The Scopes "Monkey Trial" Counterbalance aims to present new views on complex issues and is committed "to stay true to respected theological principles, and to good scholarship." They refute the view that the Scopes Trial was a public relations victory for evolutionists. read more
America's most famous journalist, H.L. Mencken, has christened this the Monkey Trial, so the obvious next move is to set up a shot of Jock, the monkey, listening to it on the radio. Once the background to the trial is examined, it emerges things were not quite what they seemed. read more
This Day in History: 07/10/1925 - Monkey Trial Begins In a This Day in History video, learn that on July 10, 1925, the Scopes Monkey trial began in Dayton, Tennessee. High school teacher John Thomas Scopes was charged with violating Tennessee's law against teaching evolution instead of the divine creation of man. read more