Media Menu for December 27, 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,  December 27,  2012
10-10:30 p.m. E/P
PBS
Technology and Geography
Elementary, Middle and High School

Roadtrip Nation: Boston-New York

Airing on  KLCS, this documentary follows a team of young travelers as the meet with an MIT graduate assistant in the robotics department; two women who created a soccer ball that generates electricity; and a Bamboo-made Bike Studio cofounder. Also: they meet with USA Shaolin Temple founder Shi Yan Ming.
Log on  http://roadtripnation.com/roadtrips/

Friday,  December 28,  2012
8-10 p.m. E/P
National Geographic Channel
U.S. and World History
Middle and High School

Inside the Vietnam War

This documentary takes viewers inside covert operations, gives you a seat at the military strategy table and lets you witness the emotional toll of war through the eyes of the soldiers and the pilots who undertook dozens of death-defying missions. Woven together with testimonials from more than 50 Vietnam veterans, archival audio and video footage, and never-before-seen photos, the program features the harrowing firsthand accounts of the brave men and women who lived through the war
Log on http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/inside-the-vietnam-war/

Saturday,  December 29,  2012
5-7 p.m. E/P
History Channel U.S.
Geography and History
Middle and High School

You Don't Know Dixie

Southerners have a certain style, language and way of life. But what many people don't know is that America itself was made in the South. This documentary  journeys to the real South for an informative and sometimes lighthearted look at its distinctive cultures, characteristics and influences on our country's history. Narrated by Charlie Daniels, well-known Southerners--Jeff Foxworthy, Trace Adkins, Ty Pennington, James Carville, Ricky Scaggs, Michael Waltrip, Bobby Bowden, Lyrnyrd Skynryd, Herschel Walker, Al Bell, and others--weigh in on cornerstones of Southern life: barbecue and moonshine, hunting and fishing, college football and the Grand Ol' Opry. We'll unearth surprises and misconceptions dating back to the earliest days of American history.
Log on http://www.history.com/shows/you-dont-know-dixie

Sunday,  December 30,  2012
8-9 p.m. E/P
CNN
U.S. History
Middle and High School

CNN: Top 10 of 2012

This annual news-special broadcast revisits the stories that captured the country's attention in 2012. Reporter Don Lemon shares with viewers   what  he sees as the biggest stories of the year in crime, politics, money and even the most scandalous.
Log on http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs

Monday,  December 31,  2012
9-10 p.m. E/P
PBS
U.S. History
Middle and High School

History Detectives

Airing on KLCS, this history-research documentary covers a WWII propaganda leaflet being deciphered;  a cherished family heirloom watercolor is linked to Tiffany stained glass. Also: a nephew and a son of two Americans who fought in the Spanish Civil War are united.
Log on  http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/about/

Tuesday,  January 1, 2013
9-10 p.m. E/P
PBS
World History and Geography
Elementary, Middle and High School

Richard Bangs' Adventures With Purpose Greece: Quest for the Gods

Airing on KLCS, this documentary hosted by Richard Bangs investigates the meaning and relevance of Greek mythology. It begins with Athens, side-trip to Poseidon’s Temple at Cape Sounion and then heads to Olympia, birthplace of the Olympic Games. The quest takes him on to the island of Ithaca, to the site of mystical oracles at Delphi and finishes at the home of the gods, Mt. Olympus.
Log on http://www.smarttravels.tv/AdventuresWithPurpose/site/shows_greece.html

Wednesday,  January 2, 2013
4-6 p.m. E/P
History Channel
World History and Geography
Middle and High School

History of the World in Two Hours

A rapid-fire history of our world, from the beginning of time as we know it to present day. This two-hour CGI-driven documentary  delves into the key turning points: the formation of earth, emergence of life, spread of man and the growth of civilization--and reveals their surprising connections to our world today. TV-PG
Log on http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2086853/

Book TV Schedule

Saturday, December 29th

8am (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
"Almost Home: Helping Kids Move from Homelessness to Hope" 
Cory Booker; Tina Kelley; Kevin Ryan

9am (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
2012 Year in Books 
Bob Minzesheimer; Sarah Weinman

10am (ET)
Approx. 19 min.
Book TV at FreedomFest: Mark Skousen, "The Making of Modern Economics: The Lives and Ideas of the Great Thinkers"
Mark Skousen

10:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 29 min.
"Occupy the Economy: Challenging Capitalism" 
David Barsamian; Richard Wolff

12pm (ET)
Approx. 48 min.
"Entrepreneurial Nation: Why Manufacturing Is Still Key to America's Future" 
Ro Khanna

1pm (ET)
Approx. 17 min.
International Summit of the Book: "Reading is Not an Option" with Walter Dean Myers, National Ambassador for Young People's Literature 
Walter Dean Meyers

1:17pm (ET)
Approx. 48 min.
International Summit of the Book - Panel: "The Role of Cultural Institutions in Fostering the Future of the Book" 
Mutiple Panelists

2:05pm (ET)
Approx. 52 min.
International Summit of the Book - Panel: "Copyright and the Book: A Conversation about Authors, Publishers, and the Public Interest" 
Mutiple Panelists

2:58pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 21 min.
International Summit of the Book - Panel: "The Publishing World Yesterday and Today" 
Mutiple Panelists

4:19pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 20 min.
International Summit of the Book - Panel: "Using Lessons of the Past to Guide the Future" 
Multiple Panelists

6pm (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
Encore Booknotes: Reagan In His Own Hand: The Writings of Ronald Reagan That Reveal His Revolutionary Vision for America
Kiron Skinner

7pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 21 min.
"The God Problem: How A Godless Cosmos Creates" 
Howard Bloom

8:15pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 17 min.
"Saturday People, Sunday People: Israel Through the Eyes of a Christian Sojourner" 
Lela Gilbert

9:30pm (ET)
Approx. 28 min.
2012 National Book Festival: Interview and Call-in with Sally Bedell Smith, "Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch" 
Sally Bedell Smith

10pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
After Words: Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick, "The Untold History of the United States," hosted by Michael Kazin, Georgetown University

11pm (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
2012 Miami Book Fair International: Panel on Iraq and Afghanistan with Jake Tapper, Benjamin Busch, and Brian Castner 
Benjamin Busch; Brian Castner; Jake Tapper

Sunday, December 30th

12am (ET)
Approx. 17 min.
International Summit of the Book: "Reading is Not an Option" with Walter Dean Myers, National Ambassador for Young People's Literature 
Walter Dean Meyers

12:17am (ET)
Approx. 48 min.
International Summit of the Book - Panel: "The Role of Cultural Institutions in Fostering the Future of the Book" 
Mutiple Panelists

1:05am (ET)
Approx. 52 min.
International Summit of the Book - Panel: "Copyright and the Book: A Conversation about Authors, Publishers, and the Public Interest" 
Mutiple Panelists

1:58am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 21 min.
International Summit of the Book - Panel: "The Publishing World Yesterday and Today" 
Mutiple Panelists

3:19am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 20 min.
International Summit of the Book - Panel: "Using Lessons of the Past to Guide the Future" 
Multiple Panelists

4:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 14 min.
"The Outsourced Self: Intimate Life in Market Times" 
Arlie Hochschild

6am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 17 min.
"Saturday People, Sunday People: Israel Through the Eyes of a Christian Sojourner" 
Lela Gilbert

7:15am (ET)
Approx. 20 min.
2012 National Book Festival: Interview and Call-in with Rajiv Chandrasekaran, "Little America: The War Within the War for Afghanistan" 
Rajiv Chandrasekeran

7:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 6 min.
Newt Gingrich, "Victory at Yorktown" 
Newt Gingrich

9am (ET)
Approx. 44 min.
2012 Texas Book Festival: David Westin, "Exit Interview" 
David Westin

9:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 5 min.
"Of Africa" 
Wole Soyinka

11am (ET)
Approx. 55 min.
"The Joy of Hate: How to Triumph Over Whiners in the Age of Phony Outrage" 
Greg Gutfeld

12pm (ET)
Approx. 57 min.
After Words: Craig Whitney, "Living with Guns: A Liberal's Case for the Second Amendment," hosted by Paul Helmke, former president of Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence

1pm (ET)
Approx. 23 min.
Book TV at the University of Pennsylvania: John L. Jackson, Jr., "Racial Paranoia: The Unintended Consequences of Political Correctness" 
John L. Jackson, Jr.

1:25pm (ET)
Approx. 20 min.
Book TV at the University of Pennsylvania: Michael X. Delli Carpini, "After Broadcast News: Media Regimes, Democracy, and the New Information Environment" 
Michael X. Delli Carpini

1:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 17 min.
"Saturday People, Sunday People: Israel Through the Eyes of a Christian Sojourner" 
Lela Gilbert

3pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 5 min.
"Zumwalt: The Life and Times of Admiral Elmo Russell "Bud" Zumwalt, Jr." 
Larry Berman

4:15pm (ET)
Approx. 52 min.
2012 Miami Book Fair International: Panel with Lori Andrews, Hanna Rosin, and Joan Walsh 
Lori Andrews; Hanna Rosin; Joan Walsh

5:15pm (ET)
Approx. 42 min.
"Black Fire: The True Story of the Original Tom Sawyer and of the Mysterious Fires That Baptized Gold Rush-era San Francisco" 
Robert Graysmith

6pm (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
"The Legacy of the Second World War" 
John Lukacs

7pm (ET)
Approx. 26 min.
2012 National Book Festival: Interview and Call-in with Robert Caro, "The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson" 
Robert Caro

7:30pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 27 min.
"An American Diplomat in Franco Spain" 
Michael Aaron Rockland

9pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
After Words: Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick, "The Untold History of the United States," hosted by Michael Kazin, Georgetown University

10pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 5 min.
"Dogfight: The 2012 Presidential Campaign in Verse" 
Calvin Trillin

11:15pm (ET)
Approx. 46 min.
"The Secret Knowledge: On the Dismantling of American Culture" 
David Mamet

Monday, December 31st

12am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
After Words: Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick, "The Untold History of the United States," hosted by Michael Kazin, Georgetown University

1am (ET)
Approx. 23 min.
Book TV at the University of Pennsylvania: John L. Jackson, Jr., "Racial Paranoia: The Unintended Consequences of Political Correctness" 
John L. Jackson, Jr.

1:25am (ET)
Approx. 20 min.
Book TV at the University of Pennsylvania: Michael X. Delli Carpini, "After Broadcast News: Media Regimes, Democracy, and the New Information Environment" 
Michael X. Delli Carpini

2am (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
2012 Miami Book Fair International: Panel on Iraq and Afghanistan with Jake Tapper, Benjamin Busch, and Brian Castner 
Benjamin Busch; Brian Castner; Jake Tapper

3am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
After Words: Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick, "The Untold History of the United States," hosted by Michael Kazin, Georgetown University

4am (ET)
Approx. 42 min.
"Unlearning Liberty: Campus Censorship and the End of American Debate" 
Greg Lukianoff

4:45am (ET)
Approx. 12 min.
2012 Miami Book Fair International: Interview with Edwidge Danticat, "So Spoke the Earth: The Haiti I Knew, the Haiti I Know, the Haiti I Want to Know" 
Edwidge Danticat

5am (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
"War on the Waters: The Union and Confederate Navies, 1861-1865" 
James McPherson

6am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 6 min.
"The Amistad Rebellion: An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom" 
Marcus Rediker

7:15am (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
"Round About the Earth: Circumnavigation from Magellan to Orbit" 
Joyce Chaplin

8:30am (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
"The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy" 
David Nasaw

9:30am (ET)
Approx. 28 min.
"Business Networks in Syria: The Political Economy of Authoritarian Resilience" 
Bassam Haddad

10am (ET)
Approx. 42 min.
Larry Schweikart: "A Patriot's History of the Modern World: From America's Exceptional Ascent to the Atomic Bomb: 1898-1945" 
Larry Schweikart

10:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 4 min.
"A Good Man: Rediscovering My Father, Sargent Shriver" 
Mark Shriver

12pm (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

12:45pm (ET)
Approx. 44 min.
2012 National Book Festival: Interview and Call-in with Jean Edward Smith, "Eisenhower in War and Peace" and David Eisenhower and 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

1:30pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 12 min.
"My American Revolution: Crossing the Delaware and I-78"
Robert Sullivan

2:45pm (ET)
Approx. 40 min.
2012 National Book Festival: Sally Bedell Smith, "Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch" 
Sally Bedell Smith

3:30pm (ET)
Approx. 57 min.
"Detroit City is the Place to Be: The Afterlife of an American Metropolis" 
Mark Binelli

4:30pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 19 min.
"Joseph Anton: A Memoir" 
Salman Rushdie

6pm (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
"American Phoenix: The Remarkable Story of William Skinner, a Man Who Turned Disaster into Destiny" 
Sarah Kilborne

7pm (ET)
Approx. 57 min.
"Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power" 
Jon Meacham

8:30pm (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
"A Wicked War: Polk, Clay, Lincoln, and the 1846 U.S. Invasion of Mexico" 
Amy Greenberg

10pm (ET)
Approx. 53 min.
"Snow Storm in August: Washington City, Francis Scott Key, and the Forgotten Race Riot of 1835" 
Jefferson Morley

11pm (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
2012 Year in Books 
Bob Minzesheimer; Sarah Weinman

Tuesday, January 1st

12am (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
"Just Plain Dick: Richard Nixon's Checkers Speech and the 'Rocking, Shocking' Election of 1952" 
Kevin Mattson

1am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 15 min.
"Reporting the Revolutionary War: Before It Was History, It Was News" 
Todd Andrlik

2:15am (ET)
Approx. 47 min.
2012 Miami Book Fair International: James Patterson on Reading 
James Patterson

3am (ET)
Approx. 18 min.
Book TV Google Hangout Segment on Child Literacy Initiatives with Carol Rasco (Reading Is Fundamental) and Jane Robinson (First Book) 
Carol Rasco; Jane Robinson

3:30am (ET)
Approx. 24 min.
"I Want You to Shut the F#ck Up: How the Audacity of Dopes is Ruining America" 
D.L. Hughley

4am (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
"Bill and Hillary: The Politics of the Personal" 
William Chafe

5am (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
After Words: John Jenkins, "The Partisan: The Life of William Rehnquist," hosted by Joan Biskupic, Thomson Reuters

6am (ET)
Approx. 43 min.
2012 National Book Festival: Walter Isaacson, "Steve Jobs" 
Walter Isaacson

6:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 7 min.
Thomas Ricks, "The Generals: American Military Command from World War II to Today" 
Thomas Ricks

8am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 3 min.
Conference on Whittaker Chambers' "Witness" - Panel: "The History of Witness" 
Lee Edwards; M. Stanton Evans; John Lewis Gaddis

9:03am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 9 min.
Conference on Whittaker Chambers' "Witness" - Panel: "Foreign Policy and Chambers: Is Witness' Message Relevant Today" 
Elliott Abrams; Max Boot; Jay Nordlinger

10:12am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 4 min.
Conference on Whittaker Chambers' "Witness" - Panel: "Without Anti-Communism: What Defines Conservatives Today?" 
Peter Berkowitz; Norman Podhoretz; Alfred Regnery

11:15am (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

12pm (ET)
Approx. 39 min.
"James Meredith and the Ole Miss Riot: A Soldier's Story" 
Henry Gallagher

12:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 14 min.
"Why Some Firms Thrive While Others Fail: Governance and Management Lessons from the Crisis" 
Thomas Stanton

2pm (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
2012 Texas Book Festival: Drugs & the Border Panel featuring Hipolito Acosta & C.A. Heifner 
Hipolito Acosta; C.A. Heifner

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. 48 min.
"Entrepreneurial Nation: Why Manufacturing Is Still Key to America's Future" 
Ro Khanna

5pm (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
"Ike's Bluff: President Eisenhower's Secret Battle to Save the World" 
Evan Thomas

6pm (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
"Just Plain Dick: Richard Nixon's Checkers Speech and the 'Rocking, Shocking' Election of 1952" 
Kevin Mattson

7pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 15 min.
"Reporting the Revolutionary War: Before It Was History, It Was News" 
Todd Andrlik

8:15pm (ET)
Approx. 47 min.
2012 Miami Book Fair International: James Patterson on Reading 
James Patterson

9pm (ET)
Approx. 18 min.
Book TV Google Hangout Segment on Child Literacy Initiatives with Carol Rasco (Reading Is Fundamental) and Jane Robinson (First Book) 
Carol Rasco; Jane Robinson

9:30pm (ET)
Approx. 24 min.
"I Want You to Shut the F#ck Up: How the Audacity of Dopes is Ruining America" 
D.L. Hughley

10pm (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
"Bill and Hillary: The Politics of the Personal" 
William Chafe

11pm (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
After Words: John Jenkins, "The Partisan: The Life of William Rehnquist," hosted by Joan Biskupic, Thomson Reuters

Wednesday, January 2nd

12am (ET)
Approx. 43 min.
2012 National Book Festival: Walter Isaacson, "Steve Jobs" 
Walter Isaacson

12:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 7 min.
Thomas Ricks, "The Generals: American Military Command from World War II to Today" 
Thomas Ricks

2am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 3 min.
Conference on Whittaker Chambers' "Witness" - Panel: "The History of Witness" 
Lee Edwards; M. Stanton Evans; John Lewis Gaddis

3:03am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 9 min.
Conference on Whittaker Chambers' "Witness" - Panel: "Foreign Policy and Chambers: Is Witness' Message Relevant Today" 
Elliott Abrams; Max Boot; Jay Nordlinger

4:12am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 4 min.
Conference on Whittaker Chambers' "Witness" - Panel: "Without Anti-Communism: What Defines Conservatives Today?" 
Peter Berkowitz; Norman Podhoretz; Alfred Regnery

5:15am (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