The Monkey Trial : John Scopes and the battle over teaching evolution
Record details
- ISBN: 9780358457695 (hbk.)
- ISBN: 0358457696 (hbk.)
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Physical Description:
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184 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-178) and index. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Scopes, John Thomas Trials, litigation, etc Evolution (Biology) Study and teaching Law and legislation Tennessee |
Available copies
- 2 of 2 copies available at Kenton County.
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- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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- Baker & Taylor
"Arrested? For teaching? John Scopes's crime riveted the world, and crowds flocked to the trial of the man who dared to tell students about a forbidden topic--evolution. The year was 1925, and discussing Darwin's theory of evolution was illegal in Tennessee classrooms. Lawyers wanted to challenge the law, and businessmen smelled opportunity. But no one imagined the firestorm the Scopes Trial would ignite--or the media circus that would follow. As reporters, souvenir-hawking vendors, angry protestors, andeven real monkeys mobbed the courthouse, a breathless public followed the action live on national radio broadcasts. All were fascinated by the bitter duel between science and religion, an argument that boiled down to the question of who controls what students can learn--an issue that resonates to this day."--Page [2] of cover. - Baker & Taylor
Set in 1925, this riveting, in-depth examination of the infamous âMonkey Trial,â which pitted science against religion as a teacher fought to teach his students about evolution, shows how this trial still reverberates a hundred years later. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations. - HARPERCOLL
Revealing little-known facts about the fight to teach evolution in schools, this riveting account of the dramatic 1925 Scopes Trial (aka âthe Monkey Trialâ) speaks directly to todayâs fights over what students learn, the tension between science and religion, the influence of the media on public debate, and the power of one individual to change history.Â
Arrested? For teaching? John Scopesâs crime riveted the world, and crowds flocked to the trial of the man who dared to tell students about a forbidden topicâevolution.
The year was 1925, and discussing Darwinâs theory of evolution was illegal in Tennessee classrooms. Lawyers wanted to challenge the law, and businessmen smelled opportunity. But no one imagined the firestorm the Scopes Trial would igniteâor the media circus that would follow.
As reporters, souvenir-hawking vendors, angry protestors, and even real monkeys mobbed the courthouse, a breathless public followed the action live on national radio broadcasts. All were fascinated by the bitter duel between science and religion, an argument that boiled down to the question of who controls what students can learnâan issue that resonates to this day.
Through contemporary visuals and evocative prose, Anita Sanchez vividly captures the passion, personalities, and pageantry of the infamous âMonkey Trial,â highlighting the quiet dignity of the teacher who stood up for his studentsâ right to learn.