Media Menu for March 14, 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.

Wednesday,  March 14, 2012,
10:15 p.m.–12:15 a.m. ET, 7:15-9:15 p.m. PT
TCM – Turner  Classic Movie Channel
Arts and U.S. History
Middle and High School

On The Waterfront

In this an eight-Oscar-winning drama about labor union conditions,   a young stevedore takes on the mobster who rules the docks. Ex-boxer Terry Malloy (Marlon Brando) earns an inconsequential living working for waterfront crime boss Johnny Friendly (Lee J. Cobb). But when he unwittingly lures a rebellious dockworker to his death, Malloy suffers pangs of guilt. Through the love of Edie Doyle (Eva Marie Saint), the murdered man's sister, and the support of Father Barry (Karl Malden), a crime-fighting priest, Terry finds the moral courage to stand up to Friendly and his goons and accept the violent consequences of his decision. This movie has been selected for inclusion in the Library of Congress' National Film  Registry. Available on DVD. TV-PG
Log on http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/4749/On-the-Waterfront

Thursday,  March 15, 2012,
10-11 p.m. ET,  7-8- p.m. PT
CNBC Channel
Economics and
U.S. History
Middle and High School

Mark Zuckerberg: Inside Facebook

This documentary tells the story of Facebook's creation, the accuracy of the movie ``The Social Network'' and Facebook's plans to use the personal information it has collected to power a new kind of online advertising.
Log on http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000076500

Friday,  March  16, 2012,
7-8 p.m. E/P
Science Channel
Science   and Geography
Elementary,Middle and High School

Blue Planet : Coral Seas

A coral reef is one of the most stunning sights on earth. Bathed in warm, clear tropical water and brilliant sunlight, coral reefs are the rain forests of the sea. Surrounded by desert-like expanses of ocean, they are rich oases of life. Spectacular numbers make it necessary to stand out to survive. This competition is highly visible as brightly colored fish compete for food, territory and mates. This documentary  shows these daily dramas unfolding  in detail. TV-G
Log on http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/blue-planet/blue-planet.html

Saturday,  March  17, 2012,
8-9 p.m. E/P
CNN
Science and U.S. History
High School

CNN  Presents : Vets feel abandoned after secret drug experiments

CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta hosts  this news  magazine program, including an investigation by Dr. Gupta into the use of military veterans as unwitting human test subjects.  From 1955 to 1975, military researchers at Edgewood Arsenal were using Army volunteers to test chemicals ranging from potentially lethal nerve gases like VX and sarin to incapacitating agents like BZ. The military also tested tear gas, barbiturates, tranquilizers, narcotics and hallucinogens like LSD. This top secret Cold War research program initially looked for ways to defend against a chemical or biological attack by the Soviet Union, thought to be far ahead of the United States in “psycho-chemical” warfare. But the research expanded into offensive chemical weapons including one that could, according to one Army film obtained by CNN, deliver a “veritable chemical ambush” against an enemy.
Log on http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2012/03/05/gupta-soldier-guinea-pigs-1.cnn

Sunday,  March  18, 2012,
9-10 p.m. E/P
National
Geographic Channel
World History and Arts
Middle and High School

Finding the Lost da Vinci

Could one of Leonardo da Vinci’s lost works of art be hidden between a wall of an ornate building and another masterpiece? It’s a captivating theory that has had one prominent scientist chasing a legend for more than 30 years. This  documentary is the exclusive behind-the-scenes story of the hunt for a priceless masterpiece that could lead to one of the greatest discoveries the art world has ever known.
Log on http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/national-geographic-channel/all-videos/ngc-the-real-life-da-vinci-code/?source=email_channel

Monday,  March  19, 2012,
9-10:30 p.m. E/P
PBS
U.S. History and Government
Elementary, Middle and High School

OREGON REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE

Candidates vying for the Republican presidential nomination will meet for a live televised debate in Portland, Oregon. Moderators for the event include Ray Suarez, senior correspondent for PBS NEWSHOUR, and Ralph Hallow, Senior National Correspondent, The Washington Times.
Log on http://www.pbs.org/newshour/vote2012/map/calc.html

Tuesday,  March  20, 2012,
4-5  p.m. E/P
Planet Green Channel
Science and Technology
Elementary, Middle and High School

How Stuff Works: Coffee

From Colombia to coffeehouse, this documentary covers  farmers, baristas, and everyone in between in the realm of the beverage that fuels the World. TV-G
Log on http://www.coffeeresearch.org/coffee/history.htm

Tuesday,  March  20, 2012,
5-6  p.m. E/P
PBS
Science and Technology
Middle and High School

Modern Marvels: Strange Weapons

Modern arsenals have become much more sophisticated than bullets and bombs. This documentary describes microwave-like rays that make the enemy flee when they feel the heat and laser weapons, mounted on trucks and airplanes that can blow missiles out of the sky. Some of the newest non-lethal weapons include a B.B. machine gun that can fire 150 pain-causing pellets a second and a flashing device nicknamed "the pukelight" that may make you lose your lunch. Finally, examine ancient weapons that include a cutlery set containing hidden pistols and Ninja hand claws that would put the X-Men's Wolverine to shame. TV-PG
Log on http://jnlwp.defense.gov/about/default.html
Tuesday,  March  20, 2012,
8-10  p.m. E/P
PBS
U.S. History and Economics
Middle and High School

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE:  INTO THE DEEP:  AMERICA, WHALING & THE WORLD

This documentary  charts the rapid rise and precipitous decline of the American whaling industry, which powered the start of the industrial revolution and laid the groundwork for a global economy in the 18th and 19th centuries. For two centuries, American whale oil lit the world — powering the start of the industrial revolution and laying the groundwork for a truly global economy. From its stunning rise as an economic force in the 18th century to its precipitous decline in the decades following the Civil War, the whaling industry mapped millions of miles of uncharted ocean, opened new seaways and markets, employed the world's most multi-cultural workforce and shrunk the globe by bringing once remote reaches of the Earth into contact as never before — all the while capturing the American imagination. As Americans now see fortunes rise and fall on the global energy and consumer markets, the rapid commoditization of whales and the sharp decline of the whaling industry serve as a stark reminder of the volatility of the global marketplace.
Log on http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/whaling

Wednesday,  March  21, 2012,
10-11 p.m. E/P
PBS
U.S. History and Technology
Middle and High School

Steve Jobs - One Last Thing

There has been near-universal agreement that the late Apple founder was a great innovator in business and technology, but why was he great? What were the influences that shaped his character and drove him to such success from humble beginnings? With colleagues who worked closely with him and those who have chronicled his life,  this documentary takes an unflinching look at the mercurial, brilliant man and review his many talents and achievements. And , in a never-before-broadcast interview from 1994, Jobs expounds on his philosophy of life: “You tend to get told that the world is the way it is, but life can be much broader once you discover one simple fact; and that is that everything around you that you call life was made up by people no smarter than you … Once you learn that, you’ll never be the same again.”
Log on http://www.biography.com/people/steve-jobs-9354805

Book TV Schedule

Saturday, March 17th

8am (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
"Stephen Hawking: An Unfettered Mind"
Kitty Ferguson

9am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 12 min.
"Panther Baby: A Life of Rebellion & Reinvention"
Jamal Joseph

10:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 25 min.
"Power, Inc.: The Epic Rivalry Between Big Business and Government—and the Reckoning that Lies Ahead"
David Rothkopf

12pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 2 min.
"Blue Collar Intellectuals: When the Enlightened and the Everyman Elevated America"
Daniel Flynn

1pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 9 min.
"The Invisible Arab: The Promise and Peril of the Arab Revolution"
Marwan Bishara

2:15pm (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
"The Greatest Hoax: How the Global Warming Conspiracy Threatens Your Future"
Sen. James Inhofe

3pm (ET)
Approx. 2 hr. 4 min.
"Black Americans in Congress, 1870-2007"
Matt Wasniewski

5pm (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
"Stephen Hawking: An Unfettered Mind"
Kitty Ferguson

6pm (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
Encore Booknotes: Frank Wu, "Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White"
Frank Wu

7pm (ET)
Approx. 55 min.
"The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin"
Masha Gessen

8pm (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
"The Fox Effect: How Roger Ailes Turned a Network Into a Propaganda Machine"
David Brock

9pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 2 min.
"Blue Collar Intellectuals: When the Enlightened and the Everyman Elevated America"
Daniel Flynn

10pm (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
After Words: Linda Killian, "The Swing Vote: The Untapped Power of Independents," hosted by Michael Tomasky, Daily Beast

11pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 58 min.
Panel Discussion: "Global Economy: Crisis Without End" with George Soros, Paul Krugman, Jeffrey Sachs, Edmund Phelps, and Robert Silvers
Paul Krugman; Edmund Phelps; Jeffrey Sachs; George Soros

Sunday, March 18th

1am (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
"All In: The Education of General David Petraeus"
Paula Broadwell; Vernon Loeb

2am (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
"Stephen Hawking: An Unfettered Mind"
Kitty Ferguson

3am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 2 min.
"Blue Collar Intellectuals: When the Enlightened and the Everyman Elevated America"
Daniel Flynn

4am (ET)
Approx. 55 min.
"The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin"
Masha Gessen

5am (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
"The Fox Effect: How Roger Ailes Turned a Network Into a Propaganda Machine"
David Brock

6am (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
"The Greatest Hoax: How the Global Warming Conspiracy Threatens Your Future"
Sen. James Inhofe

6:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 9 min.
"The Invisible Arab: The Promise and Peril of the Arab Revolution"
Marwan Bishara

8am (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
"We're With Nobody: Two Insiders Reveal the Dark Side of American Politics"
Alan Huffman; Michael Rejebian

9am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 58 min.
Panel Discussion: "Global Economy: Crisis Without End" with George Soros, Paul Krugman, Jeffrey Sachs, Edmund Phelps, and Robert Silvers
Paul Krugman; Edmund Phelps; Jeffrey Sachs; George Soros

11am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
"Ameritopia: The Unmaking of America"
Mark Levin

12pm (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
After Words: Maggie Anderson, "Our Black Year: One Family's Quest to Buy Black in America's Racially Divided Economy," hosted by Krissah Thompson, The Washington Post

1pm (ET)
Approx. 12 min.
Book TV at Georgetown University: Sheryll Cashin, "The Agitator’s Daughter: A Memoir of Four Generations of One Extraordinary African-American Family"
Sheryll Cashin

1:15pm (ET)
Approx. 17 min.
Book TV at Georgetown University: Thomas Banchoff, "Embryo Politics: Ethics and Policy in Atlantic Democracies”
Thomas Banchoff

1:30pm (ET)
Approx. 20 min.
Book TV at Georgetown University: Yvonne Haddad, “Becoming American?: The Forging of Arab and Muslim Identity in Pluralist America”
Yvonne Haddad

2pm (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
"We're With Nobody: Two Insiders Reveal the Dark Side of American Politics"
Alan Huffman; Michael Rejebian

3pm (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
"All In: The Education of General David Petraeus"
Paula Broadwell; Vernon Loeb

4pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 58 min.
Panel Discussion: "Global Economy: Crisis Without End" with George Soros, Paul Krugman, Jeffrey Sachs, Edmund Phelps, and Robert Silvers
Paul Krugman; Edmund Phelps; Jeffrey Sachs; George Soros

6pm (ET)
Approx. 53 min.
Operation Iraqi Freedom: What Went Right, What Went Wrong, and Why
Col. Walter Boyne

7pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 12 min.
"Panther Baby: A Life of Rebellion & Reinvention"
Jamal Joseph

8:15pm (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
"The Greatest Hoax: How the Global Warming Conspiracy Threatens Your Future"
Sen. James Inhofe

9pm (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
After Words: Linda Killian, "The Swing Vote: The Untapped Power of Independents," hosted by Michael Tomasky, Daily Beast

10pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
"Ameritopia: The Unmaking of America"
Mark Levin

11pm (ET)
Approx. 51 min.
2012 Savannah Book Festival - Scotty Smiley, "Hope Unseen: The Story of the U.S. Army's First Blind Active-Duty Officer
Scotty Smiley

Monday, March 19th

12am (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
After Words: Linda Killian, "The Swing Vote: The Untapped Power of Independents," hosted by Michael Tomasky, Daily Beast

1am (ET)
Approx. 12 min.
Book TV at Georgetown University: Sheryll Cashin, "The Agitator’s Daughter: A Memoir of Four Generations of One Extraordinary African-American Family"
Sheryll Cashin

1:15am (ET)
Approx. 17 min.
Book TV at Georgetown University: Thomas Banchoff, "Embryo Politics: Ethics and Policy in Atlantic Democracies”
Thomas Banchoff

1:30am (ET)
Approx. 20 min.
Book TV at Georgetown University: Yvonne Haddad, “Becoming American?: The Forging of Arab and Muslim Identity in Pluralist America”
Yvonne Haddad

2am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
"Ameritopia: The Unmaking of America"
Mark Levin

3am (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
After Words: Linda Killian, "The Swing Vote: The Untapped Power of Independents," hosted by Michael Tomasky, Daily Beast

4am (ET)
Approx. 2 hr. 4 min.
"Black Americans in Congress, 1870-2007"
Matt Wasniewski

6am (ET)
Approx. 37 min.
"Borrow: The American Way of Debt: How Personal Credit Created the American Middle Class and Almost Bankrupted the Nation"
Louis Hyman

6:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 12 min.
"Panther Baby: A Life of Rebellion & Reinvention"
Jamal Joseph