In May of 1946 science teacher Joe Robert Kirkman's day begins with hunting a mythical devil-possum in the North Carolina mountains and ends in d

Examines the evolution/creationism controversy through discussions among teachers on an expedition through the Grand Canyon, interspersed with in

"1925. High school substitute teacher John Scopes was arrested for teaching the science of evolution, a violation of Tennessee's Butler Act. Whe

An example of how changing public opinion and judicial doctrine affected both sides' fortunes in this lively controversy.

Examines the 1925 trial in which John T. Scopes was accused of violating a recently passed Tennessee state law preventing the teaching of the the

Teaching About Evolution and the Nature of Science provides a well-structured framework for understanding and teaching evolution. Written for tea

"Arrested? For teaching? John Scopes's crime riveted the world, and crowds flocked to the trial of the man who dared to tell students about a for