Media Menu for October 4, 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, October 4, 2012
7-8  p.m. E/P
PBS
Science and U.S. History
Elementary, Middle and High School

NATURE: The Wolf That Changed America

Airing on KLCS, this documentary  tells the story of how the interaction between a wolf, Lobo, and naturalist Ernest Thompson Seton (1860-1946) helped lead to the national park system and the creation of the Boy Scouts of America.
Log on http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/the-wolf-that-changed-america/introduction/4260/

Friday, October 5, 2012
8:15-9:15  p.m. ET, 5:!5-6:15 p.m. PT
TCM-Turner Classic Movie Channel
Government and U.S.
History
 Middle and High School

Night At The Movies: Hollywood Goes To The Movies

This documentary  provide a look at the treatment of politics in cinema.  It will explore how filmmakers have approached politics in their storytelling and examine films about political campaigns and political conspiracies, and the portrayal of American presidents in the movies.  Filmmakers and performers have been interviewed for this special including Oliver Stone (JFK, Nixon, W.), Rob Reiner (The American President), Gary Ross (Dave), Rod Lurie (The Contender), Illeana Douglas, James Cromwell, Fred Thompson, producer Marc Frydman (The Contender), political consultant and commentator James Carville (The War Room), screenwriter Bob Gale (Back to the Future), author and film critic Julie Salamon (The Devil’s Candy), and “Projecting Hollywood” co-author Terry Christensen. TV-PG 
Log on http://news.turner.com/hollywood-goes-to-washington

Saturday, October 6, 2012
8-10 p.m. E/P
Discovery Channel
Science and Geography
 Elementary,
Middle and High School

Winged Planet

This documentary  comes from award winning filmmaker John Downer (Elephants: Spy in the Herd, Tiger: Spy in the Jungle, Polar Bears: Spy on the Ice), who transformed wildlife filmmaking by pioneering the use of spy cameras to capture nature's most intimate moments. In This project, Downer developed a new team of spy cams to offer viewers a  view of the world from an entirely different perspective. As these remarkable birds fly, they use the landscapes below them to navigate, search for food, roost and migrate. Spy cams allow viewers a moving three-dimensional view as they ride on the backs of spectacular eagles, cranes, pelicans, snow geese and countless other birds while they soar above some of the most awe-inspiring parts of America, Africa and Europe.
Log on http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/winged-planet/about-the-show.html

Sunday, October 7, 2012
8-9 p.m. E/P
CNN
Government and
Social Science
 Middle and High School

Latino in America: Courting Their Vote

50,000 Latinos in the US turn 18 every month - a tremendous pool of voters that both parties know can help them win the next election. One small problem - Latinos in this country are increasingly unsatisfied with what they hear from both sides. This documentary follows the fight to win back this essential voting bloc .
Log on http://inamerica.blogs.cnn.com

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

As Long as I Remember: American Veteranos

Airing on KLCS, this documentary examines the  personal toll and enduring legacy of the Vietnam War on three artists from south Texas: visual artist Juan Farias, author Michael Rodriguez and actor/poet Eduardo Garza. Through the personal histories and experiences of these Chicano veterans, the film examines the role art plays in the sorting of memories, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), activism and the current conflict in Iraq. It chronicles their upbringing in the Mexican-American community, their military service in Vietnam, and their lives after the war. Farias, Rodriguez and Garza’s poignant and powerful recollections illuminate the minority experience in the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps at a time when Mexican Americans accounted for approximately 20 percent of U.S. casualties in Vietnam, despite comprising only 10 percent of the country’s population.
Log on http://www.varelafilm.org/?page_id=73

Tuesday, October 9, 2012
7-8 p.m. E/P
PBS
Science and Technology
 Middle and High School

NOVA Making Stuff: Stronger

Airing  on KLCS, this documentary covers a quest for the world's strongest substances. Host David Pogue takes a look at what defines strength, examining everything from steel cables to mollusk shells to a toucan's beak. Pogue travels from the deck of a U.S. naval aircraft carrier to a demolition derby to the country's top research labs to check in with experts who are re-engineering what nature has given us to create the next generation of strong stuff.
Log on http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/making-stuff.html#making-stuff-stronger

Wednesday, October 10, 2012
8-9 p.m. E/P
Science Channel
Science
 Middle and High School

What Happened Before the Big Bang?

This  documentary  dives into the strange world of loop quantum cosmology, multiverses and singularities. And we visit the room that NASA has created to model nothingness. It's a simple question: the answer is beautiful and very strange.  TV-G
Log on http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/what-happened-before-the-big-bang

Book TV Schedule

Saturday, October 6th

8am (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
2012 National Book Festival: Rep. John Lewis, "Across That Bridge"
John Lewis

8:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 10 min.
"The Revenge of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate"
Robert Kaplan

10am (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
"The Lost Bank: The Story of Washington Mutual -The Biggest Bank Failure in American History"
Kirsten Grind

11am (ET)
Approx. 51 min.
"The New New Deal: The Hidden Story of Change in the Obama Era"
Michael Grunwald

12pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 30 min.
BookTV in Augusta, Maine
BookTV Visits Augusta, Maine

1:30pm (ET)
Approx. 55 min.
"SEAL Team Six: Memoirs of an Elite Navy SEAL Sniper"
Howard Wasdin

3pm (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
"Fire in the Ashes: Twenty-Five Years Among the Poorest Children in America"
Jonathan Kozol

4:15pm (ET)
Approx. 40 min.
2012 National Book Festival: Elizabeth Dowling Taylor, "A Slave in the White House: Paul Jennings and the Madisons"
Elizabeth Dowling Taylor

5pm (ET)
Approx. 17 min.
"Argo: How the CIA and Hollywood Pulled Off the Most Audacious Rescue in History"
Antonio Mendez

6pm (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
Encore Booknotes: You Got to Dance with Them What Brung You: Politics in the Clinton Years
Molly Ivins

7pm (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
"I Am the Change: Barack Obama and the Crisis of Liberalism"
Charles Kesler

8pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 21 min.
2012 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
Multiple Authors

10pm (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
After Words: John Jenkins, "The Partisan: The Life of William Rehnquist," hosted by Joan Biskupic, Thomson Reuters

11pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 14 min.
"Escape from North Korea: The Untold Story of Asia's Underground Railroad"
Melanie Kirkpatrick

Sunday, October 7th

12:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 30 min.
BookTV in Augusta, Maine
BookTV Visits Augusta, Maine

2am (ET)
Approx. 42 min.
"Boss Rove: Inside Karl Rove's Secret Kingdom of Power"
Craig Unger

3am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 21 min.
"A Fundamental Freedom: Why Republicans, Conservatives, and Libertarians Should Support Gay Rights"
David Lampo

4:30am (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
"Desert America: Boom and Bust in the New Old West"
Ruben Martinez

5:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 14 min.
"Escape from North Korea: The Untold Story of Asia's Underground Railroad"
Melanie Kirkpatrick

7am (ET)
Approx. 36 min.
2012 National Book Festival: Jean Edward Smith, "Eisenhower in War and Peace" & David Eisenhower & Julie Nixon Eisenhower, "Going Home to Glory: A Memoir of Life with Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1961-1969"
David Eisenhower; Julie Nixon Eisenhower; Jean Edward Smith

7:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 5 min.
"Gender and the American Presidency: Nine Presidential Women and the Barriers They Faced"
Diana Carlin; Nichola Gutgold; Theodore Sheckels

9am (ET)
Approx. 17 min.
"Argo: How the CIA and Hollywood Pulled Off the Most Audacious Rescue in History"
Antonio Mendez

9:45am (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
"Israel: The Will to Prevail"
Danny Danon

11am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
After Words: Sasha Issenberg, "The Victory Lab: The Secret Science of Winning Campaigns," hosted by Nancy Jacobson, No Labels

LIVE 12pm (ET)
Approx. 3 hr.
In Depth: Steven Johnson
Send questions for the author to Book TV

3pm (ET)
Approx. 40 min.
2012 National Book Festival: Lien-Hang T. Nguyen, "Hanoi's War: An International History of the War for Peace in Vietnam"
Lien-Hang Nguyen

4pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 21 min.
2012 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
Multiple Authors

6pm (ET)
Approx. 52 min.
"Justice For All: Earl Warren And The Nation He Made"
Jim Newton

7pm (ET)
Approx. 42 min.
"Boss Rove: Inside Karl Rove's Secret Kingdom of Power"
Craig Unger

7:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 14 min.
"Escape from North Korea: The Untold Story of Asia's Underground Railroad"
Melanie Kirkpatrick

9pm (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
After Words: John Jenkins, "The Partisan: The Life of William Rehnquist," hosted by Joan Biskupic, Thomson Reuters

10pm (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
"Fire in the Ashes: Twenty-Five Years Among the Poorest Children in America"
Jonathan Kozol

11pm (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
"I Am the Change: Barack Obama and the Crisis of Liberalism"
Charles Kesler

Monday, October 8th

12am (ET)
Approx. 3 hr.
In Depth: Steven Johnson

3am (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
After Words: John Jenkins, "The Partisan: The Life of William Rehnquist," hosted by Joan Biskupic, Thomson Reuters

4am (ET)
Approx. 48 min.
"Entrepreneurial Nation: Why Manufacturing Is Still Key to America's Future"
Ro Khanna

5am (ET)
Approx. 30 min.
2012 Eagle Forum Collegians Leadership Summit: John Fund, "Who's Counting"
John Fund

6am (ET)
Approx. 35 min.
2012 National Book Festival: Susan Hertog, "Dangerous Ambition: Rebecca West and Dorothy Thompson - New Women In Search of Love and Power"
Susan Hertog

7am (ET)
Approx. 35 min.
"First Cameraman: Documenting the Obama Presidency in Real Time"
Arun Chaudhary