Media Menu: Media Menu for July 19, 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, July 19, 2012,
8-10 p.m. ET, 5-7 p.m. PT
TCM-Turner Classic Movie Channel
Literature and Technology
Middle and High School

Forbidden Planet

This movie, about a group of space troopers investigates the destruction of a colony on a remote planet, is based on Shakespeare's play The Tempest . It’s one of those rare science fiction movies that is admired even by filmgoers who don't usually enjoy the genre. Though originally intended for younger audiences, Forbidden Planet draws on real science ideas and boasts a groundbreaking electronic music score that gives it unexpected substance. The basic storyline is based on the Shakespeare play but it's a very free adaptation . TV-PG. Also available on DVD
Log on http://www.william-shakespeare.info/shakespeare-play-the-tempest.htm and http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/1114/Forbidden-Planet/

Friday, July 20, 2012,
8-9 p.m. E/P
Science Channel
World History and Science
Elementary, Middle and High School

What The Ancients Knew: The Greeks

This documentary travels back in time to understand the motivations behind early science and inventions. The Western world is built on the wisdom and traditions of the ancient Greeks, who uncovered the fundamental principles that established the basics of modern technology. Explore their contributions to geometry, astronomy, and physics and take a close-up look at how they applied their knowledge: Thales predicted an eclipse, Pythagoras discovered mathematical correlation between a musical instrument's string length and its tone, Archimedes developed laws of mechanics, and a group of 90 priests made well-informed educated guesses about many things. TV-G
Log on http://science.discovery.com/videos/what-the-ancients-knew-the-golden-ratio-beauty-in-an.html

Saturday, July 21, 2012,
9-10 p.m. E/P
Travel Channel
U.S. History
Elementary, Middle and High School

Ghost Adventures: Pico House Hotel

The hosts of this documentary, Zak Bagans, Nick Groff and Aaron Goodwin, interview eyewitnesses and historians on location, arming themselves with the stories of the ghosts they will later provoke and confront during their dusk-to-dawn lockdowns. Then they'll review and analyze their findings with some the most respected experts and specialists in the paranormal field. In this program set in Los Angeles they investigate a once-opulent hotel where 19 Chinese immigrants were murdered during a vicious race riot in 1871. TV-PG
Log on http://www.travelchannel.com/video/recap-pico-house-hotel-16020

Sunday, July 22, 2012,
7-8 p.m. E/P
PBS
U.S. History
Elementary, Middle and High School

History Detectives

Topics on this episode of PBS’ History Detectives series, airing on KLCS, are a spear that may have been used in abolitionist John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry; why U.S. troops were in Siberia during World War I; whether a particular Ronald McDonald costume was used in the first national Ronald McDonald ad campaign.
Log on http://video.pbs.org/video/2028241666

Monday, July 23, 2012,
8-10:30 p.m. ET, 5-7:30 p.m. PT
TCM-Turner Classic Movie Channel
Literature and World History
Middle and High School

Mutiny On The Bounty

This movie is based a classic adventure novel by Charles Nordoff and James Norman Hall – which, in turn is based on historical events. It’s the story of English Navy Captain Bligh, who drove his men to revolt during a South Seas expedition. Midshipman Roger Byam joins Captain Bligh and Fletcher Christian aboard the HMS Bounty for a voyage to Tahiti. Bligh proves to be a brutal tyrant and, after six months on Tahiti, Christian leads the crew to mutiny on the homeward voyage. Even though Byam takes no part in the mutiny, he must defend himself against charges that he supported Christian. Links below compare the movie story to the historical version.
Log on http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/15288/Mutiny-on-the-Bounty http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1327498/Mutiny-on-the-Bounty

Tuesday, July 24, 2012,
7-8 p.m. ET
PBS
Science and Geography
Elementary, Middle and High School

NOVA: Secrets Beneath the Ice

This documentary, airing on KLCS, reports on a scientific project which is drilling deep beneath the Antarctic ice in order to gather information about Earth's paleoenvironmental history. Almost three miles of ice buries most of Antarctica, cloaking a continent half again as large as the United States. But when an Antarctic ice shelf the size of Manhattan collapsed in less than a month in 2002, it shocked scientists and raised the alarming possibility that Antarctica may be headed for a meltdown. Even a 10 percent loss of Antarctica's ice would cause catastrophic flooding of coastal cities unlike any seen before in human history. What are the chances of a widespread melt? The drill is recovering rock cores that reveal intimate details of climate and fauna from a time in the distant past when the Earth was just a few degrees warmer than it is today. As researchers grapple with the harshest conditions on the planet, they discover astonishing new clues about Antarctica's past—clues that carry ominous implications for coastal cities around the globe.
Log on http://www.andrill.org/flexhibit/index.html

Wednesday, July 24, 2012,
3-4 p.m. ET
Science Channel
Technology and U.S. History
Middle and High School

Build it Bigger: Biggest Warship

This documentary reports on what does it feel like to build a floating city that will serve as a combat airport, defending American security around the world? Midway through construction, the pressure is on to complete the $4.5 billion ship named for the 41st President USS H.W. George Bush. TV-PG
Log on http://www.public.navy.mil/airfor/cvn77/Pages/Namesake.aspx

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