Black Beauty Lesson Plan

Discuss the conversation Jerry and Harry have about blackguards and blackguarding, following Dolly being teased by the boys. What are blackguards? What is Jerry telling Harry?

Harry explains that some local boys threw dirt all over Dolly and called her a "blue raggamuffin." His response was to give the boys a thrashing so they would know not to insult his sister again. Harry ends his story by calling the tormentors "rascally, orange blackguards." As a vocabulary word, students know that blackguard as a noun means one who behaves in a dishonorable or unprincipled manner. Jerry is glad that Harry defended his sister, but he tells him that he "won't have any election...