the trail that rocked the world
the trail that rocked the world
The Trial That Rocked the World
Part 1 General introduction
1. about the author:
John Scopes (1900——1970) once a school-teacher in Dayton, Tennessee. Principle of the “Monkey Trial”. Later became a geologist for an oil company.
2. Backgroud:
⑴For a number of years a clash had been building up between the fundamentalist(基要主义者) and the modernists(现代主义者).③
⑵fundamentalism was strong in Tennessee, and the state legislature had passed a law prohibiting the teaching of “any theory that denies the story of creation as taught in the Bible”④
⑶The exits of Darwin’s evolution. ⑷John Scopes taught the students evolution.
3. about the affair 1、Reason: John Scopes taught the students evolution which was considered against the
law.
2、Time: July 10, 1925
3、Place: A court in Dayton, Tennessee.
4、Conflicts:
