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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, May 23, 2012,
9-10 p.m. E/P
Science Channel
Science
Middle and High School
Brave New World: Technology
Technology is changing the way we live and our perception of the Universe. In this documentary Stephen Hawking charts the rise of an internet entrepreneur who is transforming space exploration. Physicist Kathy Sykes explores how our mobile phones can give experts access to our every habit and action: a brave new world in which it's hard to keep a secret but where urban planners can build cities around our needs. Designer Max Lamb witnesses the dawn of a new era in manufacturing where lasers are printing objects in 3D. Environmental scientist Tara Shine visits an experimental new city in the desert where the citizens get about by unmanned pod car, and Kathy Sykes descends two kilometers underground to explore how scientists are using technology to study the most mysterious particles in the universe. TV-PG
Log on http://science.discovery.com/videos/brave-new-world-brave-new-world-preview.html
Thursday, May 24, 2012,
8-10 p.m. E/P
National Geographic Channel
Geography
Elementary, Middle and High School
2012 National Geographic Bee
This is a telecast covering the final rounds of the 24th annual geography bee, from Washington, D.C, which features students in Grades 4-8 competing for college-scholarship money. The winner receives $25,000; the second- and third-place finishers, $15,000 and $10,000. Each year in late May thousands of schools in the United States participate in the National Geographic Bee using materials prepared by the National Geographic Society. The contest is designed to encourage teachers to include geography in their classrooms, spark student interest in the subject, and increase public awareness about geography. (This broadcast repeats Monday, 7 p.m. May 28th on KLCS-PBS see reminder listing below)
Log on http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geobee
Friday, May 25, 2012,
8-9 p.m. E/P
Science Channel
Science and Geography
Elementary, Middle and High School
What the Ancients Knew: The Chinese
Ancient Chinese researchers harnessed the power of the earth, wind, water and fire to provide emperors practical solutions for ruling empires. As shown in this documentary many inventions such as movable type and the multistage rocket are creations of ancient Chinese scientists. TV-G
Log on http://videos.howstuffworks.com/science-channel/29771-what-the-ancients-knew-chinese-armillary-clock-video.htm
Saturday, May 26, 2012,
6-8 p.m. E/P
KLCS-PBS
U.S. and World History
High School
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: Victory in the Pacific
This documentary examination of the final months of the World War II looks at the escalation of casualties from the vantage points of both the Japanese and the Americans. Despite warnings that his country, brought to its knees by the conflict, might erupt in a Communist revolution, Emperor Hirohito believed that one last decisive battle could reverse Japan's fortunes. From the U.S. capture of the Mariana Islands through the firebombing of Tokyo and the dropping of the atomic bomb, the program chronicles the dreadful and unprecedented loss of life and the decisions made by leaders on both sides that finally ended the war.
Log on http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/pacific/
Sunday, May 27, 2012,
6- 7 p.m. E/P
KLCS-PBS
U.S. History
Elementary, middle and High School
Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates Jr.
In this genealogical documentary singer John Legend and musician Wanda Sykes discover free black ancestors; Henry Louis Gates Jr. and his 98-year-old friend Margarett Cooper explore the free people of color in their own family trees. Dr. Gates talks with Cooper about her remarkable ancestry, and learns about her great, great, great grandmother, a female slave who sued her master for her own freedom.
Log on http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/pacific/
Monday, May 28, 2012,
7-8 p.m. E/P
KLCS-PBS
Geography
Elementary, Middle and High School
2012 National Geographic Bee
This is repeat of a telecast aired last week covering final rounds of the 24th annual geography bee, from Washington, D.C, which features students in Grades 4-8 competing for college-scholarship money. The winner receives $25,000; the second- and third-place finishers, $15,000 and $10,000. Each year in late May thousands of schools in the United States participate in the National Geographic Bee using materials prepared by the National Geographic Society. The contest is designed to encourage teachers to include geography in their classrooms, spark student interest in the subject, and increase public awareness about geography.
Log on http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geobee
Tuesday, May 29, 2012,
8-10 p.m. E/P
KLCS-PBS
U.S. History
Elementary, Middle and High School
For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots- Part 1
This is Part 1 of a two part documentary miniseries which looks at the contributions of Blacks to the U.S. armed services. Over 5,000 Black soldiers fought in the American Revolution. And though most were not recognized as citizens or even free man, more than 200,000 took up arms in the Civil War. Over 380,000 African-Americans served in WW I and more than 2,000,000 defended this country in World War II, Korea and Vietnam. The series is introduced by Colin Powell, hosted on-camera by Halle Berry and features a cast that includes Morgan Freeman, Bill Cosby, John Travolta, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Robert Duvall, Danny Glover, Sam Elliot, Delroy Lindo, Walter Cronkite, Angela Bassett, John Amos, Kris Kristofferson, Ice-T, Donald Sutherland, Blair Underwood, Cliff Robertson, Courtney B. Vance, Alan Rickman, Jesse L. Martin, Alfre Woodard, Robert Townsend, Mel Gibson, Charles Dutton, Michael Clark Duncan, Chris Cooper, Louis Gossett Jr. and many others. This cast reads from a collection of letters, diaries, speeches and military records that document and acknowledge the sacrifices and accomplishments of African-American service men and women. The story spans the Revolution to Afghanistan. (Part 2 airs in this time slot June 5.)
Log on http://www.forloveoflibertyeducation.org/overview/index.html
Wednesday, May 30, 2012,
9-10 p.m. E/P
Science Channel
Science
Middle and High School
Brave New World : Environment
This is a documentary about recent scientific efforts to save the planet and preserve the human race. In California, physicist Jim Al-Khalili sees how the power of the world's largest laser could create a fuel to answer all our needs, while Sir David Attenborough helps collect the DNA of an elephant for the Frozen Ark - a project to save all the world's species from extinction. Mark Evans discovers a scientist in Holland who is growing pork in a petri dish; a way to feed the world and free up land from grazing animals. Jim Al-Khalili also meets the scientist in Louisiana who thinks he has found a microbe that can help clean up oil spills, and Maggie Aderin Pocock gazes into the face of the sun at NASA's solar laboratory, where they are learning how to predict solar storms. TV-PG
Log on http://www.channel4.com/programmes/brave-new-world-with-stephen-hawking
Book TV Schedule
6:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 9 min.
"Island of Vice: Theodore Roosevelt's Doomed Quest To Clean Up Sin-Loving New York"
Richard Zacks
Wednesday, May 23, 2012,
9-10 p.m. E/P
Science Channel
Science
Middle and High School
Brave New World: Technology
Technology is changing the way we live and our perception of the Universe. In this documentary Stephen Hawking charts the rise of an internet entrepreneur who is transforming space exploration. Physicist Kathy Sykes explores how our mobile phones can give experts access to our every habit and action: a brave new world in which it's hard to keep a secret but where urban planners can build cities around our needs. Designer Max Lamb witnesses the dawn of a new era in manufacturing where lasers are printing objects in 3D. Environmental scientist Tara Shine visits an experimental new city in the desert where the citizens get about by unmanned pod car, and Kathy Sykes descends two kilometers underground to explore how scientists are using technology to study the most mysterious particles in the universe. TV-PG
Log on http://science.discovery.com/videos/brave-new-world-brave-new-world-preview.html
Thursday, May 24, 2012,
8-10 p.m. E/P
National Geographic Channel
Geography
Elementary, Middle and High School
2012 National Geographic Bee
This is a telecast covering the final rounds of the 24th annual geography bee, from Washington, D.C, which features students in Grades 4-8 competing for college-scholarship money. The winner receives $25,000; the second- and third-place finishers, $15,000 and $10,000. Each year in late May thousands of schools in the United States participate in the National Geographic Bee using materials prepared by the National Geographic Society. The contest is designed to encourage teachers to include geography in their classrooms, spark student interest in the subject, and increase public awareness about geography. (This broadcast repeats Monday, 7 p.m. May 28th on KLCS-PBS see reminder listing below)
Log on http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geobee
Friday, May 25, 2012,
8-9 p.m. E/P
Science Channel
Science and Geography
Elementary, Middle and High School
What the Ancients Knew: The Chinese
Ancient Chinese researchers harnessed the power of the earth, wind, water and fire to provide emperors practical solutions for ruling empires. As shown in this documentary many inventions such as movable type and the multistage rocket are creations of ancient Chinese scientists. TV-G
Log on http://videos.howstuffworks.com/science-channel/29771-what-the-ancients-knew-chinese-armillary-clock-video.htm
Saturday, May 26, 2012,
6-8 p.m. E/P
KLCS-PBS
U.S. and World History
High School
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: Victory in the Pacific
This documentary examination of the final months of the World War II looks at the escalation of casualties from the vantage points of both the Japanese and the Americans. Despite warnings that his country, brought to its knees by the conflict, might erupt in a Communist revolution, Emperor Hirohito believed that one last decisive battle could reverse Japan's fortunes. From the U.S. capture of the Mariana Islands through the firebombing of Tokyo and the dropping of the atomic bomb, the program chronicles the dreadful and unprecedented loss of life and the decisions made by leaders on both sides that finally ended the war.
Log on http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/pacific/
Sunday, May 27, 2012,
6- 7 p.m. E/P
KLCS-PBS
U.S. History
Elementary, middle and High School
Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates Jr.
In this genealogical documentary singer John Legend and musician Wanda Sykes discover free black ancestors; Henry Louis Gates Jr. and his 98-year-old friend Margarett Cooper explore the free people of color in their own family trees. Dr. Gates talks with Cooper about her remarkable ancestry, and learns about her great, great, great grandmother, a female slave who sued her master for her own freedom.
Log on http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/pacific/
Monday, May 28, 2012,
7-8 p.m. E/P
KLCS-PBS
Geography
Elementary, Middle and High School
2012 National Geographic Bee
This is repeat of a telecast aired last week covering final rounds of the 24th annual geography bee, from Washington, D.C, which features students in Grades 4-8 competing for college-scholarship money. The winner receives $25,000; the second- and third-place finishers, $15,000 and $10,000. Each year in late May thousands of schools in the United States participate in the National Geographic Bee using materials prepared by the National Geographic Society. The contest is designed to encourage teachers to include geography in their classrooms, spark student interest in the subject, and increase public awareness about geography.
Log on http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geobee
Tuesday, May 29, 2012,
8-10 p.m. E/P
KLCS-PBS
U.S. History
Elementary, Middle and High School
For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots- Part 1
This is Part 1 of a two part documentary miniseries which looks at the contributions of Blacks to the U.S. armed services. Over 5,000 Black soldiers fought in the American Revolution. And though most were not recognized as citizens or even free man, more than 200,000 took up arms in the Civil War. Over 380,000 African-Americans served in WW I and more than 2,000,000 defended this country in World War II, Korea and Vietnam. The series is introduced by Colin Powell, hosted on-camera by Halle Berry and features a cast that includes Morgan Freeman, Bill Cosby, John Travolta, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Robert Duvall, Danny Glover, Sam Elliot, Delroy Lindo, Walter Cronkite, Angela Bassett, John Amos, Kris Kristofferson, Ice-T, Donald Sutherland, Blair Underwood, Cliff Robertson, Courtney B. Vance, Alan Rickman, Jesse L. Martin, Alfre Woodard, Robert Townsend, Mel Gibson, Charles Dutton, Michael Clark Duncan, Chris Cooper, Louis Gossett Jr. and many others. This cast reads from a collection of letters, diaries, speeches and military records that document and acknowledge the sacrifices and accomplishments of African-American service men and women. The story spans the Revolution to Afghanistan. (Part 2 airs in this time slot June 5.)
Log on http://www.forloveoflibertyeducation.org/overview/index.html
Wednesday, May 30, 2012,
9-10 p.m. E/P
Science Channel
Science
Middle and High School
Brave New World : Environment
This is a documentary about recent scientific efforts to save the planet and preserve the human race. In California, physicist Jim Al-Khalili sees how the power of the world's largest laser could create a fuel to answer all our needs, while Sir David Attenborough helps collect the DNA of an elephant for the Frozen Ark - a project to save all the world's species from extinction. Mark Evans discovers a scientist in Holland who is growing pork in a petri dish; a way to feed the world and free up land from grazing animals. Jim Al-Khalili also meets the scientist in Louisiana who thinks he has found a microbe that can help clean up oil spills, and Maggie Aderin Pocock gazes into the face of the sun at NASA's solar laboratory, where they are learning how to predict solar storms. TV-PG
Log on http://www.channel4.com/programmes/brave-new-world-with-stephen-hawking
Book TV Schedule
Saturday, May 26th
8am (ET)
Approx. 51 min.
"Multiplication is for White People: Raising Expectations For Other People's Children"
Lisa Delpit
Approx. 51 min.
"Multiplication is for White People: Raising Expectations For Other People's Children"
Lisa Delpit
11am (ET)
Approx. 53 min.
"Bay and Her Boys: Unexpected Lessons I Learned as a (Single) Mom"
Bay Buchanan
Approx. 53 min.
"Bay and Her Boys: Unexpected Lessons I Learned as a (Single) Mom"
Bay Buchanan
12pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 17 min.
"Latin Lessons: How South America Stopped Listening to the United States and Started Prospering"
Hal Weitzman
Approx. 1 hr. 17 min.
"Latin Lessons: How South America Stopped Listening to the United States and Started Prospering"
Hal Weitzman
1:30pm (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
"The Spirit of Compromise: Why Governing Demands It and Campaigning Undermines It"
Amy Gutmann; Dennis Thompson
Approx. 59 min.
"The Spirit of Compromise: Why Governing Demands It and Campaigning Undermines It"
Amy Gutmann; Dennis Thompson
2:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 10 min.
"The Escape Artists: How Obama's Team Fumbled the Recovery"
Noam Scheiber
Approx. 1 hr. 10 min.
"The Escape Artists: How Obama's Team Fumbled the Recovery"
Noam Scheiber
6pm (ET)
Approx. 57 min.
Encore Booknotes: Nadine Cohodas, "Strom Thurmond and the Politics of Southern Change"
Nadine Cohodas
Approx. 57 min.
Encore Booknotes: Nadine Cohodas, "Strom Thurmond and the Politics of Southern Change"
Nadine Cohodas
11pm (ET)
Approx. 52 min.
"Those Who Have Borne the Battle: A History of America's Wars and Those Who Fought Them"
James Wright
Approx. 52 min.
"Those Who Have Borne the Battle: A History of America's Wars and Those Who Fought Them"
James Wright
Sunday, May 27th
12am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 15 min.
2012 Colby Military Writers' Symposium: Ralph Peters, "Cain at Gettysburg"
Ralph Peters
Approx. 1 hr. 15 min.
2012 Colby Military Writers' Symposium: Ralph Peters, "Cain at Gettysburg"
Ralph Peters
1:15am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 5 min.
"Grace and Grit: My Fight For Equal Pay and Fairness at Goodyear and Beyond"
Lilly Ledbetter
Approx. 1 hr. 5 min.
"Grace and Grit: My Fight For Equal Pay and Fairness at Goodyear and Beyond"
Lilly Ledbetter
3:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 4 min.
"King's Counsel: A Memoir of War, Espionage, and Diplomacy in the Middle East"
Vernon Loeb
Approx. 1 hr. 4 min.
"King's Counsel: A Memoir of War, Espionage, and Diplomacy in the Middle East"
Vernon Loeb
5am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 4 min.
"The Hunt for KSM: Inside the Pursuit and Takedown of the Real 9/11 Mastermind, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed"
Josh Meyer
Approx. 1 hr. 4 min.
"The Hunt for KSM: Inside the Pursuit and Takedown of the Real 9/11 Mastermind, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed"
Josh Meyer
6:15am (ET)
Approx. 51 min.
"A Mindful Nation: How a Simple Practice Can Help Reduce Stress, Improve Performance, and Recapture the American Spirit"
Rep. Tim Ryan
Approx. 51 min.
"A Mindful Nation: How a Simple Practice Can Help Reduce Stress, Improve Performance, and Recapture the American Spirit"
Rep. Tim Ryan
7:15am (ET)
Approx. 28 min.
"Before the Lights Go Out: Conquering the Energy Crisis Before It Conquers Us"
Maggie Koerth-Baker
Approx. 28 min.
"Before the Lights Go Out: Conquering the Energy Crisis Before It Conquers Us"
Maggie Koerth-Baker
9:15am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 8 min.
"The Lady and the Peacock: The Life of Aung San Suu Kyi"
Peter Popham
Approx. 1 hr. 8 min.
"The Lady and the Peacock: The Life of Aung San Suu Kyi"
Peter Popham
1pm (ET)
Approx. 35 min.
Book TV at University of Virginia: Maurie McInnis, "Slaves Waiting for Sale: Abolitionist Art and the American Slave Trade"
Maurie McInnis
Approx. 35 min.
Book TV at University of Virginia: Maurie McInnis, "Slaves Waiting for Sale: Abolitionist Art and the American Slave Trade"
Maurie McInnis
1:40pm (ET)
Approx. 11 min.
Book TV at University of Virginia: Risa Goluboff, "The Lost Promise of Civil Rights"
Risa Goluboff
Approx. 11 min.
Book TV at University of Virginia: Risa Goluboff, "The Lost Promise of Civil Rights"
Risa Goluboff
2pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 18 min.
"The Riot Within: My Journey From Rebellion to Redemption"
Rodney King
Approx. 1 hr. 18 min.
"The Riot Within: My Journey From Rebellion to Redemption"
Rodney King
3:30pm (ET)
Approx. 52 min.
"Those Who Have Borne the Battle: A History of America's Wars and Those Who Fought Them"
James Wright
Approx. 52 min.
"Those Who Have Borne the Battle: A History of America's Wars and Those Who Fought Them"
James Wright
6pm (ET)
Approx. 55 min.
"The Barbary Plague: The Black Death in Victorian San Francisco"
Marilyn Chase
Approx. 55 min.
"The Barbary Plague: The Black Death in Victorian San Francisco"
Marilyn Chase
Monday, May 28th
1am (ET)
Approx. 35 min.
Book TV at University of Virginia: Maurie McInnis, "Slaves Waiting for Sale: Abolitionist Art and the American Slave Trade"
Maurie McInnis
Approx. 35 min.
Book TV at University of Virginia: Maurie McInnis, "Slaves Waiting for Sale: Abolitionist Art and the American Slave Trade"
Maurie McInnis
1:40am (ET)
Approx. 11 min.
Book TV at University of Virginia: Risa Goluboff, "The Lost Promise of Civil Rights"
Risa Goluboff
Approx. 11 min.
Book TV at University of Virginia: Risa Goluboff, "The Lost Promise of Civil Rights"
Risa Goluboff
2am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
"Design for Liberty: Private Property, Public Administration, and the Rule of Law"
Richard Epstein
Approx. 1 hr.
"Design for Liberty: Private Property, Public Administration, and the Rule of Law"
Richard Epstein
4am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 1 min.
"Freedom's Cap: The United States Capitol and the Coming of the Civil War"
Guy Gugliotta
Approx. 1 hr. 1 min.
"Freedom's Cap: The United States Capitol and the Coming of the Civil War"
Guy Gugliotta
5am (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
"Covering America: A Narrative History of a Nation's Journalism"
Christopher Daly
Approx. 54 min.
"Covering America: A Narrative History of a Nation's Journalism"
Christopher Daly
7am (ET)
Approx. 52 min.
"Those Who Have Borne the Battle: A History of America's Wars and Those Who Fought Them"
James Wright
Approx. 52 min.
"Those Who Have Borne the Battle: A History of America's Wars and Those Who Fought Them"
James Wright
11:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 23 min.
"Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe"
George Dyson
Approx. 1 hr. 23 min.
"Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe"
George Dyson
2pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 34 min.
Panel discussion of Zora Neale Hurston's "Their Eyes Were Watching God"
Ruby Dee; Sonia Sanchez; Alice Walker
Approx. 1 hr. 34 min.
Panel discussion of Zora Neale Hurston's "Their Eyes Were Watching God"
Ruby Dee; Sonia Sanchez; Alice Walker
3:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 12 min.
Discussion on the Future of Authors, Books and Libraries with Scott Turow and Richard Posner
Richard Posner; Scott Turow
Approx. 1 hr. 12 min.
Discussion on the Future of Authors, Books and Libraries with Scott Turow and Richard Posner
Richard Posner; Scott Turow
6:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 13 min.
"Our Supreme Task: How Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech Defined the Cold War Alliance"
Philip White
Approx. 1 hr. 13 min.
"Our Supreme Task: How Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech Defined the Cold War Alliance"
Philip White
8:30pm (ET)
Approx. 2 hr. 13 min.
"Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier"
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Approx. 2 hr. 13 min.
"Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier"
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Tuesday, May 29th
12:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 10 min.
"The Crusader: The Life and Tumultuous Times of Pat Buchanan"
Timothy Stanley
Approx. 1 hr. 10 min.
"The Crusader: The Life and Tumultuous Times of Pat Buchanan"
Timothy Stanley
4:30am (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
"All In: The Education of General David Petraeus"
Paula Broadwell; Vernon Loeb
Approx. 58 min.
"All In: The Education of General David Petraeus"
Paula Broadwell; Vernon Loeb
5:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 9 min.
"The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion"
Jonathan Haidt
Approx. 1 hr. 9 min.
"The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion"
Jonathan Haidt
Approx. 1 hr. 9 min.
"Island of Vice: Theodore Roosevelt's Doomed Quest To Clean Up Sin-Loving New York"
Richard Zacks
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