Audio media player.

Unabridged.

Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player.

One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for listening.

Performed by Dalia Ramahi.

This riveting examination of the notorious trial of a teacher whose arrest for teaching still reverberates a hundred years later is highly engaging, deeply researched, and compellingly timely. Anita Sanchez captures the passion, personalities, and pageantry of the infamous "Monkey Trial," highlighting the quiet dignity of a teacher who stood up for his students right to learn. When John Scopes defied Tennessee state law to teach his students about evolution in 1925, his resulting trial ignited a firestorm. A breathless international audience followed every detail, as reporters, vehement protestors, and even real monkeys, mobbed the courthouse to witness the bitter argument over who controls what students learn--a fight that that pitted science against religion and that continues to this day. In a compelling and deeply researched account, Sanchez brilliantly weaves primary sources and vivid writing together to give readers new insights into the notorious trial and its ongoing implications.

Grades 3 - 6.