Question

Watch the film Inherit the Wind and answer the following questions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzEOKb9UnQ8&t=5s

1. What happens to start off the movie? Why? (What is the major plot of the movie?)

2. What is Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection?

3. How does the town feel about the publicity happening to their town? Why?

4. Why doesn't the teacher just apologize as his girlfriend tries to get him to do?

5. What was the view of the prosecuting lawyer? (Matthew Brady)

6. What was the view of the defense lawyer? (Henry Drummond)

7. Was the court case fair? Explain by giving examples.

8. Whose argument was more convincing to the people in the movie? Why?

9. Whose arguments was more convincing to YOU? Why?

10. Did you enjoy the movie? Why or why not?

#2

PART 1: Using the internet, find 3 websites that focus on each of the following topics: (Therefore, you should find 3 websites for primate conservation, 3 for the Human Genome Project, 3 for fossil dating methods, etc.)

Primate conservation

Human Genome Project

Fossil dating methods

Human fossil finds

Future concepts (cloning, gene selection, artificial intelligence)

Describe each of the websites: who puts on (directs) the site, what topics are covered, why you like them, and what you have learned from each of the sites. (Therefore, you should be providing a description of 15 different websites.)

PART 2: Find 3 images of each of the following topics (be sure to cite which websites you obtained the images from). You should also include a brief description of each of the images. (Therefore, you should find 3 images of skeletons, 3 images of stone tools, 3 images of hominid fossils, etc.)

Skeletons (modern human or non-human primates)

Stone tools

Hominid fossils

Art objects associated with early humans (i.e., cave paintings, figurines, etc.)

Primatologists or paleoanthropologists (i.e., Jane Goodall, Don Johanson, etc.)