Media Menu: Media Menu for February 7, 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, February 7, 2012
7-8 p.m. E/P
PBS
U.S. History
Middle and High School

Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided; American Experience

Airing on KOCE, this is Part 1 of a six-part chronicle of the Abraham Lincoln-Mary Todd relationship. It begins with their childhoods and courtship. He, of course, was born into poverty; she, however, grew up in luxury, the daughter of a Kentucky banker and slave owner. This episode is followed tonight by Parts 2 and 3. Next Monday, February 14, Parts 4,5,and 6 air in this timeslot.
Log on http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/introduction/lincolns-intro/

Friday, February 8, 2012
9-10 p.m. E/P
PBS
Language Arts
Middle and High School

Shakespeare Uncovered: Hamlet With David Tennant

Airing on KOCE, this documentary explains much about Shakespeare’s famous play. David Tennant, who starred in a Royal Shakespeare Company production of "Hamlet," meets with other actors who've portrayed the Danish prince, including Jude Law. He also discusses the play's meaning with Simon Russell Beale and Ben Whishaw.
Log on http://www.pbs.org/wnet/shakespeare-uncovered/video/hamlet-with-david-tennant/

Saturday, February 9, 2012
Discovery Channel
Science
Middle and High School
9-11 p.m. E/P

Monster Squid: It Lives

The notoriously elusive giant squid has been filmed for possibly the first time in its natural habitat. A Japanese-led team filmed the silvery cephalopod last year off the Ogasawara Islands, about 620 miles (1,000 kilometers) south of Tokyo."It was shining and so beautiful," team leader Tsunemi Kubodera, a zoologist at Japan's National Museum of Nature and Science. Kubodera and his colleagues also captured the first live
videos of the deep-sea eight-armed squid (Taningia danae) , finding the biolumescent beast to be a fast, aggressive predator. The squid's light flashes may serve to blind prey or even woo mates, the team found. The giant squid has razor-toothed suckers and basketball-sized eyes and it's believed to be able to grow to more than 32 feet (10 meters) in length. The enormous and elusive creature has been steeped in mystery and
legend, possibly inspiring the Norse legend of the sea monster the Kraken and even the Scylla from Greek mythology.
Log on http://news.yahoo.com/mysterious-giant-squid-finally-caught-film-204400977.html

Sunday, February 10, 2012
9-10 p.m. E/P
PBS
U.S. History
Middle and High School

The Evolution of the Nation of Islam

Airing on KLCS, this documentary tells the history of the Nation of Islam, which began as a black separatist organization under the leadership of founder Elijah Muhammad, but transformed into a mainstream Islamic group under the direction of Elijah Muhammad's son, W. Deen Mohammed. Cities featured in the program include New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Atlanta, Washington DC, St. Paul, Jackson MS, and Fresno.
Log on http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs070/1104468945262/archive/1110638957968.html

Monday, February 11, 2012
7-8 p.m. E/P
PBS
U.S. History
Middle and High School

Lincoln: Prelude to the Presidency

Airing on KLCS, this documentary immerses viewers in a critical, but often overlooked, time in Lincoln’s life. It pieces together a critical 23-year period (1837-1860) through interviews with noted historians, researchers and experts, and re-enactments filmed at historic sites in central Illinois. Prominent scholars Doris Kearns Goodwin and Orville Vernon Burton ( The Age of Lincoln ) describe how Lincoln's formative experiences as a young lawyer on Illinois' Eighth Judicial Circuit informed his views on the issues he would eventually face as president, including several cases involving slavery. TV-G
Log on http://will.illinois.edu/lincoln

Tuesday, February 12, 2012
9-11 p.m. ET, 6-8 p.m. PT
Major broadcast and cable news Networks
U.S. History
Middle and High School

State of the Union Address

President Barack Obama delivers the traditional address before a joint session of Congress, telecast from the House chamber. Commentary follows on most major broadcast and cable news networks.
Log on http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/teachers/lessonplans/politics/stateoftheunion/index.html

Wednesday, February 13, 2012

9-11 p.m. E/P
PBS
Science and Geography
Middle and High School

Earth From Space

In this documentary, airing on KOCE, satellite data is transformed into visual sequences that detail theinterwoven forces that sustain life on Earth. Included: how dust from the Sahara fertilizes the Amazon; how a vast underwater "waterfall" off Antarctica helps drive ocean currents around the world and how the sun's and how the sun's heating up of the southern Atlantic gives birth to a colossally powerful hurricane. From the microscopic world of water molecules vaporizing over the ocean to the magnetic field that is bigger than Earth itself, the show reveals the astonishing beauty and complexity of our dynamic planet.
Log on http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/space/earth-from-space.html

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