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One hundred years ago, a small-town science teacher ignited a nationwide debate over what students should learn in schooland who should decide.
* “
Compelling
.” -
School Library Journal
, starred review
Timely
Booklist,
starred review
Insightful.
” -
Horn Book
Comprehensive and conversational.
Shelf Awareness
A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
In 1925, when Tennessee lawmakers banned the teaching of evolution in public schools, teacher John Scopes challenged the lawand set off a gripping circus of a legal battle. Two masterminds faced off in a blistering courtroom debate over creationism and natural selection, each armed with the books they believed belonged in classrooms. Celebrity politician William Jennings Bryan relied on the Bible to make his case, while legal luminary Clarence Darrow defended Charles Darwin's groundbreaking books
On the Origin of Species
and
The Descent of Man
. Their clash would go down in history as the Scopes Monkey Trial.
A century later, here is the riveting truth of what happened and why it matters. For a nation still arguing about the books and ideas that young people should encounter, award-winning author Debbie Levy delivers an important, insightful and expertly-researched account of our history that illuminates the challenges we face today.
* “
Compelling
.” -
School Library Journal
, starred review
Timely
Booklist,
starred review
Insightful.
” -
Horn Book
Comprehensive and conversational.
Shelf Awareness
A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
In 1925, when Tennessee lawmakers banned the teaching of evolution in public schools, teacher John Scopes challenged the lawand set off a gripping circus of a legal battle. Two masterminds faced off in a blistering courtroom debate over creationism and natural selection, each armed with the books they believed belonged in classrooms. Celebrity politician William Jennings Bryan relied on the Bible to make his case, while legal luminary Clarence Darrow defended Charles Darwin's groundbreaking books
On the Origin of Species
and
The Descent of Man
. Their clash would go down in history as the Scopes Monkey Trial.
A century later, here is the riveting truth of what happened and why it matters. For a nation still arguing about the books and ideas that young people should encounter, award-winning author Debbie Levy delivers an important, insightful and expertly-researched account of our history that illuminates the challenges we face today.
One hundred years ago, a small-town science teacher ignited a nationwide debate over what students should learn in schooland who should decide.
* “
Compelling
.” -
School Library Journal
, starred review
Timely
Booklist,
starred review
Insightful.
” -
Horn Book
Comprehensive and conversational.
Shelf Awareness
A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
In 1925, when Tennessee lawmakers banned the teaching of evolution in public schools, teacher John Scopes challenged the lawand set off a gripping circus of a legal battle. Two masterminds faced off in a blistering courtroom debate over creationism and natural selection, each armed with the books they believed belonged in classrooms. Celebrity politician William Jennings Bryan relied on the Bible to make his case, while legal luminary Clarence Darrow defended Charles Darwin's groundbreaking books
On the Origin of Species
and
The Descent of Man
. Their clash would go down in history as the Scopes Monkey Trial.
A century later, here is the riveting truth of what happened and why it matters. For a nation still arguing about the books and ideas that young people should encounter, award-winning author Debbie Levy delivers an important, insightful and expertly-researched account of our history that illuminates the challenges we face today.
* “
Compelling
.” -
School Library Journal
, starred review
Timely
Booklist,
starred review
Insightful.
” -
Horn Book
Comprehensive and conversational.
Shelf Awareness
A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
In 1925, when Tennessee lawmakers banned the teaching of evolution in public schools, teacher John Scopes challenged the lawand set off a gripping circus of a legal battle. Two masterminds faced off in a blistering courtroom debate over creationism and natural selection, each armed with the books they believed belonged in classrooms. Celebrity politician William Jennings Bryan relied on the Bible to make his case, while legal luminary Clarence Darrow defended Charles Darwin's groundbreaking books
On the Origin of Species
and
The Descent of Man
. Their clash would go down in history as the Scopes Monkey Trial.
A century later, here is the riveting truth of what happened and why it matters. For a nation still arguing about the books and ideas that young people should encounter, award-winning author Debbie Levy delivers an important, insightful and expertly-researched account of our history that illuminates the challenges we face today.
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