Narrative overview: Events leading up to the Scopes trial
Two sides prepare for trial
Fireworks in the courtroom
Bryan and Malone cross swords
An historic duel, a verdict reached
Legacy of the Scopes "Monkey Trial"
Biographies: William Jennings Bryan
Primary sources: Bishop Ussher calculates the day that God created the world
Charles Darwin explains his theory of human evolution
Tennessee's 1925 statute prohibiting the teaching of evolution in public schools
H. L. Mencken describes jury selection in Dayton
H. L. Mencken sizes up the lawyers
Bryan argues against testimony from defense "experts"
Dudley Malone speaks on science, religion, and the quest for truth
Darrow's cross-examination of Bryan
Darrow asks the jury to return a "guilty" verdict
Bryan's closing summation
Scopes remembers the Monkey Trial : forty years later
Tennessee repeals the Butler Act
Introducing "Intelligent design" in Dover, Pennsylvania
Judge Jones's ruling against Intelligent design in Dover schools
A Christian explains his belief in Darwinian evolution
An ID proponent explains Intelligent design
A defense of Intelligent design as science
Why Intelligent design is not science
Important people, places, and terms
Sources for further study