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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, April 25, 2012
7-8 p.m. E/P
PBS
World History and Economics
Elementary, Middle and High School
Secrets of the Manor House
This documentary, airing on KLCS, examines life in Britain during the Edwardian age for both the titled class and servants. Included: the concept of the entail, which passed estates to the next generation; the influence of American wealth on the British aristocracy; the impact of WWI on the social-class system.
Friday, April 26, 2012
4-5 p.m. E/P
History Channel
Science
Middle and High School
Modern Marvels: Dirt
This documentary includes the fun of mud wrestling at a state fair in Hawaii. In Tucson we'll see how modern adobe and stunning rammed-earth homes are made. To farmers, "dirt" is "soil" and in a teaspoon of healthy soil there are more living organisms than people on our planet. We'll find out where they came from at a sprawling potting soil facility in central California where huge earth moving equipment adds tons of dried kelp, bat guano and other ingredients to dirt. At exclusive spas we'll watch patrons submerge in mud. Finally, we'll visit the Tide detergent factory--why? To get the dirt out, of course.TV-PG
Saturday, April 27, 2012
2-3 p.m. E/P
Science Channel Science and World History
Middle and High School
Strip The City: Rome
This documentary uses CGI animation to strip the Ancient city of Rome of its concrete, roads and rock, layer by layer, to explore the secret technology and infrastructure that enabled it to be built.
Log on http://science.discovery.com/tv-shows/strip-the-city
Sunday, April 28, 2012
6-8 p.m. E/P
PBS
Science
Middle and High School
NOVA: Hunting The Elements
In this chemistry documentary, airing on KLCS, New York Times technology reporter David Pogue delves into the periodic table, which consists of the elements that are the building blocks of everything in the universe.
Monday, April 29, 2012
7-8 p.m. E/P
PBS
Mathematics
Middle and High School
Hard Problems: The Road to the World's Toughest Math Contest
This documentary, airing on KLCS, covers the experiences of six U.S. high-school students competing in the 2006 International Mathematical Olympiad, the world's toughest math competition, which attracts teams from 90 countries. . The film shows the dedication and perseverance of these remarkably talented students, the rigorous preparation they undertake, their individuality, and the joy they get out of solving challenging problems. Above all, it captures the spirit of math competitions at the highest level. As we get to know them, the students in Hard Problems shatter many stereotypes and clichés about the mathematically gifted.
Tuesday, April 30, 2012
8-10 p.m. E/P
PBS
U.S, History and Science
Middle and High School
The Dust Bowl: Reaping the Whirlwind
This history and environment documentary airing on KOCE explains that many families sought refuge from the drought-ridden Great Plains in distant California; and how government-led conservation efforts worked in conjunction with a break in the drought in 1939 to stabilize the soil and inject new life into farms.
Wednesday, May 1, 2012
7-8 p.m. E/P
PBS
Geography and World History
Elementary,Middle and High School
Around the World, Pacific Journeys: Santiago to Pitcairn
In this documentary , airing on KOCE, program host Zay Harding goes on an adventure across the South Pacific Islands in pursuit of the remaining vestiges of Polynesian culture. Along the way he tells the incredible story of the historic Mutiny on the Bounty, adds tales of Captain Cook and experiences the simple joys of tropical island life. Zay starts his odyssey in Chile’s capital, Santiago, where he visits the home of the great communist poet Pablo Neruda. Leaving Santiago but not Chilean territory, Zay takes flight to its island enclave Easter Island, drawn by the monumental Moai statues. He meets archaeologist Sergio Rapu and learns how the Moai were physically walked into their resting place, not by the ‘mara’ magic of the Rapa Nuian priests as had been foretold, but by the ingenuity of their stone age builders. Zay then sets forth to French Polynesia and its ‘Garden of Eden’, Tahiti, where Otea dancing girls catch his eye and Matavai Bay sends him back in time to the late eighteenth century when Captain Cook was charting the transit of Venus and a seafaring crew collected breadfruit and Polynesian wives for their impending mutiny. Zay volunteers himself for the Heiva Va’a canoe race, dines in a truck-filled car park called a roulotte and ferries himself to the island of Moorea for some snorkelling and a taste of the best vanilla in the world. For the last leg of his journey, Zay boards the Claymore II cargo ship and sails for two and a half days to Pitcairn Island - British colony of 46 residents and eventual haven of the breadfruit mutineers and their proud descendants. Here he experiences the idiosyncrasies of living an isolated island lifestyle. He makes honey with the local Pitcairn folk and learns how to speak in their old seafaring, English language by attending a school class. Zay concludes his epic adventure by diving the remains of the HMS Bounty.
Book TV Schedule
Saturday, April 27th
12pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 28 min.
"Brokers of Deceit: How the U.S. Has Undermined Peace in the Middle East"
Rashid Khalidi
Approx. 1 hr. 28 min.
"Brokers of Deceit: How the U.S. Has Undermined Peace in the Middle East"
Rashid Khalidi
1:30pm (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
2013 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: Call-in with Dennis Prager, author of "Still the Best Hope"
Dennis Prager
Approx. 54 min.
2013 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: Call-in with Dennis Prager, author of "Still the Best Hope"
Dennis Prager
2:30pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 13 min.
"Rethinking Money: How New Currencies Turn Scarcity into Prosperity"
Jacqui Dunne; Bernard Lietaer
Approx. 1 hr. 13 min.
"Rethinking Money: How New Currencies Turn Scarcity into Prosperity"
Jacqui Dunne; Bernard Lietaer
3:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
"Ninja Innovation: The Ten Killer Strategies of the World's Most Successful Businesses"
Gary Shapiro
Approx. 1 hr.
"Ninja Innovation: The Ten Killer Strategies of the World's Most Successful Businesses"
Gary Shapiro
4:45pm (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
"If You Knew Me You Would Care"
Rennio Maifredi (Photographer); Zainab Salbi
Approx. 58 min.
"If You Knew Me You Would Care"
Rennio Maifredi (Photographer); Zainab Salbi
6pm (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
Encore Booknotes: Suzanne Garment, "Scandal: The Culture of Mistrust in American Politics"
Suzanne Garment
Approx. 56 min.
Encore Booknotes: Suzanne Garment, "Scandal: The Culture of Mistrust in American Politics"
Suzanne Garment
7pm (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
"Lady at the O.K. Corral: The True Story of Josephine Marcus Earp"
Ann Kirschner
Approx. 56 min.
"Lady at the O.K. Corral: The True Story of Josephine Marcus Earp"
Ann Kirschner
9pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
"The Elected and the Chosen: Why American Presidents Have Supported Jews and Israel"
Denis Brian
Approx. 1 hr.
"The Elected and the Chosen: Why American Presidents Have Supported Jews and Israel"
Denis Brian
11pm (ET)
Approx. 53 min.
"Obama's Four Horsemen: The Disasters Unleashed by Obama's Reelection"
David Harsanyi
Approx. 53 min.
"Obama's Four Horsemen: The Disasters Unleashed by Obama's Reelection"
David Harsanyi
Sunday, April 28th
12am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 37 min.
A Conversation with Edward Jay Epstein and Errol Morris
Edward Jay Epstein; Errol Morris
Approx. 1 hr. 37 min.
A Conversation with Edward Jay Epstein and Errol Morris
Edward Jay Epstein; Errol Morris
1:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 15 min.
"Gospel of Freedom: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Letter From Birmingham Jail and the Struggle That Changed A Nation"
Jonathan Rieder
Approx. 1 hr. 15 min.
"Gospel of Freedom: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Letter From Birmingham Jail and the Struggle That Changed A Nation"
Jonathan Rieder
3am (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
2013 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: Call-in with Larry Elder, author of "Dear Father, Dear Son"
Larry Elder
Approx. 56 min.
2013 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: Call-in with Larry Elder, author of "Dear Father, Dear Son"
Larry Elder
6:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
"The Elected and the Chosen: Why American Presidents Have Supported Jews and Israel"
Denis Brian
Approx. 1 hr.
"The Elected and the Chosen: Why American Presidents Have Supported Jews and Israel"
Denis Brian
7:45am (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
2013 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: Panel on Violence with Deanne Stillman, Caitlin Rother, and David McConnell
Multiple Authors
Approx. 59 min.
2013 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: Panel on Violence with Deanne Stillman, Caitlin Rother, and David McConnell
Multiple Authors
9:45am (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
"Lady at the O.K. Corral: The True Story of Josephine Marcus Earp"
Ann Kirschner
Approx. 56 min.
"Lady at the O.K. Corral: The True Story of Josephine Marcus Earp"
Ann Kirschner
10:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 8 min.
"How to Make a Million Dollars an Hour: Why Hedge Funds Get Away with Siphoning Off America's Wealth"
Les Leopold
Approx. 1 hr. 8 min.
"How to Make a Million Dollars an Hour: Why Hedge Funds Get Away with Siphoning Off America's Wealth"
Les Leopold
1pm (ET)
Approx. 11 min.
Book TV at the University of Pennsylvania: Richard Gelles, "The Third Lie: Why Government Programs Don't Work and a Blueprint for Change"
Richard Gelles
Approx. 11 min.
Book TV at the University of Pennsylvania: Richard Gelles, "The Third Lie: Why Government Programs Don't Work and a Blueprint for Change"
Richard Gelles
1:15pm (ET)
Approx. 18 min.
Book TV at the United States Naval Academy: Wayne Hsieh, "West Pointers and the Civil War"
Wayne Hsieh
Approx. 18 min.
Book TV at the United States Naval Academy: Wayne Hsieh, "West Pointers and the Civil War"
Wayne Hsieh
1:35pm (ET)
Approx. 22 min.
Book TV at the University of Pennsylvania: John L. Jackson, Jr., "Racial Paranoia: The Unintended Consequences of Political Correctness"
John L. Jackson, Jr.
Approx. 22 min.
Book TV at the University of Pennsylvania: John L. Jackson, Jr., "Racial Paranoia: The Unintended Consequences of Political Correctness"
John L. Jackson, Jr.
2pm (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
"Medicare Meltdown: How Wall Street and Washington are Ruining Medicare and How to Fix It"
Rosemary Gibson
Approx. 54 min.
"Medicare Meltdown: How Wall Street and Washington are Ruining Medicare and How to Fix It"
Rosemary Gibson
3pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
"Two Presidents are Better Than One: The Case for a Bipartisan Executive Branch"
David Orentlicher
Approx. 1 hr.
"Two Presidents are Better Than One: The Case for a Bipartisan Executive Branch"
David Orentlicher
4:15pm (ET)
Approx. 34 min.
Interview with Eric Draper, "Front Row Seat: A Photographic Portrait of the Presidency of George W. Bush"
Eric Draper
Approx. 34 min.
Interview with Eric Draper, "Front Row Seat: A Photographic Portrait of the Presidency of George W. Bush"
Eric Draper
6pm (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
"Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titantic Storms, and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories"
Simon Winchester
Approx. 56 min.
"Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titantic Storms, and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories"
Simon Winchester
8pm (ET)
Approx. 50 min.
"Joker One: A Marine Platoon's Story of Courage, Leadership, and Brotherhood"
Donovan Campbell
Approx. 50 min.
"Joker One: A Marine Platoon's Story of Courage, Leadership, and Brotherhood"
Donovan Campbell
10pm (ET)
Approx. 29 min.
"Unflinching Courage: Pioneering Women Who Shaped Texas"
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Approx. 29 min.
"Unflinching Courage: Pioneering Women Who Shaped Texas"
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Monday, April 29th
1am (ET)
Approx. 38 min.
Book TV at American University: Naomi Baron, "Always On: Language in an Online and Mobile World"
Naomi Baron
Approx. 38 min.
Book TV at American University: Naomi Baron, "Always On: Language in an Online and Mobile World"
Naomi Baron
1:40am (ET)
Approx. 17 min.
Book TV at American University: Max Paul Friedman, "Rethinking Anti-Americanism: The History of an Exceptional Concept in American Foreign Relations"
Max Paul Friedman
Approx. 17 min.
Book TV at American University: Max Paul Friedman, "Rethinking Anti-Americanism: The History of an Exceptional Concept in American Foreign Relations"
Max Paul Friedman
4am (ET)
Approx. 50 min.
"Joker One: A Marine Platoon's Story of Courage, Leadership, and Brotherhood"
Donovan Campbell
Approx. 50 min.
"Joker One: A Marine Platoon's Story of Courage, Leadership, and Brotherhood"
Donovan Campbell
6am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 1 min.
"The Age of Edison: Electric Light and the Invention of Modern America"
Ernest Freeberg
Approx. 1 hr. 1 min.
"The Age of Edison: Electric Light and the Invention of Modern America"
Ernest Freeberg
7am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 1 min.
2013 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: American History Panel with Amy Greenberg, Fergus Bordewich, H.W. Brands, and John Barry
Multiple Authors
Approx. 1 hr. 1 min.
2013 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: American History Panel with Amy Greenberg, Fergus Bordewich, H.W. Brands, and John Barry
Multiple Authors
