An introduction to the John Scopes (Monkey) Trial. The early 1920s found social patterns in chaos.
Traditionalists, the older Victorians, worried that everything valuable was ending. Younger modernists no longer asked whether society would approve of their behavior, only whether their behavior met the approval of their intellect. Intellectual experimentation flourished. Americans danced to the sound of the Jazz Age, showed their contempt for alcoholic prohibition, debated abstract art and Freudian theories.
In a response to the new social patterns set in motion by modernism, a wave of revivalism developed, becoming especially strong in the American South. English Café - The Scopes Trial. Topics: The Scopes Trial; American Cities: Aspen and Vail, Colorado; The City of New York versus New York City; verge versus brink; to compliment versus to complement [audio: Café – The Scopes Trial] Words: trial v. prosecutor defendant merit to deliberate to appeal technicality to overturn resort to ski upscale verge brink to compliment to complement ESL Podcast Main Page.
Was America a good place to live in the 1920s? The ‘Booming Twenties’ suggests a time of change, prosperity and excitement.
The flappers, motorcars and movie craze all conjure up exciting images of people having fun. Make sure you learn about these because for many young, urban Americans the 1920s was an amazing place to live. What you need to do is look at all aspects of American life – rural and urban, rich and poor, black and white – and reach a balanced conclusion of what life was like that considers the range of experiences. Let’s start off by watching a video to get an overview: GCSE Bitesize: Was America a country of religious and racial intolerance during this period? Religious fundamentalists. Scopes Monkey Trial - BrainPOP. 20101004mocktrial. Timeline: Remembering the Scopes Monkey Trial. Rhea County Courthouse in Dayton, Tenn., as it appeared in 1925 at the time of the Scopes trial.
Bryan College Archives hide caption toggle caption Bryan College Archives. American Experience. People & Events: The Trial as Folk Event Science and religion clashed at the Scopes trial and few would argue the importance of that great debate.
But the trial also made history in the annals of American folklore. It inspired a unique mythology that reverberates to this day. American Experience. March 21: Tennessee governor Austin Peay signs into law the Butler bill, outlawing the teaching of "any theory that denies the divine creation of man and teaches instead that man has descended from a lower order of animals.
" May 4: Newspapers throughout Tennessee carry a small notice from the ACLU offering to pay court costs for any Tennessee teacher willing to test the anti-evolution law in the courts. May 5: At a meeting in Robinson's drugstore in Dayton, Tennessee, science teacher John Scopes agrees to become the ACLU's defendant in a trial testing the Tennessee anti-evolution law. May 13: Though he hasn't practiced law for 30 years, William Jennings Bryan agrees to represent the World's Christian Fundamentals Organization as special prosecutor at the Scopes trial. Evolution: Online Lessons for Students: Activity 2- Activity Title.
Historical Thinking Matters: Scopes Trial.