1925

A key public controversy event shaping American anti-evolution politics, media framing, and educational memory.

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Why This Record Matters

Scopes is useful as a case dossier because it is both a legal event and a recurring rhetorical reference in creation/evolution controversy.

Topics

case public controversy education policy

Conceptual Connections

  • public controversy
  • education policy
  • rhetoric

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