(Please label the most important and the most interesting because i am doing this for an advanced English assignment and I searching for the scopes monkey trial online but I can’t find anything.)
Thank you very much,
Nut4sports93
1925 – Dayton, TN
John Scopes was put on trial for teaching evolution in the classroom in violation of Tennessee law.
What most people have lost sight of after 83 years is that the Scopes Monkey Trial was nothing more than a PUBLICITY STUNT. John Scopes, the teacher, for lack of a better term, was ‘recruited’ to be the defendant in the case. There was no ‘Salem Witch-Hunt’ in Dayton with preachers trolling the hallways of Dayton’s schools hunting for teachers who were violating Tennessee’s prohibition on teaching evolution.
“The whole idea of suing a teacher for teaching evolution was not conceived by the citizens of Dayton, Tennessee, but rather was promoted by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in New York City. The ACLU advertised in newspapers to locate a teacher in Tennessee who would be willing to test the Butler Act in the courts (with all expenses to be paid by the ACLU). A Dayton resident, George Rappleyea, saw an ACLU advertisement in a Chattanooga newspaper and pressured his friend John Scopes to accept the offer. Unfortunately, Scopes was not a science teacher (he majored in prelaw) and had never actually taught evolution! Scopes was a math teacher and football coach who had merely filled in for the biology teacher (who was ill) for two weeks at the end of the school year. Still, with Scopes’ reluctant permission, Rappleyea immediately notified the ACLU that "Professor J.T. Scopes, teacher of science at Rhea County High School, will be arrested and charged with teaching evolution."
November 2nd, 2009 at 9:57 pm
If you are doing this for advanced English class and you don’t even know what the Scopes Monkey trial is, you’re in trouble. Also, if you are in advanced English–surely you know how to use the internet, right? I googled it and found loads of info. Dear, you must be in public school and you have my sympathy.
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November 2nd, 2009 at 10:07 pm
A teacher named Scopes in Tennessee was accused of a crime for teaching evolution. The attorneys in the case were Clarence Darrow for the defense, and William Jennings Bryan for the prosecution. Scopes lost in the trial. No offense, but how could you not find anything?
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http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=scopes+monkey+trial
November 2nd, 2009 at 10:16 pm
Try Inherit The Wind. It has to do
with Evolution being taught in school
back in the 40’s. It went against the
teachings of the Bible’s version of
creation. A teacher was tried for teaching evolution. The teacher’s name
was Darryl Scopes.Monkey trial refers
to man evolving from apes theory.
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November 2nd, 2009 at 10:25 pm
1925 – Dayton, TN
John Scopes was put on trial for teaching evolution in the classroom in violation of Tennessee law.
What most people have lost sight of after 83 years is that the Scopes Monkey Trial was nothing more than a PUBLICITY STUNT. John Scopes, the teacher, for lack of a better term, was ‘recruited’ to be the defendant in the case. There was no ‘Salem Witch-Hunt’ in Dayton with preachers trolling the hallways of Dayton’s schools hunting for teachers who were violating Tennessee’s prohibition on teaching evolution.
“The whole idea of suing a teacher for teaching evolution was not conceived by the citizens of Dayton, Tennessee, but rather was promoted by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in New York City. The ACLU advertised in newspapers to locate a teacher in Tennessee who would be willing to test the Butler Act in the courts (with all expenses to be paid by the ACLU). A Dayton resident, George Rappleyea, saw an ACLU advertisement in a Chattanooga newspaper and pressured his friend John Scopes to accept the offer. Unfortunately, Scopes was not a science teacher (he majored in prelaw) and had never actually taught evolution! Scopes was a math teacher and football coach who had merely filled in for the biology teacher (who was ill) for two weeks at the end of the school year. Still, with Scopes’ reluctant permission, Rappleyea immediately notified the ACLU that "Professor J.T. Scopes, teacher of science at Rhea County High School, will be arrested and charged with teaching evolution."
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