Media Menu: Media Menu for August 1, 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, August 1, 2013
9:30-10 p.m. E/P
PBS
Science and Geography
Elementary, Middle and High School

Expeditions With Patrick McMillan: Reshaping the Arctic

Airing on KLCS, This documentary offers a look at the dramatic changes occurring in the Arctic. Included: the impact on the rest of the world.
Log on http://www.aptonline.org/catalog.nsf/vLinkTitle/EXPEDITIONS+WITH+PATRICK+MCMILLAN

Friday, August 2, 2013
6-7 p.m. E/P
History Channel
Science and Technology
Elementary, Middle and High School

Modern Marvels: Wood

Hundreds of years before steel and plastic, wood was the building block of America. But even today, it touches every aspect of our lives. It's underneath our feet and flying through the sky, propping up skyscrapers and making burgers fry -- from the historical, to the modern, to the timeless, this documentary explores the surprising ways we cannot live without wood.
Log on http://shop.history.com/modern-marvels-wood-dvd/detail.php?p=365488

Saturday, August 3, 2013
7:30-8 p.m. E/P
Sundance Channel
Arts and Literature
High School

The Writer’s Room: Breaking Bad

This roundtable talk show will delve deep into the world of TV’s creative masterminds, divulging inside details about their smartest choices, toughest decisions and biggest mistakes. The writing team behind ``Breaking Bad'' divulges how they created the stories for a show that was recently named one of the best written TV series of all time.
Log on http://www.sundancechannel.com/series/the-writers-room

Sunday, August 4, 2013
9-11 p.m. E/P
CNN
U.S. History
Middle and High School

Our Nixon

This two-hour, all-archival film, which largely draws upon footage shot by ex-President Nixon's closest aides, has received wide acclaim during its exhibition at film festivals in 2013, a year that marks the centennial of Nixon’s birth. Until recently, the films and audiotapes were retained by the National Archives, as part of the Watergate investigation. Co-producers Brian Frye and Penny Lane curated film from more than 500 reels of re-discovered Super 8 home movies shot by special assistant to the president Dwight Chapin, chief of staff H.R. Haldeman, and domestic affairs adviser John Ehrlichman, to compose the documentary, and audio excerpts culled from nearly 4,000 hours of secret White House tapes. Through their documentation of both routine and extraordinary moments – including their heady exuberance in the wake of Nixon’s election victory in 1968: the inauguration, historic diplomatic missions to China and Europe, the exultant reactions to the moon landing, festive celebrations at the White House, and Trisha Nixon’s wedding, multifaceted, comprehensive portraits of each man – and the White House – emerge.
Log on http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/politics/cnn-films-our-nixon/index.html

Monday, August 5, 2013
7:30-8 p.m. E/P
PBS
Math
Elementary, Middle and High School

It All Adds Up

Airing on KLCS, this documentary profiles the teachers and students of Wayne State University’s "Math Corps," a groundbreaking organization that partners struggling middle and high-school students from Detroit’s public schools with collegians, who help teach vital math and life skills the kids need to succeed. After 16 years, the program’s results speak volumes: more than 90 percent of Math Corps' students graduate from high school, and more than 80 percent attend college. Produced by Academy Award-winning director Sue Marx, the documentary features engaging and heart-warming interviews with alumni and current campers who testify to the life-changing impact of the Math Corps.
Log on http://www.aptonline.org/catalog.nsf/vLinkTitle/IT+ALL+ADDS+UP

Tuesday, August 6, 2013
7:30-8 p.m. E/P
PBS
Arts
Elementary, Middle and High School

Downton Abbey Revisited

Airing on KOCE, this documentary hosted by Angela Lansbury looks at "Downton Abbey" . It recaps the first two seasons and previews the third. Creators Julian Fellowes and Gareth Neame discuss the impetus for the show; and Hugh Bonneville discusses Robert, the Earl of Grantham, and Robert's relationship with his mother. Other interviews include "Masterpiece" executive producer Rebecca Eaton; and cast members Lesley Nicol (Mrs. Patmore), Sophie McShera (Daisy) and Jim Carter (Mr. Carson).
Log on http://www.pbs.org/downtonrevisited/home/

Wednesday, August 7, 2013
9-10 p.m. E/P
CNBC
Technology and Economics
Elementary, Middle and High School

The Twitter Revolution

This documentary tells the story behind the rise of Twitter, the social media giant whose 200 million active users have made it a fixture at home and around the world. Some 400 million tweets fly through the air every day – snippets of sarcasm and snark, humor, headlines, corporate come-ons, thoughtful analysis and mindless drivel. In just seven years, Twitter has radically altered media, politics, activism, and advertising, and many predict the company will go public by next year. Twitter, once a novelty, is now the New Big Thing.
CNBC correspondent Carl Quintanilla interviews Twitter founder Jack Dorsey about the company's inception, and reports on how law enforcement, journalists and concerned citizens exploited the online service during the Boston Marathon bombing investigation. The documentary explores the culture of gossip and rumor on Twitter that inflamed a scandal at a Connecticut high school, and goes behind the scenes with the Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs to see how the NBA's front office, and its biggest stars, use Twitter to drive fan interest. Quintanilla also profiles young dissidents using Twitter to protest oppressive regimes in the Middle East, and reports on how sending out the wrong tweet can land you in prison.
Log on http://www.cnbc.com/id/100831566

Book TV Schedule

Saturday, August 3rd

8am (ET)
Approx. 49 min.
"Junius and Albert's Adventures in the Confederacy: A Civil War Odyssey"
Peter Carlson

9am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 29 min.
"To Move the World: JFK's Quest for Peace"
Jeffrey Sachs

10:30am (ET)
Approx. 14 min.
2013 Book Expo America: Fall Book Preview with Katy Butler, "Knocking on Heaven's Door: The Path to a Better Way of Death"
Katy Butler

10:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 14 min.
2013 Harlem Book Fair: African-American History & the 21st Century Panel
Tina Campt; Farah Griffin; Peniel Joseph; Kendall Thomas

12pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 30 min.
BookTV in Carson City, Nevada
BookTV Visits Carson City, Nevada

1:30pm (ET)
Approx. 5 hr.
2013 Eagle Forum Collegians Summit
Mutiple Authors

6:30pm (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
"The Cushion in the Road: Meditation and Wandering as the Whole World Awakens to Being in Harm's Way"
Alice Walker

7:15pm (ET)
Approx. 34 min.
Book TV in London: Virginia Nicholson
Virginia Nicholson

8pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 41 min.
Panel on Civil Liberties and Security in the Age of Terrorism with Robert Higgs and Anthony Gregory
Anthony Gregory; Robert Higgs

10pm (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
After Words: Susan Crawford, "Captive Audience: The Telecom Industry and Monopoly Power in the New Gilded Age," hosted by Andrew Blum, Wired Magazine

11pm (ET)
Approx. 50 min.
"The Skies Belong to Us: Terror in the Golden Age of Hijacking"
Brendan Koerner

Sunday, August 4th

12am (ET)
Approx. 5 hr.
2013 Eagle Forum Collegians Summit
Mutiple Authors

5am (ET)
Approx. 43 min.
2013 Roosevelt Reading Festival: Susan Dunn, "1940: FDR, Wilkie, Lindbergh, Hitler - the Election Amid the Storm"
Susan Dunn

5:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 8 min.
"Told You So: The Big Book of Weekly Columns"
Ralph Nader

7am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 9 min.
"The Society for Useful Knowledge: How Benjamin Franklin and Friends Brought Enlightenment to America"
Jonathan Lyons

8:15am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 8 min.
"The Center Holds: Obama and His Enemies"
Jonathan Alter

9:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 30 min.
BookTV in Carson City, Nevada
BookTV Visits Carson City, Nevada

11am (ET)
Approx. 57 min.
After Words: Sheila Miyoshi Jager, "Brothers at War: The Unending Conflict in Korea," hosted by Scott Snyder, Council of Foreign Relations

LIVE 12pm (ET)
Approx. 3 hr.
In Depth: Ben Carson
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3pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 18 min.
2013 Harlem Book Fair: Church & Politics Panel
Anthea Butler; Rev. James Forbes; Eddie Glaude, Jr.; Obery Hendricks; Josef Sorret