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Exploring audience and purpose with a single issue
In this lesson, students explore the rhetorical concept of audience and purpose by focusing on an issue that divided Americans in 1925—the debate of evolution versus creationism raised by the Scopes Monkey Trial. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9 English Language Arts)
Provided by: IRA/NCTE

Theory of the origin of the earth and species based on a literal interpretation of the biblical story presented in Genesis in which the world was created in six days some 6,000 years ago.

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Creationists challenge the theory of evolution and its place in education. Advocates argue that creationism should at least be provided as an alternative to evolution in science education.