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Direct linkMoore, Randy – American Biology Teacher, 2020
Just before his death in 1970, John Scopes claimed that his famous trial "had no other effect upon my family" than his sister Lela losing her teaching job in Paducah, Kentucky. He was wrong. My interviews with John Scopes's family members and descendants -- most of whom have never talked about their famous relative until now -- reveal…
Descriptors: Biology, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Court Litigation
Peer reviewedPaterson, Frances R. A.; Rossow, Lawrence F. – American Biology Teacher, 1999
Describes challenges to teaching evolution initiated by religious fundamentalist groups in the United States. Finds that the number of after-the-fact challenges to public school material, curricula, and instructional activities objected to because they included evolution or failed to include creation science from 1983-1996 is relatively small.…
Descriptors: Biblical Literature, Biology, Court Litigation, Creationism
