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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.
Wednesday, December 14, 2011, 8-10 p.m.
PBS Arts Elementary, Middle and High School
LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER: George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker
New York City Ballet’s beloved holiday favorite, George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker™, airs live from Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater. Set to Tchaikovsky’s glorious score, Balanchine’s Nutcracker features New York City Ballet’s entire roster of more than 150 dancers and musicians, as well as two alternating casts of 50 children from the School of American Ballet, the New York City Ballet’s official school. TV-G Log on http://www.pbs.org/programs/live-from-lincoln-center/
Thursday, December 15, 2011, 9-10 p.m.
National Geographic Channel Economics and Geography
Elementary, Middle and High School
Pricing the Priceless: The Great Pyramid
In this documentary about math and masterpieces. engineer Kevin Cook puts a cash value on the last remaining ancient wonder of the world: the Great Pyramid of Giza. In order to find the price for the Great Pyramids 5.75 million tons of limestone, Kevin will go on a journey that will take him from the souks of Cairo to the secret location of an Egyptian antiquities dealer and to one of Americas largest limestone quarries. He'll find out what he could get selling it off stone by stone, what a Wall Street trader would buy it for and the cost of buying the Great Pyramid of Giza and moving it from Egypt to a new home in the U.S.: Central Park, New York City. Log on http://natgeotv.com.au/tv/pricing-the-priceless/
Friday, December 16, 2011, 9-10 p.m.
Science Channel Science
Middle and High School
Do We Need the Moon?
The moon regulates our weather, wildlife behavior, and all sorts of geological phenomena such as earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions. In this documentary scientists show just how much of an impact it has by simulating its movement closer and farther from Earth. TV-PG Log on http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00yb5jp
Saturday, December 17, 2011, 7-8 p.m.
National Geographic Channel
Science and Technology
Middle and High School
Brain Games: Watch This!
This documentary hacks into the ultimate supercomputer - the human brain - as Hollywood filmmakers use color, light, motion, depth and sound to create mind-bending sensory illusions. Is it possible to feel the sensation of accidentally cutting your finger just by watching TV? Much of what we experience may be a mere fabrication, as our brains fill in gaps and stitch together a complete picture of the world bit-by-bit, designed to overcome our eyes' blind spots. Log on http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/brain-games/watch-this-perception-facts/
Sunday, December 18, 2011, 8-9 p.m.
National Geographic Channel World
History and Science
Middle and High School
24 Hours After Hiroshima
This documentary tells the second-by-second story of a moment that changed the world forever: the dropping of the atomic bomb on August 6, 1945. Through the eyes of those in the air and on the ground, including the last interview with the weapons test officer who armed the bomb, we'll experience the events as they unfolded that tragic day. Log on http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/national-geographic-channel/all-videos/ngc-dropping-the-first-atomic-bomb.html?source=email_channel
Monday, December 19, 2011, 8-9 p.m.
National Geographic Channel
Science
Middle and High School
Will We Become Extinct?
Our ability to read the human genome means that we have a roadmap for the history of our evolution. As discussed in this documentary, humans have continued to evolve over the past 50,000 years and that begs the most exciting question of all: how will we evolve in the future? TV-14
http://news.discovery.com/human/will-humans-be-extinct-within-100-years.html
Book TY Schedule
Wednesday, December 14, 2011, 8-10 p.m.
PBS Arts Elementary, Middle and High School
LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER: George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker
New York City Ballet’s beloved holiday favorite, George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker™, airs live from Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater. Set to Tchaikovsky’s glorious score, Balanchine’s Nutcracker features New York City Ballet’s entire roster of more than 150 dancers and musicians, as well as two alternating casts of 50 children from the School of American Ballet, the New York City Ballet’s official school. TV-G Log on http://www.pbs.org/programs/live-from-lincoln-center/
Thursday, December 15, 2011, 9-10 p.m.
National Geographic Channel Economics and Geography
Elementary, Middle and High School
Pricing the Priceless: The Great Pyramid
In this documentary about math and masterpieces. engineer Kevin Cook puts a cash value on the last remaining ancient wonder of the world: the Great Pyramid of Giza. In order to find the price for the Great Pyramids 5.75 million tons of limestone, Kevin will go on a journey that will take him from the souks of Cairo to the secret location of an Egyptian antiquities dealer and to one of Americas largest limestone quarries. He'll find out what he could get selling it off stone by stone, what a Wall Street trader would buy it for and the cost of buying the Great Pyramid of Giza and moving it from Egypt to a new home in the U.S.: Central Park, New York City. Log on http://natgeotv.com.au/tv/pricing-the-priceless/
Friday, December 16, 2011, 9-10 p.m.
Science Channel Science
Middle and High School
Do We Need the Moon?
The moon regulates our weather, wildlife behavior, and all sorts of geological phenomena such as earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions. In this documentary scientists show just how much of an impact it has by simulating its movement closer and farther from Earth. TV-PG Log on http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00yb5jp
Saturday, December 17, 2011, 7-8 p.m.
National Geographic Channel
Science and Technology
Middle and High School
Brain Games: Watch This!
This documentary hacks into the ultimate supercomputer - the human brain - as Hollywood filmmakers use color, light, motion, depth and sound to create mind-bending sensory illusions. Is it possible to feel the sensation of accidentally cutting your finger just by watching TV? Much of what we experience may be a mere fabrication, as our brains fill in gaps and stitch together a complete picture of the world bit-by-bit, designed to overcome our eyes' blind spots. Log on http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/brain-games/watch-this-perception-facts/
Sunday, December 18, 2011, 8-9 p.m.
National Geographic Channel World
History and Science
Middle and High School
24 Hours After Hiroshima
This documentary tells the second-by-second story of a moment that changed the world forever: the dropping of the atomic bomb on August 6, 1945. Through the eyes of those in the air and on the ground, including the last interview with the weapons test officer who armed the bomb, we'll experience the events as they unfolded that tragic day. Log on http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/national-geographic-channel/all-videos/ngc-dropping-the-first-atomic-bomb.html?source=email_channel
Monday, December 19, 2011, 8-9 p.m.
National Geographic Channel
Science
Middle and High School
Will We Become Extinct?
Our ability to read the human genome means that we have a roadmap for the history of our evolution. As discussed in this documentary, humans have continued to evolve over the past 50,000 years and that begs the most exciting question of all: how will we evolve in the future? TV-14
http://news.discovery.com/human/will-humans-be-extinct-within-100-years.html
Book TY Schedule
Saturday, December 17th
9:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 3 min.
"Quality Education as a Constitutional Right: Creating a Grassroots Movement to Transform Public Schools"
Robert Moses
Approx. 1 hr. 3 min.
"Quality Education as a Constitutional Right: Creating a Grassroots Movement to Transform Public Schools"
Robert Moses
12pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 3 min.
"The Third Industrial Revolution: How Lateral Power is Transforming Energy, the Economy, and the World"
Jeremy Rifkin
Approx. 1 hr. 3 min.
"The Third Industrial Revolution: How Lateral Power is Transforming Energy, the Economy, and the World"
Jeremy Rifkin
1:15pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
2011 Paolucci/Bagehot Book Award Dinner: Pauline Maier, "Ratification: The People Debate the Constitution, 1787-1788"
Pauline Maier
Approx. 1 hr.
2011 Paolucci/Bagehot Book Award Dinner: Pauline Maier, "Ratification: The People Debate the Constitution, 1787-1788"
Pauline Maier
4:15pm (ET)
Approx. 35 min.
"Scorpions for Breakfast: My Fight Against Special Interests, Liberal Media, and Cynical Politicos to Secure America's Border"
Gov. Jan Brewer
Approx. 35 min.
"Scorpions for Breakfast: My Fight Against Special Interests, Liberal Media, and Cynical Politicos to Secure America's Border"
Gov. Jan Brewer
5pm (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
"Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War"
Tony Horwitz
Approx. 58 min.
"Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War"
Tony Horwitz
6pm (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
Encore Booknotes: Arnold Ludwig, "King of the Mountain: The Nature of Political Leadership"
Arnold Ludwig
Approx. 59 min.
Encore Booknotes: Arnold Ludwig, "King of the Mountain: The Nature of Political Leadership"
Arnold Ludwig
7pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 5 min.
"Throw Them All Out: How Politicians and Their Friends Get Rich Off Insider Stock Tips, Land Deals, and Cronyism That Would Send the Rest of Us to Prison"
Peter Schweizer
Approx. 1 hr. 5 min.
"Throw Them All Out: How Politicians and Their Friends Get Rich Off Insider Stock Tips, Land Deals, and Cronyism That Would Send the Rest of Us to Prison"
Peter Schweizer
11:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
"Life Upon These Shores: Looking At African American History 1500-2008"
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Approx. 1 hr.
"Life Upon These Shores: Looking At African American History 1500-2008"
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Sunday, December 18th
1am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 12 min.
"EcoMind: Changing the Way We Think, to Create the World We Want"
Frances Moore Lappe
Approx. 1 hr. 12 min.
"EcoMind: Changing the Way We Think, to Create the World We Want"
Frances Moore Lappe
2:15am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 14 min.
Panel discussion of William F. Buckley's "God & Man at Yale"
Midge Decter; Charles Kesler; Roger Kimball; R. Emmett Tyrrell
Approx. 1 hr. 14 min.
Panel discussion of William F. Buckley's "God & Man at Yale"
Midge Decter; Charles Kesler; Roger Kimball; R. Emmett Tyrrell
5am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 11 min.
2011 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Leymah Gbowee on "Mighty Be Our Powers"
Leymah Gbowee
Approx. 1 hr. 11 min.
2011 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Leymah Gbowee on "Mighty Be Our Powers"
Leymah Gbowee
6:15am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 1 min.
"Counterstrike: The Untold Story of America’s Secret Campaign Against Al Qaeda"
Eric Schmitt; Thom Shanker
Approx. 1 hr. 1 min.
"Counterstrike: The Untold Story of America’s Secret Campaign Against Al Qaeda"
Eric Schmitt; Thom Shanker
7:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 20 min.
"Jacqueline Kennedy: Historic Conversations on Life with John F. Kennedy"
Michael Beschloss; Richard Donahue; Caroline Kennedy; Ted Widmer
Approx. 1 hr. 20 min.
"Jacqueline Kennedy: Historic Conversations on Life with John F. Kennedy"
Michael Beschloss; Richard Donahue; Caroline Kennedy; Ted Widmer
9am (ET)
Approx. 20 min.
"The Unexpected Patriot: How an Ordinary American Mother Is Bringing Terrorists to Justice"
Shannen Rossmiller
Approx. 20 min.
"The Unexpected Patriot: How an Ordinary American Mother Is Bringing Terrorists to Justice"
Shannen Rossmiller
10:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 10 min.
"Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America"
Melissa Harris-Perry
Approx. 1 hr. 10 min.
"Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America"
Melissa Harris-Perry
12pm (ET)
Approx. 55 min.
After Words: Niall Ferguson, "Civilization: The West and the Rest," hosted by Susan Jacoby
Approx. 55 min.
After Words: Niall Ferguson, "Civilization: The West and the Rest," hosted by Susan Jacoby
1:40pm (ET)
Approx. 20 min.
University of Maryland Interviews: Ira Berlin, "The Making of African America: The Four Great Migrations"
Ira Berlin
Approx. 20 min.
University of Maryland Interviews: Ira Berlin, "The Making of African America: The Four Great Migrations"
Ira Berlin
2pm (ET)
Approx. 17 min.
University of Maryland Interviews: Frances Lee, "Beyond Ideology: Politics, Principles, and Partnership in the U.S. Senate"
Frances Lee
Approx. 17 min.
University of Maryland Interviews: Frances Lee, "Beyond Ideology: Politics, Principles, and Partnership in the U.S. Senate"
Frances Lee
2:17pm (ET)
Approx. 34 min.
University of Maryland Interviews: Julie Greene, "The Canal Builders: Making America’s Empire at the Panama Canal"
Julie Greene
Approx. 34 min.
University of Maryland Interviews: Julie Greene, "The Canal Builders: Making America’s Empire at the Panama Canal"
Julie Greene
3:30pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 3 min.
"The Third Industrial Revolution: How Lateral Power is Transforming Energy, the Economy, and the World"
Jeremy Rifkin
Approx. 1 hr. 3 min.
"The Third Industrial Revolution: How Lateral Power is Transforming Energy, the Economy, and the World"
Jeremy Rifkin
4:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 14 min.
Panel discussion of William F. Buckley's "God & Man at Yale"
Midge Decter; Charles Kesler; Roger Kimball; R. Emmett Tyrrell
Approx. 1 hr. 14 min.
Panel discussion of William F. Buckley's "God & Man at Yale"
Midge Decter; Charles Kesler; Roger Kimball; R. Emmett Tyrrell
7pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
"Life Upon These Shores: Looking At African American History 1500-2008"
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Approx. 1 hr.
"Life Upon These Shores: Looking At African American History 1500-2008"
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
8pm (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
"Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War"
Tony Horwitz
Approx. 58 min.
"Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War"
Tony Horwitz
11pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 5 min.
"Throw Them All Out: How Politicians and Their Friends Get Rich Off Insider Stock Tips, Land Deals, and Cronyism That Would Send the Rest of Us to Prison"
Peter Schweizer
Approx. 1 hr. 5 min.
"Throw Them All Out: How Politicians and Their Friends Get Rich Off Insider Stock Tips, Land Deals, and Cronyism That Would Send the Rest of Us to Prison"
Peter Schweizer
Monday, December 19th
1:40am (ET)
Approx. 20 min.
University of Maryland Interviews: Ira Berlin, "The Making of African America: The Four Great Migrations"
Ira Berlin
Approx. 20 min.
University of Maryland Interviews: Ira Berlin, "The Making of African America: The Four Great Migrations"
Ira Berlin
2am (ET)
Approx. 17 min.
University of Maryland Interviews: Frances Lee, "Beyond Ideology: Politics, Principles, and Partnership in the U.S. Senate"
Frances Lee
Approx. 17 min.
University of Maryland Interviews: Frances Lee, "Beyond Ideology: Politics, Principles, and Partnership in the U.S. Senate"
Frances Lee
2:17am (ET)
Approx. 34 min.
University of Maryland Interviews: Julie Greene, "The Canal Builders: Making America’s Empire at the Panama Canal"
Julie Greene
Approx. 34 min.
University of Maryland Interviews: Julie Greene, "The Canal Builders: Making America’s Empire at the Panama Canal"
Julie Greene
7am (ET)
Approx. 50 min.
"December 1941: 31 Days That Changed America and Saved the World"
Craig Shirley
Approx. 50 min.
"December 1941: 31 Days That Changed America and Saved the World"
Craig Shirley
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