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

by Debbie Levy

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Published
2025
Genre
Nonfiction
Pages
256

Reading measures

Suggested reading age
ages 10–17

"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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ALSC Notables

ISBN

ISBN-13
9781547612215
ISBN-10
1547612215

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ALSC NotablesEducationEvolutionHistory-Roaring 20sNonfictionPeople-TeachersSocial Issues-Justice/Legal IssuesUnited States-Tennessee