Media Menu for May 30, 2013

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,  May 30,  2013
7-8 p.m. E/P
PBS
Science
Elementary, Middle and High School

NATURE: The Private Life of Deer

Airing on KLCS, this documentary uses night-vision cameras and GPS tracking equipment to provide glimpses into the lives of white-tailed deer, of which some 30 million live in the U.S.
Log on http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/the-private-life-of-deer/video-full-episode/8278/

Friday,  May 31,  2013
7-8 p.m. E/P
National Geographic Channel
U.S. and World History
Middle and High School

Inside WWII

The soldiers of World War II knew that every day could be their last. Still, they kept fighting  and they kept dying. This documentary is the intimate story of the last global war, told by the survivors, those who endured the front line's bloody conflicts. Those who witnessed the brutality of combat give their unfiltered accounts. Included in the interviews are former prisoner of war and “Slaughterhouse-Five” author Kurt Vonnegut and the grandson of legendary general George S. Patton.
Log on http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/a-night-of-exploration/episodes/inside-world-war-ii/

Saturday, June 1,  2013
5-7 p.m. E/P
History Channel
World History
Middle and High School

History of the World in Two Hours

This documentary is a rapid-fire history of our world, from the beginning of time as we know it to present day. This two-hour CGI-driven special delves into the key turning points: the formation of earth, emergence of life, spread of man and the growth of civilization--and reveals their surprising connections to our world today.    TVPG
Log on http://tv.nytimes.com/2011/10/06/arts/television/history-of-the-world-in-two-hours-review.html

Sunday, June 2,  2013
5-6 p.m. E/P
Science Channel
Science
Elementary, Middle and High School

The Planets: Different Worlds

Where did the planets come from and how were they formed? Clues to the birth and evolution of the planets lie scattered throughout the solar system. As  shown in this documentary, distance, time, and technology handicap the search for answers, but scientists are making progress. TV-G
Log on http://science.discovery.com/video-topics/space-videos/the-planets-different-worlds-accretion.htm

Monday, June 3,  2013
9-9:30 p.m. E/P
National Geographic Channel
Science
Middle and High School

Brain Games: You Decide

Viewers of this documentary will learn the secrets of how our brains decide. Every time you make a decision, your brain enters an often invisible battle between risk and reward. Through a series of interactive games, surprising experiments, and relatable experts, you’ll learn astonishing facts about how you make decisions – and how to get better at making them. Think you’re in charge of your own destiny? Do you believe the decisions you make are rational? Do you consider yourself good at weighing the options? Think again. This program puts your decision-making process to the ultimate test. Play along as host Jason Silva – with help from Yale professor and decision-making expert Dr. Daylian Cain - reveals the secrets behind how our brains decide.
Log on http://braingames.nationalgeographic.com/episode/9/

Tuesday, June 4,  2013
7-8 p.m. E/P
PBS
Science
Elementary, Middle and High School

Australia's First 4 Billion Years: Monsters

Airing on KLCS, this documentary concerns the creatures of the Mesozoic Era. Many were large. Fossil evidence, for instance, shows long-necked plesiosaurs snacked on shelled cephalopods that were the size of truck tires. There was also the Kronosaurus.
Log http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/australia-first-years.html#australia-monsters

Wednesday, June  5,  2013
7-8 p.m. E/P
PBS
Science
Elementary, Middle and High School

NATURE: Hummingbirds- Magic in the Air

Airing on KOCE, this documentary uses high-speed cameras to look at hummingbirds . This paradoxical creature is among the tiniest birds yet also some of the toughest and most energetic.
Log on http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/hummingbirds-magic-in-the-air/introduction/5424/

Book TV Schedule

Saturday, June 1st

LIVE 8am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 30 min.
2013 Book Expo America: Book and Author Breakfast 
Helen Fielding; Diana Gabaldon; John Lewis; Chris Matthews

9:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 7 min.
"Obsessed: America's Food Addiction - And My Own" 
Mika Brzezinski

10:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 13 min.
2013 Gaithersburg Book Festival: Panel on Independent Bookselling 
multiple authors

12pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
BookTV in Palm Springs, California 
BookTV Visits Palm Springs, California

1pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 2 min.
Book Party for John Guntzelman, "The Civil War in Color: A Photographic Reenactment of the War Between the States" 
John Guntzelman

2:15pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 30 min.
"Mortal Sins: Sex, Crime, and the Era of Catholic Scandal" 
Michael D'Antonio

3:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 8 min.
"The Savior Generals: How Five Great Commanders Saved Wars That Were Lost - From Ancient Greece to Iraq" 
Victor Davis Hanson

5pm (ET)
Approx. 53 min.
"Rumsfeld's Rules: Leadership Lessons in Business, Politics, War, and Life" 
Donald Rumsfeld

6pm (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
Encore Booknotes: Shelby Foote, "Stars in Their Courses: The Gettysburg Campaign" 
Shelby Foote

7pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 2 min.
"Our Lives, Our Fortunes & Our Sacred Honor: The Forging of American Independence, 1774-1776" 
Richard Beeman

8:15pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 37 min.
"Who Owns the Future?" 
Jaron Lanier

10pm (ET)
Approx. 57 min.
After Words: Charles Moore, "Margaret Thatcher: From Grantham to the Falklands," hosted by Toby Harnden, Sunday Times of London

11pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 23 min.
"Children of the Days: A Calendar of Human History" 
Eduardo Galeano

Sunday, June 2nd

12:30am (ET)
Approx. 53 min.
"Defiant Brides: The Untold Story of Two Revolutionary-Era Women and the Radical Men They Married" 
Nancy Rubin Stuart

1:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 11 min.
"The New Digital Age: Reshaping the Future of People, Nations and Business" 
Jared Cohen; Eric Schmidt

2:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 7 min.
2013 PEN World Voices Festival Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture: Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Author of "My Beloved World" 
Justice Sonia Sotomayor

4am (ET)
Approx. 40 min.
"Crisis Tales: Five Rules for Coping with Crises in Business, Politics, and Life" 
Lanny Davis

4:45am (ET)
Approx. 35 min.
Book Party for Lanny Davis, author of "Crisis Tales: Five Rules for Coping with Crises in Business, Politics, and Life" 
Lanny Davis

5:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
"The Lawyer Bubble: A Profession in Crisis" 
Steven Harper

6:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 15 min.
"The Martian's Daughter: A Memoir" 
Marina von Neumann Whitman

8am (ET)
Approx. 57 min.
2013 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: Call-in with Mark Mazzetti, author of "The Way of the Knife" 
Mark Mazzetti

9am (ET)
Approx. 55 min.
"The Roberts Court: The Struggle for the Constitution" 
Marcia Coyle

10am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
BookTV in Palm Springs, California 
BookTV Visits Palm Springs, California

11am (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
After Words: Olympia Snowe, "Fighting for Common Ground: How We Can Fix the Stalemate in Congress," hosted by A.B. Stoddard, The Hill

LIVE 12pm (ET)
Approx. 3 hr.
In Depth: Rick Atkinson 
 Send questions for the author to Book TV

3pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 5 min.
"Foreign Policy Begins at Home: The Case for Putting America's House in Order" 
Richard Haass

4pm (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
"Lobbyists at Work" 
Beth Leech

5pm (ET)
Approx. 47 min.
"Bunker Hill: A City, A Siege, A Revolution" 
Nathaniel Philbrick

6pm (ET)
Approx. 38 min.
Book TV in London: Max Hastings 
Max Hastings

6:38pm (ET)
Approx. 23 min.
Book TV in London: James Delingpole 
James Delingpole

7pm (ET)
Approx. 46 min.
2013 Gaithersburg Book Festival: Kitty Kelley “Capturing Camelot: Stanley Tretick’s Iconic Images of the Kennedys” 
Kitty Kelley

7:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 2 min.
"A Short History Of Nuclear Folly: Mad Scientists, Dithering Nazis, Lost Nukes, and Catastrophic Cover-Ups" 
Rudolph Herzog

9pm (ET)
Approx. 57 min.
After Words: Charles Moore, "Margaret Thatcher: From Grantham to the Falklands," hosted by Toby Harnden, Sunday Times of London

10pm (ET)
Approx. 48 min.
"Saul Bellow's Heart: A Son's Memoir" 
Greg Bellow

11pm (ET)
Approx. 49 min.
"Death in the Baltic: The World War II Sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff" 
Cathryn Prince

Monday, June 3rd

12am (ET)
Approx. 3 hr.
In Depth: Rick Atkinson

3am (ET)
Approx. 57 min.
After Words: Charles Moore, "Margaret Thatcher: From Grantham to the Falklands," hosted by Toby Harnden, Sunday Times of London

4am (ET)
Approx. 38 min.
Book TV in London: Max Hastings 
Max Hastings

4:38am (ET)
Approx. 23 min.
Book TV in London: James Delingpole 
James Delingpole

5am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 37 min.
"Who Owns the Future?" 
Jaron Lanier

6:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 1 min.
2013 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: Panel on the Culture Wars with Karen Sternheimer, Eric Deggans, and Nancy Cohen 
Multiple Authors