A dangerous idea : the Scopes trial, the original fight over science in schools / Debbie Levy.

Contents 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.
Abstract "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"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Interest age level Ages 10-14 Bloomsbury Children's Books.
Interest grade level Grades 4-7
Issued in other formOnline version: Levy, Debbie. Dangerous idea New York : Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2025 9781547612222
Genre/formJuvenile works.
Genre/formTrials, litigation, etc.
Genre/formInformational works.
Genre/formIllustrated works.
LCCN 2024035078
ISBN9781547612215 hardcover
ISBN1547612215 hardcover
ISBNelectronic book

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