Neh: Edsit Ement: Rudyard Kipling's "Rikki Tikki Tavi": Mixing Words and Pictures

Combine literature and history with the poem "The White Man's Burden" by Rudyard Kipling. Pupils read the poem and answer four questions about the text. 

In this lesson plan, young scholars will consider Rudyard Kipling's "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi": Mixing Fact and Fiction. Worksheets and other supporting materials can be found under the Resources tab.

"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi," from The Jungle Book, offers young readers a chance to examine how Rudyard Kipling uses setting and personification to bring to life the brave mongoose who battles cobras to protect his family. Class members...

The classic tale of cat-and-mouse becomes mongoose-and-cobra with Rudyard Kipling's "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi." An engaging audio retelling takes listeners through the harrowing tale of Nag, Darzee, Nagaina, and of course, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi.

Literature has hosted many epic battles, but none so fierce and vengeful as Rudyard Kipling's "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi." Finish the story with an audio recording of the second half, complete with mighty conflict and bested cobra.

Read a summary of Rudyard Kipling's impact on 20th Century literature and view additional resources such as related articles.

This site features the author Rudyard Kipling including a biography, the full text of three novels and a short story collection for young readers, and 20 short stories. His most famous work is The Jungle Book.

The Kipling Society provides a fabulous and thorough biography of Rudyard Kipling. It includes wonderful photographs. Also available is a chronology of his life and works.

Students examine the relationship of poetic form and content, shaped by alliteration, consonance, repetition, and rhythm, in two poems about fatherhood: Robert Hayden's "Those Winter Sundays" and Theodore Roethke's "My Papa's Waltz."

An online copy in plain text format of Kipling's work, easy to search and to use with online text readers.