Media Menu: July 2012

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Media Menu for July 26, 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 26, 2012,
9:30-11:30 p.m. ET, 6:30-8:30 p.m. PT
TCM-Turner Classic Movie Channel
U.S. and World History
Middle and High School

Jim Thorpe – All American

Airing on the eve of the XX X Olympiad, this is a biographical movie about the famous Native American Olympic athlete who fought prejudice in his pursuit of sports stardom. Considered by many to be the greatest all-around athlete America has ever produced, Jim Thorpe rose from an Oklahoma reservation to become an Olympic champion and professional football star. In the 1912 Olympics at Stockholm, Thorpe earned more gold medals than any other athlete, setting pentathlon and decathlon records and winning praise from the King of Sweden as the world's greatest athlete. Unfortunately, he was stripped of his medals when it was discovered that he had once played professional baseball. After dashed hopes of becoming a coach and the death of a son, he drifted into alcoholism and earned a meager living playing bit parts in movies, usually in stereotypical Indian roles. TV-PG. Available on DVD
Log on http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/79770/Jim-Thorpe-All-American

Friday, July 27, 2012,
7:30 p.m. – midnight E/P
NBC
U.S. and World History
Elementary, Middle and High School

Opening Ceremony XXX Olympiad

Tonight's Opening Ceremony features pageantry, protocol and a parade of nations, all leading to the climactic lighting of the Olympic cauldron as the 2012 Games officially begin. NBC will broadcast 271 hours of London Olympic coverage over 17 days. Swimming -- including Michael Phelps’ quest to become the most decorated Olympian ever -- track and field, gymnastics, diving, and beach volleyball, among other sports, will serve as the centerpieces of NBC’s coverage.
Log on http://www.nbcolympics.com/tv-listings/index.html

Saturday, July 28, 2012,
9-10 p.m. E/P
PBS
World History and Geography
Elementary, Middle and High School

Globe Trekker: London City Guide

Airing on KLCS during the London Olympics, this documentary takes viewers on a visit to that city, starting with the biggest Ferris wheel in the world, the London Eye. They then watch the Trooping of the Colour, an annual parade marking the queen's birthday. Then the program explores East End markets and the British Museum.
Log on http://www.visitlondon.com/attractions/culture/

Sunday, July 29, 2012,
7-8 p.m. E/P
PBS
U.S. History
Middle and High School

History Detectives

Airing on KLCS, this episode of the documentary series History Detectives researches a letter from a Civil War soldier who wanted to lead a unit of African Americans; fabric from an airplane apparently signed by Charles Lindbergh and helicopter inventor Igor Sikorsky; the story behind the 1950s-era "Negro Romance" comic book.
Log on http://video.pbs.org/video/2030192391

Sunday, July 29, 2012,
8-9 p.m. E/P
CNN
U.S. History
Elementary, Middle and High School

Latino In America: In Her Corner

In this documentary CNN reporter Soledad O'Brien introduces a Latina boxer about to face the fight of her life as she attempts to make her Olympic dreams a reality. The program follows Marlen Esparza's journey to the 2012 Olympics, the first games to allow women to compete in boxing. The 21-year-old, five-time national champion weighs 112 pounds and hits so quickly and so hard that she has to spar with the guys. Marlen hasn't been interested in things you'd expect most young women her age to pursue. Instead, she's been fixated on boxing since she was 12. She is smart enough to get full academic scholarships to top colleges, but postponed university because she and her working-class, Mexican-American family dream she will get to be among the first women to represent the U.S. in the Olympics.. Her participation in the Olympics begins August 5.
Log on http://www.nbcolympics.com/boxing/event/women-fly-51kg/index.html
And http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/21/studentnews/latino-in-america-educator-parent-guide/index.html

Monday, July 30, 2012,
8-9 p.m. E/P
Science Channel
Science
Elementary, Middle and High School

Deep Space Marvels: Life

This documentary examines evidence of how the solar system was created. It also looks at evidence that suggests the sun will expand with age and eventually cook the Earth. Viewers will find out about the great successes planet hunters have had in finding new planets, including the search for other habitable planets in the universe. TV-G
Log on http://deepspace.jpl.nasa.gov/dsn/

Tuesday, July 31, 2012,
4-5 p.m. E/P
History Channel
World History and Literature
Middle and High School

Clash of the Gods: Beowulf

This is a documentary examines the story of Beowulf, often taught in literature and world history class, of the Viking world's most famous warrior. In the legend Beowulf is attacked by larcenous invaders, barbaric monsters, and a fire breathing dragon, emerging as Norse mythology's greatest hero. But could this mythological warrior have been real? Unearthed burial mounds and ancient carvings suggest the myth of Beowulf could be more than epic legend. TV-PG
Log on http://classiclit.about.com/library/bl-etexts/rfletcher/bl-rfletcher-history-1-anglo-saxon-beowulf.htm

Tuesday, July 31, 2012,
7-8 p.m. E/P
History Channel
World History and Literature
Elementary, Middle and High School

NOVA: Mt. St. Helens Back From the Dead

Airing on KLCS, this volcano-themed documentary takes a look at Mount St. Helens in the years following the Washington volcano's 1980 eruption, including the return of wildlife and a resurgence in volcanic activity. Included: magnetic mapping tracks the movement of magma within the volcano. One of the most violent natural disasters of our time, the colossal eruption of Mt. St. Helens in 1980 blasted away an entire mountainside. Over 200 square miles of pristine forest were buried under millions of tons of lava, ash, mud, and avalanche debris. How could life ever return to this barren moonscape? A lone ecologist, Charlie Crisafulli, spent months in the blast zone and was astonished and puzzled by how quickly plants and animals colonized the wasteland. In this program, stunning cinematography and time-lapse photography trace the dramatic story of how Crisafulli witnessed life's return and figured out the puzzle. Now another question arises: How soon could another catastrophic eruption occur?
Log on http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/mt-st-helens.html

Wednesday , August 1, 2012,
9-10 p.m. E/P
National Geographic Channel
American History Literature
Elementary, Middle and High School

America's Lost Treasures: Philadelphia

The setting of this documentary about uncovering fascinating American artifacts is our nations first capital: Philadelphia, Pa. Covered are: a letter seal used by Robert Morris, financier of the American revolution, signer of the Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation and the United States Constitution; and an original artists proof of the George Washington engraving used by Alfred Sealy in the first (and subsequent) Washington dollar bill.
Log on http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/americas-lost-treasures/episode-guide/

Book TV Schedule

Saturday, July 28th

8am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 1 min.
"What the (Bleep) Just Happened?: The Happy Warrior's Guide to the Great American Comeback"
Monica Crowley

9:15am (ET)
Approx. 35 min.
"Reckless: The Political Assault on the American Environment"
Bob Deans

10am (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
"Where They Stand: The American Presidents in the Eyes of Voters and Historians"
Robert Merry

11am (ET)
Approx. 26 min.
2012 Book Expo America: Interview with Bernice King, "Desert Rose: The Life and Legacy of Coretta Scott King"
Bernice King

11:30am (ET)
Approx. 55 min.
"Hollywood Hypocrites: The Devastating Truth About Obama's Biggest Backers"
Jason Mattera

12:30pm (ET)
Approx. 40 min.
2012 Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest: Gail Collins, "As Texas Goes…How the Lone Star State Hijacked the American Agenda”
Gail Collins

1:15pm (ET)
Approx. 18 min.
2012 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: Interview with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, "What Color Is My World?: The Lost History of African-American Inventors"
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

1:30pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 20 min.
"The Candidate: What It Takes To Win - and Hold - The White House"
Samuel Popkin

3pm (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
"The Teavangelicals: The Inside Story of How the Evangelicals and the Tea Party are Taking Back America"
David Brody

3:45pm (ET)
Approx. 42 min.
"Final Victory: FDR's Extraordinary World War II Presidential Campaign"
Stanley Weintraub

4:30pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 24 min.
"Breakout Nations: In Pursuit of the Next Economic Miracles"
Ruchir Sharma

6pm (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
Encore Booknotes: M. Stanton Evans, "The Theme is Freedom: Religion, Politics, and the American Tradition"
M. Stanton Evans

7pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 32 min.
"Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control"
Medea Benjamin

8:30pm (ET)
Approx. 30 min.
2012 Eagle Forum Collegians Leadership Summit: John Fund, "Who's Counting"
John Fund

9pm (ET)
Approx. 53 min.
"Me the People: One Man's Selfless Quest to Rewrite the Constitution of the United States of America"
Kevin Bleyer

10pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
After Words: Fredrick Harris, "The Price of the Ticket: Barack Obama and the Rise and Decline of Black Politics," hosted by Charlton McIlwain, NYU

11pm (ET)
Approx. 2 hr. 34 min.
"Implosion: Can America Recover from its Economic & Spiritual Challenges in Time"
Joel Rosenberg

Sunday, July 29th

2am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 17 min.
"The Hour of Sunlight: One Palestinian's Journey from Prisoner to Peacemaker"
Jen Marlowe

3:15am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 12 min.
"Every Nation for Itself: Winners and Losers in a G-Zero World"
Ian Bremmer

4:30am (ET)
Approx. 53 min.
"Bay and Her Boys: Unexpected Lessons I Learned as a (Single) Mom"
Bay Buchanan

5:30am (ET)
Approx. 51 min.
"Season of the Witch: Enchantment, Terror and Deliverance in the City of Love"
David Talbot

6:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 28 min.
"The Best of the Best of the University Presses"
Mutiple Panelists

8am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 9 min.
"The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future"
Joseph Stiglitz

9:15am (ET)
Approx. 2 hr. 34 min.
"Implosion: Can America Recover from its Economic & Spiritual Challenges in Time"
Joel Rosenberg

12pm (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
After Words: Kaitlin Bell Barnett, "Dosed: The Medication Generation Grows Up," hosted by Judith Warner, New York Times

1pm (ET)
Approx. 20 min.
Book TV at FreedomFest: Mark Skousen, "The Making of Modern Economics: The Lives and Ideas of the Great Thinkers"
Mark Skousen

1:20pm (ET)
Approx. 38 min.
Book TV at FreedomFest: Edward Klein, "The Amateur: Barack Obama in the White House"
Edward Klein

2pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 9 min.
"The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future"
Joseph Stiglitz

3:30pm (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
"China Airborne"
James Fallows

4:30pm (ET)
Approx. 29 min.
2012 Eagle Forum Collegians Leadership Summit: Katie Pavlich, "Fast and Furious"
Katie Pavlich

5pm (ET)
Approx. 53 min.
"Me the People: One Man's Selfless Quest to Rewrite the Constitution of the United States of America"
Kevin Bleyer

6pm (ET)
Approx. 43 min.
My Father's Bonus March
Adam Langer

7pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 20 min.
"The Candidate: What It Takes To Win - and Hold - The White House"
Samuel Popkin

8:30pm (ET)
Approx. 29 min.
2012 Eagle Forum Collegians Leadership Summit: Phyllis Schlafly, "No Higher Power"
Phyllis Schlafly

9pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
After Words: Fredrick Harris, "The Price of the Ticket: Barack Obama and the Rise and Decline of Black Politics," hosted by Charlton McIlwain, NYU

10pm (ET)
Approx. 38 min.
Book TV at FreedomFest: Edward Klein, "The Amateur: Barack Obama in the White House"
Edward Klein

10:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 9 min.
"The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future"
Joseph Stiglitz

Monday, July 30th

12am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
After Words: Fredrick Harris, "The Price of the Ticket: Barack Obama and the Rise and Decline of Black Politics," hosted by Charlton McIlwain, NYU

1am (ET)
Approx. 20 min.
Book TV at FreedomFest: Mark Skousen, "The Making of Modern Economics: The Lives and Ideas of the Great Thinkers"
Mark Skousen

1:20am (ET)
Approx. 38 min.
Book TV at FreedomFest: Edward Klein, "The Amateur: Barack Obama in the White House"
Edward Klein

2am (ET)
Approx. 53 min.
2012 Colby Military Writers' Symposium: James Hornfischer, "Neptune's Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal"
James Hornfischer

3am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
After Words: Fredrick Harris, "The Price of the Ticket: Barack Obama and the Rise and Decline of Black Politics," hosted by Charlton McIlwain, NYU

4am (ET)
Approx. 40 min.
"The Death of Liberalism"
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.

5am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 32 min.
"Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control"
Medea Benjamin

6:30am (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
"Harvesting Gold: Thomas Edison's Experiment to Re-Invent American Money"
David Hammes

7:30am (ET)
Approx. 25 min.
2012 Book Expo America: Interview with Sarah Weinman, News Director, Publishers Marketplace
Sarah Weinman

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Media Menu for July 19, 2012

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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