Media Menu for December 6, 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 6, 2012
8-9 p.m. E/P
Travel Channel
U.S.  History
 Middle and High School

Mysteries at the Museum

The host of this history- magazine program,   Don Wildman, examines a trunk that may be evidence of a historic journey through Death Valley, a group of bricks from a Civil War prison break, and a human scalp that tells an astounding tale of frontier bravery. TV-PG
Log on http://www.travelchannel.com/tv-shows/mysteries-at-the-museum/photos/mysteries-prophet-and-mothman-pictures

Friday,  December 7, 2012
9-11 p.m. E/P
History Channel
World  History
 Middle and High School

WW2 From Space

This documentary presents the tipping points of World War II as never seen them before. The key editorial feature of the program is an all-seeing CGI eye; a satellite, flying above earth, bringing a new visual approach to the biggest conflict of all time. Flying through space and time from above, we‘ll see these  moments in their global context, bringing new information to the forefront and explaining how a nation ranked 19th in the world’ s militaries in 1939, emerged six years later as the planet s only atomic superpower. Our view from above means we can re-interpret WWII; placing key events in perspective, flying around the world to show the importance of simultaneity, revealing the hidden ripple effects of crucial incidents, and re-creating ground-breaking moments that could never have been captured on camera. TV-PG
Log on http://www.nationalww2museum.org/visit/exhibits

Saturday,  December 8, 2012
8-9 p.m. E/P
CNBC Channel
Economics  and Technology
 Middle and High School

Ultimate Factories: Harley Davidson

This documentary takes viewers inside the world's most impressive industrial sites as this fascinating series explores the manufacturing stories behind the world's best-known brands. Exploring all aspects of product creation from the factory floor to the design studio, Ultimate Factories lifts the lid on some of the most forward-thinking production plants on the planet. From the internationally known household name Ikea to the American icon Harley-Davidson, Ultimate Factories gives you an inside look at how it all happens.
Log on http://www.harley-davidson.com/en_US/Content/Pages/HD_Museum/museum.html?locale=en_US&bmLocale=en_US

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

Who Is Black In America

The answer to the question raised in the title of this documentary isn't always obvious. Reporter Soledad O'Brien explores the definitions of race and how our society views race as a positive or negative attribute.
Log on http://inamerica.blogs.cnn.com

Monday,  December 10, 2012
7-8 p.m. E/P
PBS
Science
 Elementary, Middle and High School

NOVA Hunting the Edge of Space: The Mystery of the Milky Way

Airing on KLCS, this is a documentary about on how the telescope revolutionized the understanding of the universe. The program highlights today's powerful telescopes, which reveal the universe in astonishing detail.
Log on http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/space/hunting-edge-space.html#hunting-edge-space-1

Tuesday,  December 11,  2012
9-11 p.m. E/P
History Channel
World History
 Middle and High School

Mankind The Story of All of Us: Revolutions

In this documentary mankind embarks on a new age of exploration, and tames the wilderness. In North America, Siberia and Australia, ancient traditions are swept away in the name of commerce and science. Within a hundred years, the irrational fear that produced a witch trial in Salem gives way to a very rational cry for freedom. American revolutionaries confront a mighty empire. The battle for the modern world begins. Two great revolutions entwine. The American Revolution inspires dreams of political and personal liberty. The Industrial Revolution replaces muscle power with machines, freeing Mankind from nature’ s limits. But our oldest foe--disease--thrives in industrial cities. With the American Civil War, the two revolutions collide. The world’ s first industrial war, it is a battle to define "freedom."  TV-PG
Log on http://www.history.com/shows/mankind-the-story-of-all-of-us#fbid=Y21IXbmMEkA

 Wednesday,  December 12,  2012
9-10 p.m. E/P
CNBC Channel
Economics
 Middle and High School

Hotel: Behind Closed Doors at Marriott

Former GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney is headed back to work at Marriott International, rejoining the board of directors for a third time, the company announced on Monday. Here is a documentary about that employer. It goes behind the scenes to tell the story of one of the largest hotel empires in the world. Marriott International spans 74 countries, 3700 properties, and 18 brands – from Courtyard to Marriott to Ritz-Carlton – and pulls off the massive feat of housing and feeding guests in more than 645,000 rooms each night. With extraordinary behind-the-scenes access, the documentary will explore the strange science of hotel pricing, explain why guests can pay wildly different prices for comparable rooms and profile an executive chef as he prepares a banquet for 2000 people. CNBC cameras examine the Ritz-Carlton's obsessive culture of customer service, and travel to India to witness Marriott's shrewd expansion into the developing world – all part of the story of an American, family-run dynasty that's thrived by walking the line between playing it safe and taking some calculated and hugely successful risks.
Log on http://www.cnbc.com/id/100230965

Book TV Schedule

Saturday, December 8th

8am (ET)
Approx. 53 min.
"Health Care For Some: Rights and Rationing in the United States Since 1930"
Beatrix Hoffman

9am (ET)
Approx. 2 hr. 58 min.
In Depth: Senator Tom Coburn

12pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 30 min.
BookTV in Albany, New York
BookTV Visits Albany, New York

1:30pm (ET)
Approx. 55 min.
"The Joy of Hate: How to Triumph Over Whiners in the Age of Phony Outrage"
Greg Gutfeld

2:45pm (ET)
Approx. 2 hr. 1 min.
"Knowing Too Much: Why the American Jewish Romance with Israel Is Coming to an End"
Norman Finkelstein

5pm (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
"Just Plain Dick: Richard Nixon's Checkers Speech and the 'Rocking, Shocking' Election of 1952"
Kevin Mattson

6pm (ET)
Approx. 57 min.
Encore Booknotes: Michael Oren, "Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East"
Michael Oren

7pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 14 min.
"Volcker: The Triumph of Persistence"
William Silber; Paul Volcker

9pm (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
"Round About the Earth: Circumnavigation from Magellan to Orbit"
Joyce Chaplin

10pm (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
After Words: Marty Makary, "Unaccountable: What Hospitals Won't Tell You and How Transparency Can Revolutionize Health Care," hosted by Richard Davis, Sibley Memorial Hospital President

11pm (ET)
Approx. 48 min.
2012 Miami Book Fair International: Panel with Dave Barry, Seth Reiss, and Will Tracy
Dave Barry; Seth Reiss; Will Tracy

Sunday, December 9th

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

1:30am (ET)
Approx. 47 min.
2012 Miami Book Fair International: James Patterson on Reading
James Patterson

2:30am (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

3am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 16 min.
2012 Boston Book Festival - Panel: "Future of Reading"
Mutiple Panelists

4:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 27 min.
"Mismatch: How Affirmative Action Hurts Students It's Intended to Help, and Why Universities Won't Admit It"
Richard Sander; Stuart Taylor

6am (ET)
Approx. 42 min.
"Unlearning Liberty: Campus Censorship and the End of American Debate"
Greg Lukianoff

7am (ET)
Approx. 13 min.
"Into Dust and Fire: Five Young Americans Who Went First to Fight the Nazis"
Rachel Cox

7:45am (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
"War on the Waters: The Union and Confederate Navies, 1861-1865"
James McPherson

9am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 30 min.
BookTV in Albany, New York
BookTV Visits Albany, New York

10:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 12 min.
"My American Revolution: Crossing the Delaware and I-78"
Robert Sullivan

12pm (ET)
Approx. 55 min.
After Words: Ray Kurzweil, "How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed," hosted by Ingrid Wickelgren, Scientific American Mind Editor

1pm (ET)
Approx. 20 min.
Book TV at the University of Pennsylvania: Amy Gutmann, "The Spirit of Compromise: Why Governing Demands It and Campaigning Undermines It"
Amy Gutmann

1:25pm (ET)
Approx. 9 min.
Book TV at the University of Pennsylvania: Barbie Zelizer, "About to Die: How News Images Move the Public"
Barbie Zelizer

2pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 25 min.
"America the Possible: Manifesto for a New Economy"
James Gustave Speth

3:45pm (ET)
Approx. 10 min.
Book TV at FreedomFest: Elizabeth Ames, "How Capitalism Will Save Us: Why Free People and Free Markets Are the Best Answer in Today's Economy"
Elizabeth Ames

4pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 1 min.
"The Making of Global Capitalism: The Political Economy of American Empire"
Sam Gindin; Leo Panitch

5:15pm (ET)
Approx. 31 min.
Book TV at FreedomFest: George Gilder, "Wealth and Poverty: A New Edition for the Twenty-First Century"
George Gilder

5:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 12 min.
"Songs of Blood and Sword: A Daughter's Memoir"
Fatima Bhutto

7pm (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
"The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy"
David Nasaw

8pm (ET)
Approx. 55 min.
"Exit the Colonel: The Hidden History of the Libyan Revolution"
Ethan Chorin

9pm (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
After Words: Marty Makary, "Unaccountable: What Hospitals Won't Tell You and How Transparency Can Revolutionize Health Care," hosted by Richard Davis, Sibley Memorial Hospital President

10pm (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

10:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 6 min.
Newt Gingrich, "Victory at Yorktown"
Newt Gingrich

Monday, December 10th

12am (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
After Words: Marty Makary, "Unaccountable: What Hospitals Won't Tell You and How Transparency Can Revolutionize Health Care," hosted by Richard Davis, Sibley Memorial Hospital President

1am (ET)
Approx. 20 min.
Book TV at the University of Pennsylvania: Amy Gutmann, "The Spirit of Compromise: Why Governing Demands It and Campaigning Undermines It"
Amy Gutmann

1:25am (ET)
Approx. 9 min.
Book TV at the University of Pennsylvania: Barbie Zelizer, "About to Die: How News Images Move the Public"
Barbie Zelizer

2am (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
"Just Plain Dick: Richard Nixon's Checkers Speech and the 'Rocking, Shocking' Election of 1952"
Kevin Mattson

3am (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
After Words: Marty Makary, "Unaccountable: What Hospitals Won't Tell You and How Transparency Can Revolutionize Health Care," hosted by Richard Davis, Sibley Memorial Hospital President

4am (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
"Round About the Earth: Circumnavigation from Magellan to Orbit"
Joyce Chaplin

5am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 10 min.
"On a Farther Shore: The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson"
William Souder

6:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 14 min.
"The Fateful History of Fannie Mae: New Deal Birth to Mortgage Crisis Fall"
James Hagerty