Media Menu for April 23, 2011

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 April 23, 2011,
4-5 p.m. E/P
History Channel
Science and World History
Middle and High School

“The Real Face of Jesus?” (about the Shroud Of Turin)

This science documentary, airing the evening before Easter Sunday, examines the Shroud of Turin, recently put on public display for the first time in 10 years. New data reveals more than just a flat image embedded in the ancient cloth, but an astonishing, three-dimensional, sculpture-like figure. Using the principles of physics, cutting-edge digital technology, and revolutionary CGI processes the program brings that image to life, unveiling the most accurate representation ever seen of what many believe to be Jesus Christ. TV-PG .
Log on http://www.history.com/shows/the-real-face-of-jesus/articles/the-technology

Sunday, April 24, 2011,
8-9 p.m. E/P
CNN
World History
Elementary, Middle and High School

“CNN Presents: The Women Who Would Be Queen ” (the wives of Princes)

This documentary is an inside look at the life of Prince William and Kate Middleton. Interviews include close friends of the couple and the man who has photographed Prince William through the years. The program includes archival material about William’s mother, the late Princess Diana, who would have become Queen in the event of William’s father becoming King while she was married to him.
Log on http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2011/04/15/presents.women.who.would.be.cnn

Monday, April 25, 2011,
8-10:15 p.m. ET, 5-7:15 PT
TCM-Turner Classic Movie Channel
U.S. History
High School

“Glory” (African Americans fighting in the Civil War)

This is an Oscar-winning drama about the Civil War battle at Antietam, and the formation of the first black regiment, the 54th Massachusetts Voluntary Infantry. It stars Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, and Morgan Freeman. The storys based on real events and also deals with the plight of African-American troops during the War Between the States, a topic that is barely touched upon in this country's history books. For that reason, the film is the film is more challenging than your average Civil War picture. Many of the narrative's key battles are fought between men who are supposed to be comrades in arms. Broderick plays is Union Gen. Robert Gould Shaw, a baby-faced Bostonian who's assigned to lead the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Army, the first Black fighting regiment in the war. The men of the 54th are a scruffy collection of former and escaped slaves. We follow the men - including a rebellious, deeply embittered escaped slave named Trip (Washington), and a wise, emotionally-measured gravedigger named Rawlins (Freeman) as they're turned into soldiers. But first, they have to be accepted as human beings by the often brutal military officers that are training them. The men's inner and outward battles will finally come to a head during a horrific suicide mission at Carolina's Fort Wagner. Rated TV-MA (for depictions of violence)
Log on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/54th_Massachusetts_Volunteer_Infantry

Monday, April 25, 2011,
9-10:30 p.m. E/P
PBS
U.S. History
Middle and High School

“AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: Stonewall Uprising” (history of gay liberation)

Veteran filmmakers Kate Davis and David Heilbroner explore the dramatic event that launched a worldwide rights movement. Told by those who took part, and featuring a rich trove of archival footage, this documentary revisits a time when homosexual acts were illegal throughout America, and homosexuality itself was seen as a form of mental illness. Hunted and often entrapped by undercover police in their hometowns, gays from around the U.S. began fleeing to New York in search of a sanctuary. Hounded there still by an aggressive police force, they found refuge in a Mafia-run gay bar in Greenwich Village, the Stonewall Inn. When police raided Stonewall on June 28, 1969, gay men and women did something they had not done before: they fought back. As the streets of New York erupted into violent protests and street demonstrations, the collective anger announced that the gay rights movement had arrived. Rated TV-14
Log on http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/then-and-now/stonewall

Tuesday, April 26, 2011,
8-9 p.m. E/P
PBS
World History and Geography
Middle and High School

“BLACK IN LATIN AMERICA “Cuba: The Next Revolution” ( the cool Cubans)

This is the second episode of a documentary miniseries in which Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. uncovers the African roots in six Latin-American countries. In “Cuba: The Next Revolution” Gates finds out how the culture, religion, politics and music of this island are inextricably linked to the huge amount of slave labor imported to produce its enormously profitable 19th-century sugar industry and how race and racism have fared since Fidel Castro’s Communist revolution in 1959. Rated TV-PG
Log on http://pressroom.pbs.org/Programs/b/BLACK-IN-LATIN-AMERICA/102.aspx

Wednesday, April 27, 2011,
9-10 p.m. E/P
History Channel
U.S. and Geography
Middle and High School

” How the States Got Their Shapes” (easy to memorize U.S. geography)

We are so familiar with the map of United States, but do we know why our states look the way they do? Every shape on the map tells a great story about our past. Why is California bent? To cling on to gold. Why does Oklahoma have a panhandle? Because of shifting borders for slavery. Why does Missouri have a boot? Because of a massive earthquake. This documentary examines how every state is a puzzle piece ultimately revealing the unique geography, political and social history of America. TVPG
Log on http://historydocumentaryfilms.com or http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=4364

Thursday, April 28, 2011,
4-5 p.m. E/P
History Channel
Science and Economics
Middle and High School

”Fry It” (past, present and future of what we eat)

Welcome to the world of sizzling hot oil - something encountered in everyone’s past, present and future economic activity. First in this documentary is a trip to the fair to discover the secrets behind fried classics such as funnel cakes and churros. And how about some deep fried treats such as frogs legs, and Twinkies and Coke? At Mickey's Diner in St. Paul, Minnesota, get schooled in the tricks of the fried food trade from a master short order cook. See what goes into forging the classic cast iron frying pan, supplying deep fryers for American restaurants, and producing billions of pounds of cooking oil. At Kentucky's World Chicken Festival, witness the world's largest stainless steel frying pan fry up to six hundred chicken quarters at a time. Find out what makes international favorites like British fish and chips, Japanese tempura, and Chinese stir-fry so tasty. Cooking oil is now being deployed as a fuel. Marvel at how San Francisco fire trucks are fueling up on the city's used cooking oil. TV-PG
Log on http://www.history.com/shows/modern-marvels/episodes/#slide-183

Friday, April 29, 2011,
8-9 p.m. E/P and 9-11 p.m. E/P
CBS, ABC, NBC
World History
Elementary, Middle and High School

”The Royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton ” (living history in England)

A one-hour primetime special covering this historic event will be broadcast this evening at 8:00 PM, E/P on the CBS Television Network. The ABC and NBC Television Networks will separately broadcast two-hour specials at 9 PM, E/P.
Log on www.royal.gov.uk

Saturday April 30, 2011,
8-9 p.m. E/P
National Geographic Channel
World History and Geography
Elementary, Middle and High School

” Walking the Great Wall ” (Great Wall of China)

It's said to be over 5,000 years old and more than 4,000 miles long, but even today nobody really knows for sure. The Great Wall of China is one of the world’s most famous constructions, but it is still one of the least understood. For historian William Lindesay, exploring the Great Wall has become his lifetime obsession. In this documentary he'll journey to some of the most remote parts of China's national monument.
Log on http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/great-expeditions/5019/Overview