You are on trial for teaching evolution in the classroom.

You support the right of an individual to teach evolution.

You believe in Charles Darwin's Origin of the Species.

Explore the Web Sites below under the resources for your historical person and do each numbered task so that you are ready for the trial.

1. You are John T. Scopes. Read the biographical information on Scopes and create a ten slide Power Point presentation describing your background, career and why you agreed to challenge the Tennessee state law on teaching evolution.

2. You believe that the truths discovered by scientists should be taught in the classroom. In a eight slide Power Point presentation, describe Darwin's theory of how mankind and the animals came to populate the earth.

3. Look up the term "test case" in the on-line source below in the Scopes Resources and write the definition down. Do an on-line search at google.com using "test case" and read some of the items that come up. What other test cases did you discover? Tell a classmate.

4. Create an eight slide Power Point presentation explaining a state's right and a teacher's duty to control the content of a student's education.