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The Real Monkey Business: What the 1925 Scopes Trial was actually all about Episode 2576: Brenda Wineapple on God, Democracy and the Trial that Continues to Rivet a Nation

Brenda Wineapple discusses the Scopes trial with Keen on America. keenon.substack.com/p/the-real-m... #ScopesSunday

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100 years after the Scopes trial, science is still under attack In 1925, John Scopes was indicted for teaching evolution. Science News looks at the forces that led to the trial and how expertise was the big loser.

Randy Moore, a recipient of NCSE's Friend of Darwin award, discusses the Scopes trial with Science News. www.sciencenews.org/article/scop... #ScopesSunday

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Monkey Trials and Modern Truths: Revisiting the Scopes Trial 100 Years Later
Monkey Trials and Modern Truths: Revisiting the Scopes Trial 100 Years Later YouTube video by The Chicago Forum for Free Inquiry and Expression

"Monkey Trials and Modern Truths: Revisiting the Scopes Trial 100 Years Later," featuring Edward J. Larson. www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2uw... #ScopesSunday

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With a massive ark and museum, he spreads creationism a century after Scopes trial. He’s not alone The 1925 Scopes monkey trial famously put the spotlight on evolution and appeared to mark a defeat for biblical fundamentalism.

The Associated Press reports on creationism during the Scopes trial and today. apnews.com/article/scop... #ScopesSunday

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The Scopes Monkey Trial, a Century Later: Lessons in religion and education policy
The Scopes Monkey Trial, a Century Later: Lessons in religion and education policy YouTube video by Institute for Islamic, Christian, & Jewish Studies

The Scopes Monkey Trial, a Century Later: Lessons in Religion and Education Policy www.youtube.com/watch?v=InL2... #ScopesSunday

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Smithsonian magazine revisits the Scopes trial with NCSE's help | National Center for Science Education

Writing in Smithsonian magazine (May 21, 2025), Dan Falk discussed the Scopes trial and its consequences as its centennial nears — and NCSE helped. ncse.ngo/smithsonian-... #ScopesSunday

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[Review] The Scopes Trial | National Center for Science Education When I was in eighth grade, we read Inherit the Wind in English class.

"The Scopes Trial" - by Carrie Sager, for pre-teens - ncse.ngo/review-scope... #ScopesSunday

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A Century After Scopes: Much Has Not Changed, and Much Has Changed by Susan Trollinger and William Trollinger Teacher John Scopes (left), and crowds outside the Scopes Trial in Dayton, Tennessee. Image via The Vintage News. Here we are, at the centenary of the Sco…

"A Century After Scopes: Much Has Not Changed, and Much Has Changed" rightingamerica.net/a-century-af... #ScopesSunday

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A century ago, the Scopes Monkey Trial sparked a longstanding debate about evolution and education The trial of teacher John T. Scopes took place in 1925 in Tennessee. It was labeled as a publicity stunt, but a century later it is remembered as far more.

A video introduction to the Scopes trial from the Associated Press. apnews.com/video/a-cent... #ScopesSunday

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Scopes Monkey – Rare Footage of the "Trial of the Century" | Flashback | History
Scopes Monkey – Rare Footage of the "Trial of the Century" | Flashback | History YouTube video by HISTORY

A surviving newsreel of the Scopes Trial - youtu.be/mJoZrJknJJE?... #ScopesSunday

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A resolution to commemorate the Scopes trial centennial | National Center for Science Education

Tennessee's House Joint Resolution 289, if adopted, would "commemorate the Centennial of the Scopes Trial in Dayton as a fundamental moment in the history of Tennessee and the United States." ncse.ngo/resolution-c... #ScopesSunday

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Scopes for Dopes: A Superficial Chronicle of the Scopes Trial | Free Inquiry The Trial of the Century, by Gregg Jarrett with Don Yaeger (New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, ISBN 978-1982198572). 304 pp. Hardcover, $29.99. The phrase ...

Trial of the Century book review by Glenn Branch -
secularhumanism.org/2024/01/scop... #ScopesSunday

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Whatever Happened to Scopes? | National Center for Science Education

Whatever happened to Scopes? ncse.ngo/whatever-hap... #ScopesSunday

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The Scopes Trial | PBS LearningMedia The story of the Scopes trial is retold in this Paramount and Pathe News film "Greatest Headlines of the Century," produced in 1960. In 1925, John Scopes was convicted and fined $100 for teaching evol...

This is an excellent resource for teaching and learning about the Scopes Trial. PBS Learning Media newsreel - mass.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/evo...
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Coach Scopes | National Center for Science Education

In honor of #SuperBowl Sunday, we bring you " Coach Scopes" - about John T. Scopes's little-known life as a football coach. ncse.ngo/coach-scopes
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History Lessons: New Middle Grade Book Explores Twists and Turns of Scopes Trial A Dangerous Idea marks the 100th anniversary of the Scopes Trial, which involved a debate over free speech, education, science, and religion with larger-than-life characters and less-than-pure motives...

Debbie Levy interviewed about her new middle-school-level book about the Scopes trial, A Dangerous Idea. www.schoollibraryjournal.com/story/Histor...
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"Teaching evolution has a bright future in the U.S." | National Center for Science Education

100 years after the Scopes Trial, creationist attacks on evolution education are waning while evolution is now accepted by the majority of Americans. ncse.ngo/teaching-evo... #ScopesSunday #TeachEvolution

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State of Tennessee v. Scopes | American Civil Liberties Union In March 1925, the Tennessee state legislature passed a bill that banned the teaching of evolution in all educational institutions throughout the state. The Butler Act set off alarm bells around the c...

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Scopes "Monkey" Trial. We're marking the occasion with a #ScopesSunday post a week. First up, a brief introduction from @aclu.org: www.aclu.org/documents/st...

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