Scopes+Monkey+Trial

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"Inherit the Wind" is a 1960 film based on the Scopes Monkey Trial. Although the characters names are different, many of the lines come from the trial transcripts. It has been both praised and demonized since its creation. This scene shows the main attorney for the defense cross-examining a prominent politician about the Tennessee state law forbidding the teaching of Evolution in public schools. The very law under which Scopes was convicted.

Complete the following: 1. Watch the clip 2. Read the comments on the clip that appear on Youtube and have been included here. 3. Add your own comments about the clip and whether Creationism, Evolution, Both, or Neither should be taught in public schools today.

=Youtube Comments=

**samking12**
(3 months ago) ** +35 ** Marked as spam | "Inherit The Wind" is The MOST Vile, Slanted, Prejudiced, Bigoted, Bogus & INACCURATE Movie EVER MADE on The Scopes Trial !

At Bob Jones University; we would Do Stage Productions of THE SCOPES TRIAL; Solely Based On The HISTORIC WRITTEN TRANSCRIPTS OF THE TRIAL of 1925.

The Sad & Pathetic TRUTH is Generations of Public Schools in The USA have been Propagating & Believing TWISTED LIES about DARROW, SCOPES & BRYAN !

It's like Spreading & Holding The KKK's & Neo-Nazi's Version of Barack Obama !

**fetrug**
(5 months ago) This movie is amazing. Watched in my sophomore year. People like this Mathew a--hole are the reason as to why the world is decaying. Just﻿ sayin'.

**CarrieSnider**
(6 months ago) Nice upload, thanks. What astonishes me is that a few of the republican candidates STILL did not believe in evolution....and were proud of﻿ it... ugh, how embarrassing for America.

**LadySax19**
(6 months ago) Brady: "We must not abandon faith! Faith﻿ is the important thing!"

Drummond: "Then why did God plague us with the power to think?"

BEST LINES IN THE MOVIE!!!!!!!

**bufantas**
(6 months ago) | Did people really not accept Darwinian evolution up until the 1930`s? Good grief, how ridiculous that seems today when we﻿ have widespread scientific education.