modern World History: The Causes and Motivations for the Scramble for Africa

For Students 9th - 10th
Industrialization led to the "scramble for Africa" by European countries seeking raw materials, markets, and cheap labor. However, other factors played a role such as political, ideological, and religious reasons. Examine these reasons...
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eBook
English Club

English Club: Classic Reading

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This EnglishClub collection shares several classical works of literature leveled for elementary, intermediate, advanced, Shakespeare, and author information. These include various readings from William Shakespeare, Aesop, Rudyard...
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Handout
New York University

Nyu: Literature, Arts and Medicine Database

For Students 9th - 10th
NYU's Literature, Arts and Medicine Database is a collection of writings, art and film that encompass the medical humanities. Full texts of fiction, poetry, drama and nonfiction are available, as well as artworks and film clips. Summary...
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Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: "Burden," the Gilded and the Gritty: America, 1870 1912

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site includes poems and editorials, some of which that praise, others that harshly condemn what Rudyard Kipling asserted was the "White Man's Burden."
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Website
Open Door Team

Open Door Web Site: White Man's Burden

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the results of colonization, focusing on the lack of economic profit and more on the civil/social motivations and results. Also contains Rudyard Kipling's commentary on colonization as expressed in his poem "White Man's Burden."