Links to Related Web Sites
The Scopes Trial
The University of Missouri, Kansas City, Law School has a series of
related sites on the Scopes trial that include good primary source excerpts, especially
newspaper headlines and editorial cartoons, with good general background
on the Scopes trial.
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scopes/scopes.htm
This is an article by historian Charles Reagan Wilson entitled "The
South, Religion, and the Scopes Trial." It was originally presented at a
conference, "Religion and Public Life: Seventy Years after the Scopes
Trial," sponsored by the Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities.
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/rpw_center/scope.htm
An ABC news site reflecting on the trial 75 year later.
http://abcnews.com/sections/science/DailyNews/scopestrial990919.html (Site is no longer available.)
An examination of the Scopes trial by the historians Christopher Armstrong
and Grant Wacker for the National Humanities Center.
http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/tserve/twenty/tkeyinfo/tscopes.htm
C-SPAN's audio, audiovisual, and text versions of the Booknotes interview
with Edward Larson, author of Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing
Debate over Science and Religion. Also includes a chapter from the book and a lesson plan.
http://www.c-span.org/guide/books/booknotes/archive/bn062898.htm (Site is no longer available.)
Talking History's July 10, 2000, episode "The Scopes Monkey Trial,"
a talk with historian Edward Larson, author of Summer for the Gods: The Scopes
Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion. Also contains
an op-ed by Neil Jumonville that looks at the continuing debate over creationism and
evolution. Requires
RealPlayer (available for free download).
http://cuwebradio.creighton.edu/history/arch2000.htm (Site is no longer available.)
Darwin and His Followers
An e-book version of Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species.
http://www.literature.org/authors/darwin-charles/the-origin-of-species-6th-edition/
A site entitled "Darwin and Evolution Overview." Includes documents
authored by Darwin, religious responses to Darwin, electronic texts, and
other Web resources.
http://www.victorianweb.org/science/darwin/intro.html
A 1876 book entitled Darwiniana; Essays and Reviews Pertaining to
Darwinism, by Asa Gray.
http://moa.umdl.umich.edu/cgi/sgml/moa-idx?notisid=AGJ4537
A 1874 book entitled What is Darwinism? by Charles Hodge
http://moa.umdl.umich.edu/cgi/sgml/moa-idx?notisid=AGJ4836
History of Science
The University of Delaware Library has a very useful set of links to a
wide variety of history of science resources.
http://www2.lib.udel.edu/subj/hsci/internet.htm
Ronald Tobey has compiled a useful Beginner's Guide to Research in the History of Science.
http://www.lucknow.com/horus/guide/tp1.html (Site is no longer available.)