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Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Media Menu for December 27, 2012


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.

Thursday,  December 27,  2012
10-10:30 p.m. E/P
PBS
Technology and Geography
Elementary, Middle and High School

Roadtrip Nation: Boston-New York

Airing on  KLCS, this documentary follows a team of young travelers as the meet with an MIT graduate assistant in the robotics department; two women who created a soccer ball that generates electricity; and a Bamboo-made Bike Studio cofounder. Also: they meet with USA Shaolin Temple founder Shi Yan Ming.
Log on  http://roadtripnation.com/roadtrips/

Friday,  December 28,  2012
8-10 p.m. E/P
National Geographic Channel
U.S. and World History
Middle and High School

Inside the Vietnam War

This documentary takes viewers inside covert operations, gives you a seat at the military strategy table and lets you witness the emotional toll of war through the eyes of the soldiers and the pilots who undertook dozens of death-defying missions. Woven together with testimonials from more than 50 Vietnam veterans, archival audio and video footage, and never-before-seen photos, the program features the harrowing firsthand accounts of the brave men and women who lived through the war
Log on http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/inside-the-vietnam-war/

Saturday,  December 29,  2012
5-7 p.m. E/P
History Channel U.S.
Geography and History
Middle and High School

You Don't Know Dixie

Southerners have a certain style, language and way of life. But what many people don't know is that America itself was made in the South. This documentary  journeys to the real South for an informative and sometimes lighthearted look at its distinctive cultures, characteristics and influences on our country's history. Narrated by Charlie Daniels, well-known Southerners--Jeff Foxworthy, Trace Adkins, Ty Pennington, James Carville, Ricky Scaggs, Michael Waltrip, Bobby Bowden, Lyrnyrd Skynryd, Herschel Walker, Al Bell, and others--weigh in on cornerstones of Southern life: barbecue and moonshine, hunting and fishing, college football and the Grand Ol' Opry. We'll unearth surprises and misconceptions dating back to the earliest days of American history.
Log on http://www.history.com/shows/you-dont-know-dixie

Sunday,  December 30,  2012
8-9 p.m. E/P
CNN
U.S. History
Middle and High School

CNN: Top 10 of 2012

This annual news-special broadcast revisits the stories that captured the country's attention in 2012. Reporter Don Lemon shares with viewers   what  he sees as the biggest stories of the year in crime, politics, money and even the most scandalous.
Log on http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs

Monday,  December 31,  2012
9-10 p.m. E/P
PBS
U.S. History
Middle and High School

History Detectives

Airing on KLCS, this history-research documentary covers a WWII propaganda leaflet being deciphered;  a cherished family heirloom watercolor is linked to Tiffany stained glass. Also: a nephew and a son of two Americans who fought in the Spanish Civil War are united.
Log on  http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/about/

Tuesday,  January 1, 2013
9-10 p.m. E/P
PBS
World History and Geography
Elementary, Middle and High School

Richard Bangs' Adventures With Purpose Greece: Quest for the Gods

Airing on KLCS, this documentary hosted by Richard Bangs investigates the meaning and relevance of Greek mythology. It begins with Athens, side-trip to Poseidon’s Temple at Cape Sounion and then heads to Olympia, birthplace of the Olympic Games. The quest takes him on to the island of Ithaca, to the site of mystical oracles at Delphi and finishes at the home of the gods, Mt. Olympus.
Log on http://www.smarttravels.tv/AdventuresWithPurpose/site/shows_greece.html

Wednesday,  January 2, 2013
4-6 p.m. E/P
History Channel
World History and Geography
Middle and High School

History of the World in Two Hours

A rapid-fire history of our world, from the beginning of time as we know it to present day. This two-hour CGI-driven documentary  delves into the key turning points: the formation of earth, emergence of life, spread of man and the growth of civilization--and reveals their surprising connections to our world today. TV-PG
Log on http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2086853/

Book TV Schedule

Saturday, December 29th

8am (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
"Almost Home: Helping Kids Move from Homelessness to Hope" 
Cory Booker; Tina Kelley; Kevin Ryan
9am (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
2012 Year in Books 
Bob Minzesheimer; Sarah Weinman
10:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 29 min.
"Occupy the Economy: Challenging Capitalism" 
David Barsamian; Richard Wolff
7pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 21 min.
"The God Problem: How A Godless Cosmos Creates" 
Howard Bloom

Sunday, December 30th

4:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 14 min.
"The Outsourced Self: Intimate Life in Market Times" 
Arlie Hochschild
7:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 6 min.
Newt Gingrich, "Victory at Yorktown" 
Newt Gingrich
9am (ET)
Approx. 44 min.
2012 Texas Book Festival: David Westin, "Exit Interview" 
David Westin
9:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 5 min.
"Of Africa" 
Wole Soyinka
4:15pm (ET)
Approx. 52 min.
2012 Miami Book Fair International: Panel with Lori Andrews, Hanna Rosin, and Joan Walsh 
Lori Andrews; Hanna Rosin; Joan Walsh
6pm (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
"The Legacy of the Second World War" 
John Lukacs
7:30pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 27 min.
"An American Diplomat in Franco Spain" 
Michael Aaron Rockland
10pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 5 min.
"Dogfight: The 2012 Presidential Campaign in Verse" 
Calvin Trillin
11:15pm (ET)
Approx. 46 min.
"The Secret Knowledge: On the Dismantling of American Culture" 
David Mamet

Monday, December 31st

6am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 6 min.
"The Amistad Rebellion: An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom" 
Marcus Rediker
7:15am (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
"Round About the Earth: Circumnavigation from Magellan to Orbit" 
Joyce Chaplin
10:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 4 min.
"A Good Man: Rediscovering My Father, Sargent Shriver" 
Mark Shriver
1:30pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 12 min.
"My American Revolution: Crossing the Delaware and I-78"
Robert Sullivan
4:30pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 19 min.
"Joseph Anton: A Memoir" 
Salman Rushdie
7pm (ET)
Approx. 57 min.
"Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power" 
Jon Meacham
11pm (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
2012 Year in Books 
Bob Minzesheimer; Sarah Weinman

Tuesday, January 1st

2:15am (ET)
Approx. 47 min.
2012 Miami Book Fair International: James Patterson on Reading 
James Patterson
4am (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
"Bill and Hillary: The Politics of the Personal" 
William Chafe
6am (ET)
Approx. 43 min.
2012 National Book Festival: Walter Isaacson, "Steve Jobs" 
Walter Isaacson
8am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 3 min.
Conference on Whittaker Chambers' "Witness" - Panel: "The History of Witness" 
Lee Edwards; M. Stanton Evans; John Lewis Gaddis
10:12am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 4 min.
Conference on Whittaker Chambers' "Witness" - Panel: "Without Anti-Communism: What Defines Conservatives Today?" 
Peter Berkowitz; Norman Podhoretz; Alfred Regnery
12pm (ET)
Approx. 39 min.
"James Meredith and the Ole Miss Riot: A Soldier's Story" 
Henry Gallagher
8:15pm (ET)
Approx. 47 min.
2012 Miami Book Fair International: James Patterson on Reading 
James Patterson
10pm (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
"Bill and Hillary: The Politics of the Personal" 
William Chafe

Wednesday, January 2nd

12am (ET)
Approx. 43 min.
2012 National Book Festival: Walter Isaacson, "Steve Jobs" 
Walter Isaacson
2am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 3 min.
Conference on Whittaker Chambers' "Witness" - Panel: "The History of Witness" 
Lee Edwards; M. Stanton Evans; John Lewis Gaddis
4:12am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 4 min.
Conference on Whittaker Chambers' "Witness" - Panel: "Without Anti-Communism: What Defines Conservatives Today?" 
Peter Berkowitz; Norman Podhoretz; Alfred Regnery