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Barcode31952002426125
TitleA dangerous idea : the Scopes trial, the original fight over science in schools / Debbie Levy.
AuthorLevy, Debbie. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJrgGJVyDPVGq8hpvBxhpP author. (TXPtdBWP)187660
Call NoEDUCATION SCIENCE LEV
CollectionNF Education
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International Standard Book Number 9781547612222 electronic book
International Standard Book Number 9781547612215 hardcover
International Standard Book Number 1547612215 hardcover
Dewey Decimal Classification Number 345.73/0288 23/eng/20240731
Personal Name Levy, Debbie. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJrgGJVyDPVGq8hpvBxhpP author. (TXPtdBWP)187660
Title Statement A dangerous idea : the Scopes trial, the original fight over science in schools / Debbie Levy.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice ©2025
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice New York, NY : Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2025.
Physical Description 278 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Bibliography, Etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note The drugstore plan -- The real target -- Clarence and Will -- Boy orator of the Platte -- "Whatever degrades another degrades me" -- Two tall men, talking -- Proofs and perversions -- Darwinism goes to school -- Better to destroy -- "What are mothers to do" -- The road to Dayton -- The circus comes to town -- In the beginning -- To strangle puppies -- Prayers and chairs -- Four witnesses and a textbook -- Speechless -- The greatest speech -- Something brand new -- Any question they please -- I am not afraid -- Verdicts -- Afterlives and legends -- A victory -- The evolution of everything.
Summary, Etc. "In 1925, when Tennesse lawmakers banned the teaching of evolution in public schools, teacher John Scopes challenged the law--and set off a gripping circus of a legal battle. Two masterminds faced off in court in a blistering debate over creationism and natural selection. A narrative nonfiction book on the Scopes Monkey Trial"-- Provided by publisher.
Target Audience Note Ages 10-14 Bloomsbury Children's Books.
Target Audience Note Grades 7-9 Bloomsbury Children's Books.
Subject-Personal Name Scopes, John Thomas Trials, litigation, etc. (TXPtdBWP)298504
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Subject-Personal Name Scopes, John Thomas Trials, litigation, etc. Juvenile literature. (TXPtdBWP)298500
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Evolution (Biology) Juvenile literature. Study and teaching History United States (TXPtdBWP)298508
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Biology Juvenile literature. Textbooks History United States (TXPtdBWP)298505
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Biology publishing Juvenile literature. History United States (TXPtdBWP)298502
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Religion and science History United States. (TXPtdBWP)298509
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Religion and science History United States. (TXPtdBWP)298509 sears
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Religion and science Juvenile literature. History United States (TXPtdBWP)298503
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Educational law and legislation Juvenile literature. United States (TXPtdBWP)298501
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Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Biology History United States. (TXPtdBWP)298506 sears
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Additional Physical Form Entry Online version: Levy, Debbie. New York : Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2025 Dangerous idea (DLC) 2024035079 9781547612222