1. The “New Morality” of the 1920s Single, working class women use work to: Break away from parental authority Establish a personal identity Participate in the consumer culture

2. Women’s colleges encourage women to: Pursue careers Challenge traditional ideas about women’s role in society

3. Wordsplash: “flapper” Youngskirtsbobbed haird Short"new breed” Jazz unacceptable behavior excessive makeup Drinkingsexsmoking Automobiles

4. Women in the 1920s Flapper—bobbed hair, carefree, chic with fashion, young –Smoked, drank, provocative clothing Majority of women remained in the home Others entered the workforce

5. The automobile allows young people to: Be more independent Escape parental control Seek new form of entertainment outside the family Find privacy

6. Wordsplash, “Scopes Monkey Trial” EvolutionTennesseeDivine Creation Biblescience teacherJohn Scopes Charles Darwin the Butler Act Animalsmonkey trial http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/monkeytrial/ sfeature/sf_music.html#

7. The Scopes Trial The Butler Act forbade the teaching of evolution in Tennessee; only divine creation allowed Am. Civil Liberties Union wanted to challenge the law and vowed to defend anyone who fought the Butler Act. John Scopes was contacted and was asked to teach the theory of evolution

8. Scopes was indicted for teaching evolution after three students testified against him William Jennings Bryan, former Presidential candidate, would lead the prosecution Clarence Darrow, an agnostic, defended Scopes

10. End of the Trial Trial lasted for 8 days Scopes didn’t even testify; but scientist, priests, professors all spoke on the subject Jury took 9 minutes to decide Scopes was guilty $100 fine ($1,165 today)

11. Scopes’ Only Words “Your honor, I feel that I have been convicted of violating an unjust statute. I will continue in the future, as I have in the past, to oppose this law in any way I can. Any other action would be in violation of my ideal of academic freedom — that is, to teach the truth as guaranteed in our constitution, of personal and religious freedom. I think the fine is unjust”

12. The Monkey Trial Present an argument for the defense of John Scopes based upon the scientific validity of teaching evolution and the fact that the Butler Act was unconstitutional. Present an argument for the prosecution based upon the right of a state to determine what is taught in its school system.