A Dangerous Idea: The Scopes Trial, The Original Fight over Science in Schools

by Debbie Levy

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"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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Nonfiction, Tween
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345.73Society, government, & cultureLawCriminal LawNorth AmericaUnited States
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KF224 .S3 .L48LawLaw of the United StatesLaw of the United States (Federal)Criminal trials
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English
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