Media Menu for June 28, 2012

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, June 28,  2012,
9-10 p.m. E/P
PBS
Science
Middle High School

Hunting the Edge of Space: The Ever Expanding Universe

Airing on KLCS, this is the concluding episode of a documentary miniseries which investigates the universe's distant past, made possible by powerful telescopes that can peer into the recesses of the cosmos. Telescopes that are focusing on invisible aspects of space---dark matter and dark energy. Far beyond our solar system, we are now discovering exoplanets  orbiting other suns, and beyond our galaxy, another hundred billion galaxies, such as Andromeda, Sombrero, and Whirlpool, each harboring hundreds of billions of stars. We've detected supermassive black holes, spinning violently at the very centers of galaxies, including our own. We've witnessed supernovas: exploding stars, millions of light-years away, spewing out superheated gas at 600,000 miles per hour. And deep inside clouds of gas and dust, billowing trillions of miles high, we can glimpse new stars being born. Now, the latest telescopes are revealing the invisible mysteries of space that we are only just beginning to understand: dark matter, the hidden scaffolding our entire cosmos is built on; and dark energy, a powerful and invisible force that is pushing our universe apart.
Log on http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/space/hunting-edge-space.html#hunting-edge-space-2

Friday, June 29,  2012,
4-5 p.m. E/P
History Channel
Science and Technology
Middle High School

Modern Marvels: Environmental Tech

From the prairies of Saskatchewan to a Manhattan skyscraper this documentary shows the 21st Century's cutting-edge "green" technologies in action. New technologies such as carbon sequestration and bioremediation take on our most daunting environmental crises, from global warming and deforestation to nuclear waste and resource scarcity. See how blue-green algae are converted into automotive biofuel and methane from decomposing garbage is turned into clean-burning natural gas. Finally, we'll see how trees and other natural environments can be used as engineering materials to control flooding and rejuvenate dying rivers.   TV-PG
Log on http://www.unep.org/ietc/

Saturday, June 30,  2012,
6-8 p.m. E/P
PBS
U.S. History
Middle High School

American Experience: Custer’s Last Stand

Airing on KLCS, this documentary is a profile of Gen. George Armstrong Custer (1839-76), nicknamed "the boy general" for his Civil War exploits, who died with many other members of the 7th Cavalry while battling the Cheyenne and Lakota along the Little Bighorn River in Montana Territory.
Log on http://www.nps.gov/libi/index.htm

Sunday, July 1,  2012,
6-8 p.m. E/P
CNBC
Economics and Technology
Middle High School

The Facebook Obsession

This documentary tells the story behind the rise of the largest social media site in the world, as told by Facebook's founders, friends and foes.
Log on  http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=1752879649

Monday, July 2,  2012,
7-8 p.m. E/P
PBS
U.S. History and Science
Middle High School

Time Team America: Fort Raleigh, North Carolina

Airing on KLCS, this is an episode in a documentary series which chronicles an archaeological team's three-day digs at various locales, this time on Roanoke Island, N.C., the site of Fort Raleigh, England's first settlement in North America, which was founded in 1586 and is now called the "Lost Colony."
Log on http://www.pbs.org/opb/timeteam/sites/ft_raleigh/

Tuesday, July 3,  2012,
8-9 p.m. E/P
PBS
U.S. History
Middle High School

Liberty or Death

This program airs on KLCS. Patrick Henry's impassioned plea at the second Virginia Convention of 1775, "Give me liberty or give me death," defined the American Revolution. This documentary  captures this seminal moment in American history by balancing experts' commentary on the events preceding the second Virginia Convention with dramatic re-enactments of the historic moments that followed. Actors portraying founding fathers George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry and other delegates bring the convention to life as another character, convention clerk John Tazwell, narrates the unfolding action. Historians also explain the lasting significance of the convention and Henry's speech.
Log on http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/henry.htm

Wednesday, July 4,  2012,
7 a.m. – 8 p.m. E/P
History Channel
U.S. History
Middle High School

The Revolution: Thirteen Episode Miniseries

This is a broadcast of all 13 episodes of a documentary miniseries about the American Revolution and founding of the founding of the United States.  The titles of the hour-long episodes are:
 (Episodes 1-4): Boston, Bloody Boston / Rebellion to Revolution / Declaring Independence / American Crisis  (Episodes 5-7): Path to World War / Forging an Army / Treason & Betrayal  (Episodes 8-10): The War Heads South / A Hornet’s Nest / The End Game  (Episodes 11-13): Becoming a Nation / Road to the Presidency / A President and His Revolution. The very first episode dramatizes 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. TV-PG
Log on http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tv/the-revolution/EP00834907

Saturday, June 30th

8am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 52 min.
"Peaceful Revolution: How We Can Create the Future Needed for Humanity's Survival" 
Paul Chappell

10am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 14 min.
"Atlantic Fever: Lindbergh, His Competitors, and the Race to Cross the Atlantic" 
Joe Jackson

11:15am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 2 min.
"Pax Ethnica: Where and How Diversity Succeeds" 
Shareen Blair Brysac; Karl Meyer

12:30pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 9 min.
A Discussion on Publishing and Censorship in Iran with Author Mahmoud Dowlatabadi 
Mahmoud Dowlatabadi

1:45pm (ET)
Approx. 47 min.
"Bunch of Amateurs: A Search For the American Character" 
Jack Hitt

2:45pm (ET)
Approx. 32 min.
"Don't Forget, God Bless Our Troops" 
Jill Biden

3:15pm (ET)
Approx. 15 min.
2012 Book Expo America: Interview with Meghan McCain and Michael Ian Black, "America, You Sexy Bitch: A Love Letter to Freedom" 
Michael Ian Black; Meghan McCain

3:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 3 min.
"What the (Bleep) Just Happened?: The Happy Warrior's Guide to the Great American Comeback" 
Monica Crowley

4:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
"The New Feminist Agenda: Defining the Next Revolution for Women, Work and Family" 
Madeleine Kunin

6pm (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
Encore Booknotes: Linda Davis, "Badge of Courage: The Life of Stephen Crane" 
Linda Davis

7pm (ET)
Approx. 52 min.
"Defending the Free Market: The Moral Case for a Free Economy" 
Rev. Robert Sirico

8pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 35 min.
Panel on Bradley Manning and WikiLeaks with Chase Madar, Kevin Gosztola, Mark Doten and Ted Hearne 
Mark Dotten; Kevin Gosztola; Ted Hearne; Chase Madar

9:30pm (ET)
Approx. 25 min.
2012 Book Expo America: Interview with Sarah Weinman, News Director, Publishers Marketplace 
Sarah Weinman

10pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
After Words: Fawaz Gerges, "Obama and the Middle East: The End of America's Moment?," hosted by Phyllis Bennis, Institute for Policy Studies

11pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 28 min.
"It's Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided With the New Politics of Extremism" 
Thomas Mann; Norman Ornstein

Sunday, July 1st

12:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 10 min.
"Assignment To Hell: The War Against Nazi Germany with Correspondents Walter Cronkite, Andy Rooney, A.J. Liebling, Homer Bigart, and Hal Boyle" 
Timothy Gay

1:45am (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
2012 Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest: Wenguang Huang, "The Little Red Guard: A Family Memoir" 
Wenguang Huang

2:30am (ET)
Approx. 44 min.
Book Party for Col. Lee Ellis (Ret., U.S. Air Force), "Leading with Honor: Leadership Lessons from the Hanoi Hotel" 
Col. Lee Ellis (Ret., U.S. Air Force)

3:15am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 13 min.
A Lecture on Global Economics 
John Perkins

4:30am (ET)
Approx. 25 min.
2012 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: Interview with Elizabeth Price Foley, "The Tea Party: Three Principles" 
Elizabeth Price Foley

5am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 17 min.
"The Hour of Sunlight: One Palestinian's Journey from Prisoner to Peacemaker" 
Jen Marlowe

6:15am (ET)
Approx. 52 min.
"Defending the Free Market: The Moral Case for a Free Economy" 
Rev. Robert Sirico

7:15am (ET)
Approx. 32 min.
"Don't Forget, God Bless Our Troops" 
Jill Biden

7:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 8 min.
"The Lady and the Peacock: The Life of Aung San Suu Kyi" 
Peter Popham

9am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 51 min.
"By Any Means Necessary - Malcom X: Real, Not Reinvented" 
Herb Boyd

11am (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
After Words: Katie Pavlich, "Fast and Furious: Barack Obama's Bloodiest Scandal and Its Shameless Cover-Up," hosted by Major Garrett, National Journal

LIVE 12pm (ET)
Approx. 3 hr.
In Depth: David Pietrusza 
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3pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 6 min.
"Health Care Reform: What It Is, Why It's Necessary, How It Works" 
Jonathan Gruber

4:15pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 15 min.
"The Pipes Plan: The Top Ten Ways To Dismantle And Replace Obamacare" 
Sally Pipes

5:30pm (ET)
Approx. 27 min.
2012 Book Expo America: A Discussion with Jonathan Karp, Executive Vice President & Publisher of Simon & Schuster & Morgan Entrekin, Publisher of Grove/Atlantic
Morgan Entrekin; Jonathan Karp

6pm (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
"Hallowed Ground: A Walk at Gettysburg" 
James McPherson

7pm (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
2012 Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest: Reginald Dwayne Betts, "A Question of Freedom" 
Reginald Dwayne Betts

7:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
"The New Feminist Agenda: Defining the Next Revolution for Women, Work and Family" 
Madeleine Kunin

9pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
After Words: Fawaz Gerges, "Obama and the Middle East: The End of America's Moment?," hosted by Phyllis Bennis, Institute for Policy Studies

10pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 3 min.
"What the (Bleep) Just Happened?: The Happy Warrior's Guide to the Great American Comeback" 
Monica Crowley

11pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 2 min.
"The Obamians: The Struggle Inside the White House to Redefine American Power" 
James Mann

Monday, July 2nd

12am (ET)
Approx. 3 hr.
In Depth: David Pietrusza

3am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
After Words: Fawaz Gerges, "Obama and the Middle East: The End of America's Moment?," hosted by Phyllis Bennis, Institute for Policy Studies

4am (ET)
Approx. 31 min.
"Service: A Navy SEAL at War" 
Marcus Luttrell

4:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 35 min.
Panel on Bradley Manning and WikiLeaks with Chase Madar, Kevin Gosztola, Mark Doten and Ted Hearne 
Mark Dotten; Kevin Gosztola; Ted Hearne; Chase Madar

6:15am (ET)
Approx. 40 min.
"Mrs. Kennedy And Me" 
Clint Hill

7am (ET)
Approx. 53 min.
2012 Gaithersburg Book Festival: Panel on "The Future of the Book and Bookstore" 
multiple authors