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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.
Saturday,
July 4, 2010,
11 a.m. – 12 p.m. E/P
History Channel
U.S. History
Elementary, Middle and High School
"The Revolution”
This is a marathon broadcast of a documentary miniseries about the American Revolution and the Founding of the United States. Shows start at 11 a.m. and run until midnight – so you can look in at any
time as part of your Fourth of July weekend. Background: By the 1760s, after a century and a half of British rule, tensions were running high between American colonists and royal officials on both sides of the
Atlantic. In an effort to drum up cash for its military campaigns abroad, the British Parliament passed a series of unpopular laws levying taxes on everyday goods in the 13 colonies. Meanwhile, new political ideologies
from republicanism to John Locke’s ideas on liberalism resonated with many colonists, including future fathers of the Revolution such as Samuel Adams, Thomas Paine, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson. The country’s fate was sealed as these explosive factors collided on the streets of Boston, in the meeting halls of Philadelphia and, eventually, on the battlefields of Lexington and Concord.
The series begins with:“ The Revolution: Boston, Bloody Boston”, dramatizing the controversies
and conflicts leading to war--the Stamp Act riots, Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, and Battles of Lexington and Concord. A Continental Congress is convened and we are introduced to some of the major political players involved in the rebellion, including Samuel Adams, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Patrick Henry, and Thomas Hutchinson, as well as England's King George III and British General Thomas Gage.
The series, Rated TV-PG, continues as scheduled below:
Rebellion
to Revolution The Battle
at Bunker Hill.
Sat 7/3
12:00-1:00pm
Declaring
Independence Dark and devastating struggles quickly challenge the 1776 independence of America.
Sat
7/3
1:00-2:00pm
American Crisis Gen. Washington gambles on a brilliant yet dangerously daring stroke to save his army and America.
Sat 7/3
2:00-3:00pm
Path to World War
Benjamin Franklin tries to convince the French to join the fight against Britain; Philadelphia falls to the British; the Americans win a stunning victory at Saratoga and gain an ally in France.
Sat 7/3
3:00-4:00pm
Forging an Army Congress begins to question Washington's leadership; Washington rebuilds his reputation by holding back the British at the Battle of Monmouth.
Sat 7/3
4:00-5:00pm
Treason & Betrayal
Gen. Benedict Arnold turns his back on his cause and country; Washington takes his war to the frontier.
Sat 7/3
5:00-6:00pm
The War Heads South
Failing to defeat Washington, the British turn their attention southward; siege at Charleston, S.C.
Sat 7/3
6:00-7:00pm
A Hornet's Nest
After the fall of Charleston, S.C., the Revolutionary War explodes into the Carolina backcountry.
Sat 7/3
7:00-8:00pm
The End Game
Washington faces two mutinies; the French send their fleet to America; Cornwallis moves his army to Yorktown.
Sat 7/3
8:00-9:00pm
Becoming a Nation
The American victory at Yorktown; John Adams joins Benjamin Franklin in France to negotiate the Treaty of 1783.
Sat 7/3
9:00-10:00pm
The Road to the Presidency
George Washington is called into service as the nation's first president.
Sat 7/3
10:00-11:00pm
A President and His Revolution
George Washington completes his eight-day journey from Mount Vernon to New York City for his inauguration.
Sat 7/3
11:00-12:01am
Log on http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution
Sunday, July
4, 2010,
7-8 p.m. E/P
CBS
Science
Middle and High School
"
60 MINUTES PRESENTS: INTO THE WILD””
The
three reports in this special hour of “60 Minutes” are devoted
to the natural world. “The Great Migration” - reporter Scott
Pelley visits Kenya, the site of the great wildebeest migration, and
looks at the threats to this natural spectacle comprised of over a million
animals. “The Secret Language of Elephants” - Researchers
listening to elephant sounds and observing their behavior are compiling
an elephant dictionary. Bob Simon goes to Central Africa to listen to
the language of the forest elephants first hand. “B-Rex”- Lesley
Stahl meets the inspiration for the lead character in the classic film
Jurassic Park and reports on how famed dinosaur hunter Jack Horner is
shaking up the paleontology world.
Log
on http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/60minutes/main3415.shtml
Sunday, July
4, 2010,
8-9 p.m. E/P
PBS
U.S. History and Arts
Elementary, Middle and High
School
"A
CAPITOL FOURTH”
This
holiday special will be hosted by Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning
actor Jimmy Smits, with performances by some of the country’s best-known
musicians, including multiple Grammy, CMA and ACM Award-winning country
music superstar Reba McEntire; country music sensation Darius Rucker;
actor and singer John Schneider; and renowned classical pianist Lang
Lang with the National Symphony Orchestra under the direction of top
pops conductor Jack Everly The program will air in HD from the
West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol before a concert audience of hundreds
of thousands, millions more at home and to our service members around
the world on the American Forces Network. A CAPITOL FOURTH can also
be heard live in stereo over NPR member stations nationwide.
Log
on http://www.pbs.org/capitolfourth
Monday, July
5, 2010,
9-10 p.m. E/P
Science Channel
Science and Technology
Middle and High School
"
Large Dangerous Rocket Ships (L.D.R.S.).”
In
Lucerne Valley, California, the premier event in high powered rocketry
gathers 500 of the most fearless of all amateur rocket builders from
every corner of the country for the Large Dangerous Rocket Ships (L.D.R.S.)
annual meet. For five days they launch more than 2,000 of the
biggest cutting-edge homemade and hand-designed rockets on Earth.
Propelling tens of thousands of feet in the air in mere seconds, these
rockets travel into the sky at such speeds and so high that the FAA
has to shut down airspace over the event. All year long these
rocket enthusiasts strategize, plan, tinker, and toy with science and
engineering to produce some of the most high-powered rockets anyone
has ever seen. Hosted by Kari Byron from the “Mythbusters”
tv series. TV-PG
Log
on http://www.rocketryplanet.com/content/view/3326/29/
Monday, July
5, 2010,
9-10 p.m. E/P
PBS
U.S. History
Middle and High School
"
HISTORY DETECTIVES: Lauste Film Clip, Baker’s Gold, Transatlantic
Cable””
This
program asks,” Did a HISTORY DETECTIVES viewer find a clip of
the first talking picture? Also in a story it inquires into the
story behind Gold Rush sketches of five and eight-pound gold nuggets?
Finally,” Did a beachcomber find a section of the first transatlantic
cable?
Log
on http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives
Tuesday,
July 6, 2010,
8:30-10 p.m. m. E/P
Sundance Channel
U.S. History and Technology
Middle and High School
"Burning
The Future: Coal In America”
Sundance
Channel is presenting documentary films focusing on timely and pressing
environmental issues of the day. This is one about West Virginia which
provides coal to produce electricity for half the nation. Ironically,
while preserving jobs, coal mining disfigures mountainsides, destroys
plant and animal species and spreads toxic groundwater. Yet so effective
is the coal industry's public relations campaign promoting "clean
coal" that these long-term environmental disasters remain largely
unreported. In response, documentary filmmaker David Novack provides
an impassioned, harsh exposé of big coal. "As upsetting as it
is informative" - New York Times.
Log
on http://www.burningthefuture.org/show.asp?content_id=14089
.
Wednesday,
July 7, 2010,
7-8 p.m. ET, 4-5 p.m.
PT
Ovation Channel
U.S. Arts and History
Middle and High School
"
Masters of American Music: Billie Holiday”
Airing
in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the death of
Billie Holiday, this documentary film invites viewers to see the many
faces of this beautiful woman- this dark lady of the sonnets, as one
poet called her -and to appreciate her undying art more deeply. Most
presentations of Billie Holiday feature Billie as the sad victim of
hard times and drugs. The single fact of her life that matters above
all others is that she was a great artist who, with Louis Armstrong,
invented modern jazz singing. Mining a treasure-trove of completely
new information, the producers set the record straight - and beautifully.
In a voice that is Billie-like in its rasping and its ring, stage and
screen star, Ruby Dee, reads from Holiday's autobiography, “Lady Sings
the Blues”.
Log
on http://www.cmgww.com/music/holiday/
Thursday,
July 8, 2010,
8-10 p.m. E/P
Planet Green Channel
Science and Geography
Elementary, Middle and High
School
"
Deep Blue”
Beneath
the immense expanse of the ocean's surface lies a world filled with
beauty, color, drama, and danger. This is the last great frontier on
earth, one that will remain unexplored by most humans. This documentary
takes viewers beneath the waves and experience the mysteries of
the deep ocean. From the ocean's smallest creatures to the largest,
the fastest to the most incredible, it reveals marine life
never seen in films before. Pierce Brosnan narrates.
Log
on http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0365109
Friday, July
9, 2010,
6-7 p.m. E/P
History Channel
Science and Geography
Middle and High School
"
Modern Marvels: Commercial Fishing”
Americans
consume more than 5-billion pounds yearly, an order that takes more than
a fishing rod to fill and worries conservationists. This documentary follows
the fish, the fishermen, and the science trying to preserve fisheries
for future generations--from ancient ships on the Nile to a modern technologically
sophisticated factory trawler on the Bering Sea to the University of
New Hampshire's open-ocean aquaculture research project. The program
shows a wide variety of fishing methods--from gillnetting and long-lining
to lobster trapping. It sails through time and around the globe to explore
the harsh conditions of life at sea and experience firsthand one of
history's deadliest jobs. TV-PG
Log
on http://www.truveo.com/search?query=alaska%20ocean%20seafood&flv=1#alaska%20ocean%20seafood%20
Saturday,
July 10, 2010, 2:30-3 p.m. E/P
Planet Green Channel
Science and Economics
Elementary, Middle and High
School
"Living with Ed:
I Spy Bill Nye”
In
this episode of the “Living With Ed” environmental documentary
series the program’s host Ed Begley Jr. and his wife Rachelle are
invited to visit their neighbor in Los Angeles , Bill Nye. He’s
kown as the host of the respected children’s tv science series and
other tv programs. Bill wants to impress Ed and Rachelle with all of
the green aesthetics at his home. Soon after the visit with Bill, Ed
and Rachelle return back home to attend their two latest green projects.
(Check out the Planet Green sites below for “Living with Ed” series
information or “Stuff Happens, with Bill Nye!” series information.)
Log
on http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/living-with-ed and http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/stuff-happens/stuff-happen-details.html
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