A Century Since Scopes: Teaching evolution in the US public schools
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A Century Since Scopes: Teaching evolution in the US public schools In-Person
The summer of 2025 marks the 100th anniversary of the trial of John T. Scopes in Dayton, Tennessee for violating a state statute outlawing the teaching of human evolution in the public high schools. To mark this anniversary, we have assembled a collection of important books, many of them textbooks, that document how evolution has been taught in the US since the publication of The Origin of Species in 1859. Surprisingly, the issues raised in the Scopes Trial 100 years ago are still heard in school board hearings across the US in today. Exhibit is open to everyone.
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Alyssa Rein