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Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Media Menu for May 30, 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, May 30,  2012,
9-10  p.m. E/P
Science Channel
Science
Middle and High School

Brave New World : Environment

This is a documentary about   recent scientific efforts  to save the planet and preserve the human race. In California, physicist Jim Al-Khalili sees how the power of the world's largest laser could create a fuel to answer all our needs, while  Sir David Attenborough helps collect the DNA of an elephant for the Frozen Ark - a project to save all the world's species from extinction. Mark Evans discovers a scientist in Holland who is growing pork in a petri dish; a way to feed the world and free up land from grazing animals. Jim Al-Khalili also meets the scientist in Louisiana who thinks he has found a microbe that can help clean up oil spills, and Maggie Aderin  Pocock gazes into the face of the sun at NASA's solar laboratory, where they are learning how to predict solar storms. TV-PG
Log on http://www.channel4.com/programmes/brave-new-world-with-stephen-hawking

Thursday, May 31,  2012,
8-10  p.m. ET, 5-7  p.m. PT
ESPN  Channel
English
Middle and High School

2012 Scripps National Spelling Bee –Championship Finals

The Scripps National Spelling Bee, the nation’s largest and longest running educational competition whose  purpose  is to help students improve their spelling, increase their vocabularies, learn concepts and develop correct English usage that will help them all of their lives.   The 2012 Spelling Bee Finals will feature 278 champion spellers, ranging in age from six to 15.  Spellers qualify for the national competition by winning locally sponsored spelling bees in their home communities. The spellers represent all 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Department of Defense Schools in Europe; as well as the Bahamas, Canada, China, Ghana, Jamaica, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea.
Log on http://www.spellingbee.com/about-the-bee  and
http://search.espn.go.com/spelling-bee/videos/6

Friday, June 1,  2012,
7-8  p.m. E/P
National Geographic
Channel
Science and Technology
Middle and High School

The Link: From Aqueducts to Oil Rigs

This documentary explores the origins of technology currently  used on the world's deepest offshore oil rig. It starts out in ancient Rome, where local volcanic ash was once used to create superstrong concrete, which the Romans utilized in creating their famous aqueducts. Readily available water resulted in the Romans developing the hand pump, which in turn was modified by the Greeks to make a flamethrower, enabling them to defend Constantinople.
Log on http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/the-link/facts-aqueducts-to-oilrigs/

Saturday, June 2,  2012,
8-10  p.m. E/P
History  Channel
History
Middle and High School

The National History Bee

In this telecast students race to demonstrate their knowledge of history from a wide array of eras and disciplines in the National History Bee competition. TV-PG
Log on http://www.historybee.com

Sunday, June 3,  2012,
11 am. – continuing  ET, 8 a.m. – continuing , PT
CNN
History and
Geography
Elementary, and High School

Diamond Jubilee

Celebrations marking 60 years of Queen Elizabeth's reign begin on CNN Sunday, June 3rd. News anchors Piers Morgan and Brooke Baldwin report live from London , beginning at 11AM Eastern.
Log on http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/diamond-jubilee    and
http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/09/world/europe/queen-elizabeth-biography/index.html?iid=article_sidebar

Sunday, June 3,  2012,
7-8  p.m. E/P
KLCS-PBS
U.S. History
Middle and High School

History Detectives

Topics covered in this documentary include a George Washington Miniature, St. Valentine's Day Massacre and Stalag 17. Objects are a shotgun that may have played a role in the St. Valentine's Day Massacre; a miniature painting of George Washington's profile that was found in one of Manhattan's first taverns. Also: a former WWII POW asks for help in tracking down a fellow prisoner of war.
Log on http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/investigation/george-washington-portrait

Monday, June 4,  2012,
8-10 p.m. ET, 5-7- p.m., PT
TCM-Turner Classic Movie Channel
World History
Middle and High School

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

There was an earlier Queen Elizabeth Queen of England. This multi-Oscar-nominated classic movie  is based a series of historical  public and private episodes in her life: In London, in 1596, the Earl of Essex returns from his victory at Cadiz to be greeted by the admiration of Lady Penelope Gray and other ladies of the court and the jealousy of Sir Walter Raleigh and Sir Robert Cecil. Queen Elizabeth, although in love with Essex, fears his thirst for power and so castigates him for the high cost of his empty victory. Proud and headstrong, Essex retreats to his ancestral home at Wonstead and refuses to return to court. His friend, Francis Bacon, seeking to reconcile the battling lovers, suggests that Elizabeth appoint Essex Master of the Ordnance in order to quell the uprising in Ireland led by the Earl of Tyrone. To serve his country, Essex returns to court where he falls victim to the intrigues of Raleigh and Cecil who conspire to drive a wedge between him and the queen by sending Essex to Ireland. Against Elizabeth's wishes, Essex leads the army to Ireland, where his pleas for help go unanswered and thus, facing suffering and death, he is forced to surrender to Tyrone. Unknown to either Essex or Elizabeth, Cecil, Raleigh and Penelope have been intercepting the lovers' letters, and so Essex returns to England, believing that he has been betrayed and abandoned by his queen. Essex and his men take the palace by storm, and although the court conspiracy is finally brought to light, Essex still refuses to subordinate himself to Elizabeth's throne and, thirsting for power, demands that she share it with him. Elizabeth refuses and orders him arrested and executed. In one final meeting, both lovers refuse to relinquish their hold on the throne, and therefore bid each other a final farewell as Essex goes to his death.
Log on http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/87215/Private-Lives-of-Elizabeth-and-Essex-The/

Tuesday, June 5,  2012,
10-11 p.m. E/P
KLCS-PBS
U.S. and World History
Middle and High School

 Bataan: A 70th Anniversary Commemoration

This broadcast commemorates the 70th anniversary of the fall of the Philippines  to Japanese invasion during World War II. Included in the broadcast is "The Tragedy of Bataan," a documentary that chronicles the events of the war leading up to the infamous Bataan Death March; interviews with veterans.
Log on http://www.bataanmarch.com/r09/history.htm

Wednesday, June 6,  2012,
8-10 p.m. E/P
KLCS-PBS
World History
Middle and High School

 Masterpiece Classic: The Diary of Anne Frank

This movie dramatizes the two years that the Jewish teenager, her family and four others hid in a secret annex above her father's office in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam. Actress Ellie Kendrick is mesmerizing as the intense, headstrong teen.
Log on http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/annefrank/frank.html

Book TV Schedule


Saturday, June 2nd

8am (ET)
Approx. 47 min.
"Heroes for My Daughter"
Brad Meltzer
9am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 3 min.
"A Difficult Woman: The Challenging Life and Times of Lillian Hellman"
Alice Kessler-Harris
10:15am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 34 min.
"James Madison and the Making of America"
Kevin Gutzman
12pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 30 min.
BookTV in Wichita, Kansas
BookTV Visits Wichita, Kansas
1:30pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 56 min.
"By Any Means Necessary - Malcom X: Real, Not Reinvented"
Herb Boyd
3:30pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 8 min.
"Freedom's Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II"
Arthur Herman
4:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 3 min.
"A Difficult Woman: The Challenging Life and Times of Lillian Hellman"
Alice Kessler-Harris
7pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 19 min.
"The Rich and the Rest of Us: A Poverty Manifesto"
Tavis Smiley; Cornel West
8:30pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 10 min.
"Ron Paul's Revolution: The Man and the Movement He Inspired"
Brian Doherty

Sunday, June 3rd

12:30am (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
"No One's World: The West, the Rising Rest, and the Coming Global Turn"
Charles Kupchan
1:45am (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
"When General Grant Expelled the Jews"
Jonathan Sarna
2:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
BookTV in Wichita, Kansas
BookTV Visits Wichita, Kansas
3:45am (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
"The Spirit of Compromise: Why Governing Demands It and Campaigning Undermines It"
Amy Gutmann; Dennis Thompson
6:15am (ET)
Approx. 31 min.
"Service: A Navy SEAL at War"
Marcus Luttrell
7am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 19 min.
"The Rich and the Rest of Us: A Poverty Manifesto"
Tavis Smiley; Cornel West
8:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
BookTV in Wichita, Kansas
BookTV Visits Wichita, Kansas
9:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 20 min.
A Lecture on Global Economics by Author John Perkins
John Perkins
3pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 10 min.
"Ron Paul's Revolution: The Man and the Movement He Inspired"
Brian Doherty
4:30pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 20 min.
"The Good Food Revolution: Growing Healthy Food, People, and Communities"
Will Allen
6pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
"Reagan: A Life in Letters"
Annelise Anderson; Martin Anderson; Kiron Skinner
8pm (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
"When General Grant Expelled the Jews"
Jonathan Sarna
10pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 8 min.
"Freedom's Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II"
Arthur Herman
11:15pm (ET)
Approx. 40 min.
"They Eat Puppies, Don't They?
Christopher Buckley

Monday, June 4th

12am (ET)
Approx. 3 hr.
In Depth: Anna Quindlen
5:15am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 56 min.
"By Any Means Necessary - Malcom X: Real, Not Reinvented"
Herb Boyd
7:30am (ET)
Approx. 25 min.
2012 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: Interview with Elizabeth Price Foley, "The Tea Party: Three Principles"
Elizabeth Price Foley

Sunday, May 20, 2012

Media Menu for May 23, 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, May 23,  2012,
9-10 p.m. E/P
Science Channel
Science
Middle and High School

Brave New World: Technology

Technology is changing the way we live and our perception of the Universe. In this documentary Stephen Hawking charts the rise of an internet entrepreneur who is transforming space exploration.   Physicist Kathy Sykes explores how our mobile phones can give experts access to our every habit and action: a brave new world in which it's hard to keep a secret but where urban planners can build cities around our needs. Designer Max Lamb witnesses the dawn of a new era in manufacturing where lasers are printing objects in 3D. Environmental scientist Tara Shine visits an experimental new city in the desert where the citizens get about by unmanned pod car, and Kathy Sykes descends two kilometers underground to explore how scientists are using technology to study the most mysterious particles in the universe.  TV-PG
Log on http://science.discovery.com/videos/brave-new-world-brave-new-world-preview.html

Thursday, May 24,  2012,
8-10 p.m. E/P
National Geographic Channel
Geography
Elementary, Middle and High School

2012 National Geographic Bee

This is a telecast covering  the  final rounds of the 24th annual geography bee, from Washington, D.C, which features students in Grades 4-8 competing for college-scholarship money. The winner receives $25,000; the second- and third-place finishers, $15,000 and $10,000. Each year in late May thousands of schools in the United States participate in the National Geographic Bee using materials prepared by the National Geographic Society. The contest is designed to encourage teachers to include geography in their classrooms, spark student interest in the subject, and increase public awareness about geography. (This broadcast repeats Monday,  7 p.m. May 28th on KLCS-PBS see  reminder listing below)
Log on http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geobee

Friday, May 25,  2012,
8-9 p.m. E/P
Science Channel
Science and Geography
Elementary, Middle and High School

What the Ancients Knew:  The Chinese

Ancient Chinese researchers harnessed the power of the earth, wind, water and fire to provide emperors practical solutions for ruling empires. As shown in this documentary many inventions such as movable type and the multistage rocket are creations of ancient Chinese scientists. TV-G
Log on http://videos.howstuffworks.com/science-channel/29771-what-the-ancients-knew-chinese-armillary-clock-video.htm

Saturday, May 26,  2012,
6-8 p.m. E/P
KLCS-PBS
U.S. and World History
High School

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: Victory in the Pacific

This documentary examination of the final months of the World War II  looks at the escalation of  casualties from the vantage points of both the Japanese and the Americans. Despite warnings that his country, brought to its knees by the conflict, might erupt in a Communist revolution, Emperor Hirohito believed that one last decisive battle could reverse Japan's fortunes. From the U.S. capture of the Mariana Islands through the firebombing of Tokyo and the dropping of the atomic bomb, the program chronicles the dreadful and unprecedented loss of life and the decisions made by leaders on both sides that finally ended the war.
Log on http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/pacific/

Sunday, May 27,  2012,
6- 7 p.m. E/P
KLCS-PBS
U.S.  History
Elementary,  middle and  High School

Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates Jr.

In this genealogical documentary singer John Legend and musician Wanda Sykes discover free black ancestors; Henry Louis Gates Jr. and his 98-year-old friend Margarett Cooper explore the free people of color in their own family trees.  Dr. Gates talks with  Cooper about her remarkable ancestry, and learns about her great, great, great grandmother, a female slave who sued her master for her own freedom.
Log on http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/pacific/

Monday, May 28,  2012,
7-8  p.m. E/P
KLCS-PBS
Geography
Elementary, Middle and High School

2012 National Geographic Bee

This is repeat of a telecast aired last week covering   final rounds of the 24th annual geography bee, from Washington, D.C, which features students in Grades 4-8 competing for college-scholarship money. The winner receives $25,000; the second- and third-place finishers, $15,000 and $10,000. Each year in late May thousands of schools in the United States participate in the National Geographic Bee using materials prepared by the National Geographic Society. The contest is designed to encourage teachers to include geography in their classrooms, spark student interest in the subject, and increase public awareness about geography.
Log on http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geobee

Tuesday, May 29,  2012,
8-10  p.m. E/P
KLCS-PBS
U.S. History
Elementary, Middle and High School

For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots- Part 1

This is Part 1 of a two part documentary miniseries which looks at the contributions of Blacks to the U.S. armed services. Over 5,000 Black soldiers fought in the American Revolution. And though most were not recognized as citizens or even free man, more than 200,000 took up arms in the Civil War. Over 380,000 African-Americans served in WW I and more than 2,000,000 defended this country in World War II, Korea and Vietnam.  The series is introduced by Colin Powell, hosted on-camera by Halle Berry and features a cast that includes Morgan Freeman, Bill Cosby, John Travolta, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Robert Duvall, Danny Glover, Sam Elliot, Delroy Lindo, Walter Cronkite, Angela Bassett, John Amos, Kris Kristofferson, Ice-T, Donald Sutherland, Blair Underwood, Cliff Robertson, Courtney B. Vance, Alan Rickman, Jesse L. Martin, Alfre Woodard, Robert Townsend, Mel Gibson, Charles Dutton, Michael Clark Duncan, Chris Cooper, Louis Gossett Jr. and many  others. This  cast reads from a collection of letters, diaries, speeches and military records that document and acknowledge the sacrifices and accomplishments of African-American service men and women. The story spans the Revolution to Afghanistan. (Part 2 airs in this time slot June 5.)
Log on http://www.forloveoflibertyeducation.org/overview/index.html

Wednesday, May 30,  2012,
9-10  p.m. E/P
Science Channel
Science
Middle and High School

Brave New World : Environment

This is a documentary about   recent scientific efforts  to save the planet and preserve the human race. In California, physicist Jim Al-Khalili sees how the power of the world's largest laser could create a fuel to answer all our needs, while  Sir David Attenborough helps collect the DNA of an elephant for the Frozen Ark - a project to save all the world's species from extinction. Mark Evans discovers a scientist in Holland who is growing pork in a petri dish; a way to feed the world and free up land from grazing animals. Jim Al-Khalili also meets the scientist in Louisiana who thinks he has found a microbe that can help clean up oil spills, and Maggie Aderin  Pocock gazes into the face of the sun at NASA's solar laboratory, where they are learning how to predict solar storms. TV-PG
Log on http://www.channel4.com/programmes/brave-new-world-with-stephen-hawking

Book TV Schedule


Saturday, May 26th


9am (ET)
Approx. 40 min.
"The Death of Liberalism"
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.
10am (ET)
Approx. 51 min.
"Crusade 2.0: The West's Resurgent War on Islam"
John Feffer
1:30pm (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
"The Spirit of Compromise: Why Governing Demands It and Campaigning Undermines It"
Amy Gutmann; Dennis Thompson
2:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 10 min.
"The Escape Artists: How Obama's Team Fumbled the Recovery"
Noam Scheiber
4pm (ET)
Approx. 31 min.
"Service: A Navy SEAL at War"
Marcus Luttrell
4:30pm (ET)
Approx. 47 min.
"Heroes for My Daughter"
Brad Meltzer
5:15pm (ET)
Approx. 44 min.
"Yours in Truth: A Personal Portrait of Ben Bradlee"
Jeff Himmelman
7pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 12 min.
"I Must Resist: Bayard Rustin's Life in Letters"
Michael Long
8:30pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 15 min.
"The Heartbreak of Aaron Burr"
H.W. Brands

Sunday, May 27th


1:15am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 5 min.
"Grace and Grit: My Fight For Equal Pay and Fairness at Goodyear and Beyond"
Lilly Ledbetter
2:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 6 min.
"Finance and the Good Society"
Robert Shiller
8am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 8 min.
"Dust to Dust: A Memoir"
Benjamin Busch
9:15am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 8 min.
"The Lady and the Peacock: The Life of Aung San Suu Kyi"
Peter Popham
10:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 12 min.
"I Must Resist: Bayard Rustin's Life in Letters"
Michael Long
2pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 18 min.
"The Riot Within: My Journey From Rebellion to Redemption"
Rodney King
4:30pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 15 min.
"The Heartbreak of Aaron Burr"
H.W. Brands
7pm (ET)
Approx. 51 min.
"Crusade 2.0: The West's Resurgent War on Islam"
John Feffer
8pm (ET)
Approx. 47 min.
"Heroes for My Daughter"
Brad Meltzer
10pm (ET)
Approx. 31 min.
"Service: A Navy SEAL at War"
Marcus Luttrell
10:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 8 min.
"Dust to Dust: A Memoir"
Benjamin Busch

Monday, May 28th


5am (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
"Covering America: A Narrative History of a Nation's Journalism"
Christopher Daly
6am (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
"The Social Conquest of Earth"
E.O. Wilson
8:30am (ET)
Approx. 2 hr. 50 min.
In Depth: Mark Steyn
11:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 23 min.
"Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe"
George Dyson
2pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 34 min.
Panel discussion of Zora Neale Hurston's "Their Eyes Were Watching God"
Ruby Dee; Sonia Sanchez; Alice Walker
3:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 12 min.
Discussion on the Future of Authors, Books and Libraries with Scott Turow and Richard Posner
Richard Posner; Scott Turow
5pm (ET)
Approx. 53 min.
"Imagine: How Creativity Works"
Jonah Lehrer
6pm (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
"Can't Is Not an Option: My American Story"
Gov. Nikki Haley
8:30pm (ET)
Approx. 2 hr. 13 min.
"Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier"
Neil deGrasse Tyson
10:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 51 min.
A Tribute to Christopher Hitchens
Multiple Speakers

Tuesday, May 29th


12:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 10 min.
"The Crusader: The Life and Tumultuous Times of Pat Buchanan"
Timothy Stanley
3am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 18 min.
"Indomitable Will: LBJ in the Presidency"
Mark Updegrove
4:30am (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
"All In: The Education of General David Petraeus"
Paula Broadwell; Vernon Loeb
5:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 9 min.
"The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion"
Jonathan Haidt
6:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 9 min.
"Island of Vice: Theodore Roosevelt's Doomed Quest To Clean Up Sin-Loving New York"
Richard Zacks