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A dangerous idea : the Scopes trial, the original fight over science in schools

Levy, Debbie (author.).

Summary: "In 1925, when Tennesse lawmakers banned the teaching of evolution in public schools, teacher John Scopes challenged the law--and set off a gripping circus of a legal battle. Two masterminds faced off in court in a blistering debate over creationism and natural selection. A narrative nonfiction book on the Scopes Monkey Trial"--

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  • ISBN: 9781547612215
  • ISBN: 1547612215
  • Physical Description: print
    278 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2025.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: The drugstore plan -- The real target -- Clarence and Will -- Boy orator of the Platte -- "Whatever degrades another degrades me" -- Two tall men, talking -- Proofs and perversions -- Darwinism goes to school -- Better to destroy -- "What are mothers to do" -- The road to Dayton -- The circus comes to town -- In the beginning -- To strangle puppies -- Prayers and chairs -- Four witnesses and a textbook -- Speechless -- The greatest speech -- Something brand new -- Any question they please -- I am not afraid -- Verdicts -- Afterlives and legends -- A victory -- The evolution of everything.
Target Audience Note:
Ages 10-14 Bloomsbury Children's Books.
Grades 7-9 Bloomsbury Children's Books.
Subject: Scopes, John Thomas Trials, litigation, etc Juvenile literature
Evolution (Biology) Study and teaching United States History Juvenile literature
Biology United States Textbooks History Juvenile literature
Biology publishing United States History Juvenile literature
Religion and science United States History Juvenile literature
Educational law and legislation United States Juvenile literature
Scopes, John Thomas Trials, litigation, etc
Genre: Informational works.
Illustrated works.

Available copies

  • 11 of 19 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 3 of 3 copies available at Onslow County Public Library.

Holds

  • 2 current holds with 19 total copies.
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Richlands Branch Library YA 345.73 LEV (Text) 36015000499208 Young Adult New Nonfiction Available -
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