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Here are home viewing suggestions for the week, selected from online advanced TV program listings and aligned with the state and national K-12 academic standards available online. Please consult local listings also, since actual broadcast times may vary. The Websites cited in the “Log on“ box below the tv listing provide further details about the show’s topic and may contain links to video clips from the show or a complete streaming video version of the show.
Saturday, September 25, 2010,
8-10 p.m. E/P
History Channel
Geography and World History
Middle and High School
“Gates of Hell”
Legendary volcanoes, geysers and fault lines found in Iceland, Mexico, Greece, Italy and Japan appear to descend into another reality -- an underworld deep within the earth. This geography documentary investigates such places and reveals the geological reasons why they evoked such fear and awe. There are six places on Earth believed to be actual entrances into Hell. They include a volcano in Iceland, a cave in the jungles of Central America, and a lake of fire in Africa. According to ancient myth and Christian legend, each is a passage to a terrifying underworld for the damned. Even today, some believe they are still portals. Eerily, they share striking similarities. We'll visit these six locations, and along the way, reveal how the concept of Hell emerged in history and why it still evokes fear today. TV-PG
Log on http://www.history.com/videos/gates-of-hell#gates-of-hell
Sunday, September 26, 2010,
8-9 p.m. E/P
PBS
Science and Geography
Middle and High School
“NATURE: Cuba - The Accidental Eden”
As shown in this documentary the island nation of Cuba’s varied landscape, its location in the heart of the Caribbean and its longstanding place at the center of Cold War politics have all combined to preserve some of the richest and most unusual natural environments of the hemisphere. For decades, Cuba’s wild landscapes lay untouched while its Caribbean neighbors poisoned or paved over their ecological riches. Now, Cuba’s priceless treasures are about to face an onslaught. Tourism is already on the rise and most experts predict tourism will double once the U.S. trade embargo ends. What will happen to Cuba’s stunning biodiversity — an island filled with amphibians, reptiles and the most biologically diverse freshwater fish in the region? TV-G
Log on http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/
Monday, September 27, 2010,
9-10:30 p.m. E/P
PBS
U.S. and World History
Middle and High School
“When Worlds Collide"
This documentary, hosted by Emmy- winning writer Rubén Martínez, chronicles the origins of today’s Latino culture in the United States through the untold story of what happened in the Americas after Columbus. The journey begins in 2010 Los Angeles and travels to Latin America and Spain for a vivid exploration of the first century after the “Old World” encountered the “New World.” It covers the rise and fall of Spain's global empire from the reign of Isabella and Ferdinand through the reign of Philip II. TV-PG
Log on http://video.pbs.org/program/1573618569 for video clips about each topic and locale in the story
Tuesday, September 28, 2010,
8-10 p.m. E/P (repeats 10 p.m. –midnight)
PBS
U.S. and World History
Middle and High School
“THE TENTH INNING: Top of the Tenth"
Ken Burns last explored the history of America’s national pastime with his landmark 1994 PBS series BASEBALL. Now, Burns and co-director Lynn Novick update the series with THE TENTH INNING. Beginning with a crippling strike that alienated millions of fans and brought the game to the brink, this new film tells the tumultuous story of our national pastime up to the present. It celebrates baseball’s new Golden Age — an era of unprecedented home run totals, popularity and prosperity — and sheds light on one of the game’s darkest chapters — the steroid era. The two-part, four-hour film examines the stories of Joe Torre, Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Pedro Martinez, Ichiro Suzuki, Cal Ripken Jr. and Barry Bonds and features insightful commentary from a lineup of writers, broadcasters, fans and all-stars. Part One, “Top Of The Tenth”, airing tonight, begins in 1994 as the national pastime faces its worst crisis in 70 years when a prolonged and bitter strike alienates many of the most loyal fans. Baseball has to rebuild. And rebuild it does, with new stadiums, an infusion of new players from Latin America and the shattering of historic records previously considered unbreakable. Part Two, entitled “Bottom of the Tenth” , airing in this timeslot tomorrow, September 29, covers a new generation of pitchers and international players who dominate the game, the Red Sox break an 86-year-old “curse” by winning the World Series and Barry Bonds, under the looming specter of steroids, closes in on a historic record. TV-PG
Log on http://www.pbs.org/tenthinning
Tuesday, September 28, 2010,
9-10 p.m. E/P
National Geographic Channel
Science and Geography
Middle and High School
“Explorer: Can The Gulf Survive?”
With streaks of orange, red and black oil first creating havoc in Gulf waters, documentary cameras are on the front lines with the individuals tasked with fighting the growing disaster. Gaining extended access to the Coast Guard and command center team leading the cleanup, the program follows Rear Admiral Mary Landry, the Federal On-Scene Coordinator, and Mike Utsler, BP’s Incident Commander, who guide us through the first two months of the battle with seemingly no end. Tracking the spill cleanup effort from sea, land and air, we ride with a team charged with burning the oil at sea and fly with planes spraying a million gallons of dispersant. Sail with a cutter sucking up more than a thousand barrels of oil a day, and watch crews racing the clock to deploy booms to protect fragile marshlands. See NOAA scientists launch high-tech instruments to study the oil undersea, while on shore, satellite mappers try to predict the movement of the oil in Gulf currents. The oil has stopped spewing into the ocean, but the cleanup work of these men and women continues to be an ongoing battle.
Log on http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/explorer/4835/Overview
Wednesday, September 29, 2010,
9-10 p.m. E/P
CNBC
Science, Economics and Geography
Middle and High School
"Trash Inc: The Secret Life of Garbage"
Garbage. It's everywhere — even in the middle of the oceans — and it's pure gold for companies like Waste Management and Republic Services who dominate this $52 billion-a-year industry. From curbside collection by trucks costing $250,000 each, to per-ton tipping fees at landfills, there's money to be made at every point as more than half of the 250 million tons of trash created in the United States each year reaches its final resting place. At a cost of $1 million per acre to construct, operate and ultimately close in an environmentally feasible method, modern landfills are technological marvels — a far cry from the town dump that still resonates in most people's perceptions. Not only do they make money for their owners, they add millions to the economic wellbeing of the towns that house them. Technologies, such as Landfill Natural Gas and Waste To Energy, are giving garbage a second life, turning trash into power sources and helping to solve mounting problems. It's particularly important in places like Hawaii, where disposal space is an issue, and in China, where land and energy are needed and trash is plentiful.
Log on http://classic.cnbc.com/id/38830389
Thursday, September 30, 2010,
9-10 p.m. E/P
Science Channel
Science
Elementary, Middle and High School
“Deep Sea Aliens"
A soft boneless body, two enormous eyes, eight tentacles brain and intestines in a single pouch, and a tearing double beak! The Octopus has been with us since the start and only now, as this documentary shows, are we beginning to unravel the extent of its astounding intelligence. TV-G.
Friday, October 1, 2010,
6-7 p.m. E/P
Planet Green Channel
World History and Geography
Elementary, Middle and High School
"Discovery Atlas: India Revealed"
India is one of the world's rising superpowers. A vast population and landmass, a weight of history and culture that stretches back for millennia. In this documentary viewers meet the people that make this great nation. TV-G
Log on http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/discovery-atlas-india.html
Saturday, October 2, 2010,
8-9 p.m. E/P
National Geographic Channel
Technology and Economics
Elementary, Middle and High School
" Ultimate Factories: Corvette "
The mystique of the Corvette has held strong for 5 straight decades with its sleek muscular body, raw power and unyielding speed. This sports car has been recognized as America's only sports car. This documentary takes viewers inside the development of the Corvette Z06, a high performance street machine that is the most aerodynamically efficient Corvette ever built. Then, travel to the Corvette factory in Bowling Green, Kentucky to see how this Z06 is built from start to finish in only 36 hours. TV-G
Log on http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/ultimate-factories/3325/Overview
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