"The White Man's Burden"

Born to British parents who were serving in colonized India, Rudyard Kipling grew up with the idea that white men had the responsibility to rule and teach the less civilized men of different colors. In his poem, he repeats this idea, but describes it as a thankless task filled with risks and failures.

Here are all the word lists to support the reading of Grade 12 Unit 1's texts from SpringBoard's Common Core ELA series: My Papa's Waltz, in just-, The Last Word, Mushrooms, I Remember, Invisible Man, Four Skinny Trees, Dirty Work, On Seeing England for the First Time, Speaking with Hands, The White Man's Burden, The Poor Man's Burden, Shooting an Elephant, Lindo Jong: Double Face, Stranger in the Village