Anti-Evolution League Protestors at the Scopes Trial
Link to Charles Darwin and the Theory of Evolution
Documents and Teaching Materials on the Scopes Trial from the National History Education Clearinghouse.
Play the game, Who Wants to Live a Million Years? that explores Darwin's theory of natural selection.
John R. Neal, Jr. & John T. Scopes, at Scopes Trial, 1925 |
Event Summary
During the 1920’s, White Protestant Fundamentalists spent much of their energy combating Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution.
In 1914, public high school textbooks stared to include the theory of evolution.
In 1925, Tennessee passed the Butler Act, which outlawed the teaching of evolution.
William Jennings Bryan (seated at left) being interrogated by Clarence Darrow, July 20, 1925
Click here to read Clarence Darrow's Examination of William Jennings Bryan
For more on the Scopes Trial, including a video on the issues, go to the PBS Online Web site:
To read and hear a podcast of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species summarized and updated by geneticist Steve Jones in New Scientist Magazine.
Tennessee v. John Scopes (1925)
Spencer Tracy & Fredric March in the movie Inherit the Wind
The 1960s film, Inherit the Wind dramatized the central arguments at the center of the Scopes-Monkey Trial.
Click here for an overview and resources on the Scopes Trial