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The Monkey Trial : John Scopes and the battle over teaching evolution

2023

Format:	Book
Author:	Sanchez, Anita, 1956- author.
Title:	The Monkey Trial : John Scopes and the battle over teaching evolution / by Anita Sanchez.
Edition:	First edition.
Publisher, Date:	New York, NY : Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023]
Description:	184 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary:	"Revealing little-known facts about the fight to teach evolution in schools, this riveting account of the dramatic 1925 Scopes Trial (aka "the Monkey Trial") speaks directly to today's 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."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects:	Scopes, John Thomas -- Trials, litigation, etc. -- Juvenile literature. Evolution (Biology) -- Study and teaching -- Law and legislation -- Tennessee -- Juvenile literature.
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:	"Call Howard Morgan to the stand" -- "John, would you be willing to stand for a test case?"-- "We've just arrested a man for teaching evolution!" -- Monkeyshines -- "Do you know anything about evolution?" -- "The fires have been lighted in America" -- "Did he tell you anything that was wicked?" -- "Will you state what evolution is?" -- "The evening and the morning were the first day" -- The circus leaves town --Epilogue.
ISBN:	9780358457695 0358457696
Other Number:	1331706591
System Availability:	4
Current Holds:	0
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Control Number:	1005669
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Call Number:	j 345.73 Sanchez

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