Science+and+the+Court

Ms. Cambell

= 7/19/10 - Day 1 Objectives: = //Students will be Able to// : 1. Define Evolution in their own words 2. Evaluate social, cultural, and political events of the early 1900s

Opener:
Watch the short video below and in your virtual notebook: To show us what scientists believe is the evolution of the human species and everything before. Are scientis still working on trying to find more information on how our species was developed?
 * Identify the objective of the video
 * Pose 1-2 questions you have
 * Find a similar image, event or topic to represent what you watched

Evolution Wordle:

I chose words that just popped into my head when a teacher mentions evolution with a few other words too. It is mostly the development of the universe/earth as we all grow and tiem transcends.

Three Most Important Words: -Adaptation -Time -Knowledge



1. Summarize Key Points So Far - evolution is the development of living things through genes and generations - things like the trees shedding leaves is not an evolution it just happens every year
 * Three - Minute Pause**

2. Add Your Own Thoughts - its mostly through the adaptations an organism has to go through in order to survive in their enviroment with the genes they carry out through time - you can see now we have different structures than the stone age days but still have some similar characteristics

3. Pose Clarifying Questions - No matter what even if we look different we're all related somehow?

Group Evolution Wordle:

We thought of different words and put them in together on a list but created them seperately. Now these are words that we learned together as a class from the virtual learning Ms. Cambell was doing.



Reflection on Timeline Activity:


 * Do you think that scientific research and discovery might be in conflict with some values and ideals of the 1920's? Why or why not? Provide evidence from today's activities to support your response.**

There would be problems with these ideas for some people because most people are so comfortable with their lives as is in the 1920's that finding out something as bizarre and unknown as the theory of evolution would just go past them. For example the KKK they like everything the same, they like their own customs back then. Finding these other people who are not the same as them threw them off. Causing these people to make a group called the KKK to try and enforce their ideas on people. Then there are people who disagree with science just because they think it isn't correct, who don't like change at all.

1. Identify parallels between this topic and conflicts/events that are going on today. The KKK still exists especially since we are a democratic country and depending on where you live you can see many different people. We still also have Civil Rights going on even though there are some violations.

2. Make an argument for or against the theory of Evolution supporting your argument. For the theory of Evolution, scientists and archeaologists have found proof of things from teh past like fossils that can give us clues of this theory. It is not postive but we have enough proof to show that it could be true.

=7/20/10 - Day 2 Objectives: = 1. Explain the controversy of teaching evolution in schools 2. Identify the different views about teaching evolution in schools 3. Evaluate the impact of the Scopes trial in America
 * // Students will be Able to //** :



The picture is showing two monkeys looking down on people like their crazy, and the man is being hung because of a controversy. He could have been teaching Evolution or something else that these angry people don't agree upon. / But it is really a political speaking where these white people are hanging a black man on the tree because of is race. The police officer is the one hanging him so that would mean that in the 1920's it was probably okay to do this even on the street.

Activity 1: The Simpsons Tackle Evolution

1. What was the message of this cartoon clip? People have their own views on how the world and it's people were created. Sometimes protesters could even go to great lengths just to prove that their theory is corect.

2. Do you think something like this could actually happen? I do think that an argument of what theory (belief or science) is correct while the other is not can occur. It still goes on today except I haven't seen it in front of me really before except for the clip. A religious person can go against a scientific person and they could shoot out their explanations as to why man was created. For example Texas they don't allow the teaching of Evolution to happen but maybe a teacher will teach evolution and they will be arrested.

Activity 2a: The Scopes Monkey Trial




 * Activity 2b: The Scopes Monkey Trial

John Scope -**

Summarize: 1900-1970 He was a biology teacher, and was asked by businessmen to be indicted teaching evolution. At 24, he was a defendant and he claimed he was innocent because he did nothing wrong. Basically, he didn't teach evolution, he was just there to be used. The fathers of Dayton, Tennessee had actually asked him to stand for trial because they had hoped it would bring them more people to boost up their low economy.
 * William Jennings Bryan -**

William Jennings Bryan was a highly influential national figure. He was elected in the House of Representatives and ran for president three times. He was a major player in the creation of the Butler act, and when the Scopes trial came up, he was placed as prosecutor despite that not being his job.


 * Clarence Darrow -**

**//__Summary:__//** Clarence Darrow's role in the trial was as the most famous lawyer who ( m ) defended John Scopes. He argued for the side of science, and pressed on the prosecuting attorney, Bryan, to admit that the Genesis and the Bi bl e was a bunch of garbage. His main goal was to prove that the Butler Law was unconstitutional. However, h e only ended up creating a furious debate over the issue of religion vs science. Like his father, Darrow was an atheist, and thus argued for the side of science with a firm belief in the truth of evolution. Scopes was found guilty, but Darrow later appealed the case to the Tennesee supreme court. Scopes was released on a technicality but the Butler Act remained.

**American Civil Liberties Union -**

T he ACLU is organization in which they defend anyone being accused of teaching evolution. In Tennessee V Scopes the ACLU defended John Scopes for he had been accused of teaching evolution. The ACLU told John Scopes to teach evolution on purpose; for teaching out the text book is requirement in Tennessee he had no choice but to break the law. John Scopes was found guilty of teaching evolution but he made a point the law was pointless. -summaary^
 * John T. Raulston -**

John T. Raulston, the judge in the Scopes trial, was "a popular local attorney of no special competence." Although his rulings more often favored the prosecution and his deference to Bryan was especially obvious, Raulston was credited with "acting according to his lights as well as his prejudices." The attention that came with the Scopes trial pleased Raulston, and he seemed to have a near obsession with having his picture taken. Raulston was a deeply religious man. During the trial he quoted scripture. It was also his practice to open proceedings with a prayer whenever a clergyman was present. His decision on the trial was to deem John Scopes guilty of all charges. He ruled in favor of creationism. He was a very religious man who was particularly biased towards the prosecutor William Jennings Bryan. He also enjoyed the attention he obtained from the case. His family was given front row seats to the court cases.

**Summarizing the trial:** What importance did each person/organization play in the case? John Scope was the defendent being trialed in this case and was charged for teaching Evolution. Darrow was the lawyer who was to defend Scope's right to teach evolution. He mainly defended Scopes because he wanted to go against Williams stern thoughts about religion. The ACLU defends anyone who has been deprived of their civil rights but they had chose to defend Scopes because his trial not only brought publicity to Dayton, TN it made the ACLU itself very well-known. Judge Raulston was a religious man and found Scope's guilty. Williams was one of the few who created the Butler Act and was against Scopes because he was the prosecuter.

Evaluate the perspective each person/organization had on the teaching of evolution in public schools. Scope - thought it should be taught, the law was stupid, did not even remember teaching it Darrow - the lawyer and was atheist sided with Scopes because he believed in Science ACLU - told Scopes to teach evolution, and agree that evolution should be taught Judge Raulston - disagrees, enjoys attention from the trial Williams - disagrees with teaching evolution, against

Do you agree with the outcome of the trial? Why or why not? I don't agree at all because John Scope didn't even teach evolution at all but he was let off anyways. He was found guilty because a group of businessmen had asked him to be convicted of this "crime". Then again he was the one who agreed to be indicted therefore this whole trial was just there.

= Conclusion: =
 * Tennessee vs John Scopes**

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I chose my slides first according to the people who involved themselves with John Scopes. I also included the ACLU because they were actually the ones who started it all with the trial and what not. I tried to make it comical with the cartoon photos but still teach them something by combining them in the slides. The song 'Do You Know Your Enemy?' I think almost completely matches the situation. A huge feud came out of a trial that was mainly suppose to gain publicity. The trial very much did and opened the world to this idea, //is// the Evolution theory what we should learn or go for Creationism, trusting the bible to tell us how people were created.

=**Closing Activity**=

Final Project Group Page