Media Menu for January 10, 2013

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,  January 10,  2012
6-6:30 p.m. E/P
National Geographic Channel
U.S. History
Elementary, Middle and High School

Diggers: Whiskey Rebellion

Hobbyist metal detectors travel the country looking for lost relics of history, driven not by money, but the thrill of not knowing what their next dig will unearth. They understand that every item has a story to tell. They are invited by landowners, historians and archaeologists to go on a quest, and in their own way, a crusade, to unearth history that would have otherwise been forgotten.  In this program they are in western Pennsylvania at one of the oldest sites they've ever hunted: the heart of the Whiskey Rebellion. Here, George Washington and his troops fought to suppress farmers who were protesting a new federal tax an home-made whiskey.
Log on http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/diggers/episodes/whiskey-rebellion

Friday,  January  11,  2012
8-9 p.m. E/P
Science Channel
World History and Technology
Middle and High School

Unearthing Ancient Secrets: Engineering Ancient Rome

The center of one of the greatest civilizations, Rome was a modern city in an ancient world. They built the Colosseum and  supplied 1 million residents with fresh water every day - all achieved with manpower and the most basic machinery. This documentary details how. TV-PG
Log on http://www.ducksters.com/history/ancient_roman_engineering.php

Saturday,  January  12,  2012
4-6 p.m. E/P
History Channel
U.S. History
High School

Targeting Bin Laden

Featuring exclusive interviews with President Barack Obama and other senior aides, this documentary will take viewers inside the effort to hunt and kill Osama Bin Laden. We'll also examine the historical ramifications for President Obama's administration, as well as look at the role of the men and women who worked for many years over several administrations to make this possible. Rigorously researched, Targeting Bin Laden uses historical footage, photographs and dramatic re-enactments to illustrate one of the most important missions in our nation's history. In addition to President Obama, interviewees include National Security Advisor, Tom Donilon; White House Chief Counter-Terrorism Advisor, John O. Brennan; Ben Rhodes, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications; former CIA Director, Gen. Michael Vincent Hayden; former CIA Deputy Director of Counter-Terrorism, Philip Mudd; members of Congress; policy experts and others.  TV-PG
Log on http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2048873

Sunday,  January  13,  2012
8-9 p.m. E/P
CNN
U.S. History
High School

Fareed Zakaria GPS Special: Memo to the President: Roadmap for a 2nd Term

From a massive deficit to Health Care to entitlement reform, President Obama faces a daunting set of challenges in his second term. How best to deal with the nation's problems?  In this news-documentary reporter Fareed Zakaria sits down with top former officials for their advice and ideas.
Log on http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com

Monday,  January  14,  2012
5:30-6 p.m. E/P
Science Channel
Science
Elementary, Middle and High School

How Do They Do It: Weather Forecasting

Among the topics this documentary covers is one that’s much in the news lately : the science behind weather forecasting.
Log on http://www.enotes.com/weather-forecasting-methods-reference/weather-forecasting-methods

Tuesday,  January  15,  2012
9-10 p.m. E/P
History Channel
U.S. History
Elementary, Middle and High School

The Ultimate Guide To The Presidents

In the week preceding the 2013 Presidential inauguration, the History Channel presents a guide to U.S. Presidents from George Washington to Barack Obama. The eight-hour series  premieres today .(Log on to link below for complete schedule of episodes in the coming 2 weeks.) Forty-three men have taken the oath of President of the United States. Whether each set groundbreaking precedent, declared war or enacted laws altering the destiny of millions, each found himself in the eye of the storm. The programs delve inside the inner-workings of the Presidency, as well as the minds, methods and motivations of each man who has held the position of Commander-In-Chief.  Each episode also explores how the Office of the Presidency has evolved over the past 222 years. When George Washington was elected, no one knew what a President was. There was no title, no policy, and no code of behavior for a Chief Executive. So everything he did – from selecting a Cabinet to determining where the Capitol should be– set precedents for the nation’s future. Interviews with historians, past administration officials, and family members portray the role of the Presidency as an ever-changing institution that is influenced by the personalities of each of the men and how each interacts with the events transpiring in the world around them.
Log on http://www.history.com/shows/the-ultimate-guide-to-the-presidents

Wednesday,  January  16,  2012
4-6 p.m. E/P
History Channel
U.S.  and World History
Elementary, Middle and High School

Who Really Discovered America?

Did a number of explorers discover the New World long before Christopher Columbus staked his claim in 1492? No less than a dozen cultures have tales of these adventurers woven into their histories, but they are noticeably absent in American history books. This documentary explores the possibility that the Chinese, Japanese, Polynesians, Norse, Welsh, Irish and Ancient Hebrews  all made it to the Americas earlier than Columbus. Rebuild the ships, trace the routes, test the artifacts and analyze blood evidence to finally learn the answer to one of the greatest mysteries of all time--who really discovered America?   TV-PG
Log on http://www.bookunitsteacher.com/explorers/did_columbus_really_discover_ame.htm

Book TV Schedule

Saturday, January 12th

8am (ET)
Approx. 55 min.
"The Joy of Hate: How to Triumph Over Whiners in the Age of Phony Outrage" 
Greg Gutfeld

9am (ET)
Approx. 2 hr. 59 min.
In Depth: Donald Barlett & James Steele

12pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 17 min.
"Saturday People, Sunday People: Israel Through the Eyes of a Christian Sojourner" 
Lela Gilbert

1:30pm (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
"The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy" 
David Nasaw

2:30pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 5 min.
"Of Africa" 
Wole Soyinka

3:45pm (ET)
Approx. 44 min.
"Do Not Ask What Good We Do: Inside the U.S. House of Representatives" 
Robert Draper

4:30pm (ET)
Approx. 39 min.
"The Endgame: The Inside Story of the Struggle for Iraq, from George W. Bush to Barack Obama" 
Michael Gordon

5:30pm (ET)
Approx. 28 min.
Book TV at the University of Pennsylvania: Mary Frances Berry, "And Justice for All: The United States Commission on Civil Rights and the Continuing Struggle for Freedom in America" 
Mary Frances Berry

6pm (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
Encore Booknotes: Richard Ben Cramer, "What It Takes: The Way to the White House" 
Richard Ben Cramer (1950-2013)

7pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 36 min.
"Talibanistan: Negotiating the Borders Between Terror, Politics and Religion" 
Peter Bergen et al.

9pm (ET)
Approx. 52 min.
"Wheel of Fortune: The Battle for Oil and Power in Russia" 
Thane Gustafson

10pm (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
After Words: Michael Austin, "That's Not What They Meant!: Reclaiming the Founding Fathers from America's Right Wing," hosted by David Fontana, George Washington University Law School

11pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
"An Intriguing Life: A Memoir of War, Washington, and Marriage to an American Spymaster" 
Cynthia Helms

Sunday, January 13th

12am (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

1:15am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 6 min.
"The New Religious Intolerance: Overcoming the Politics of Fear in an Anxious Age" 
Martha Nussbaum

2:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 6 min.
Newt Gingrich, "Victory at Yorktown" 
Newt Gingrich

3:45am (ET)
Approx. 55 min.
"The Making of Global Capitalism: The Political Economy of American Empire" 
Sam Gindin; Leo Panitch

4:45am (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
"Affairs of State: The Untold History of Presidential Love, Sex, and Scandal, 1789-1900" 
Robert Watson

5:45am (ET)
Approx. 9 min.
Book TV at the University of Pennsylvania: Barbie Zelizer, "About to Die: How News Images Move the Public" 
Barbie Zelizer

6am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 9 min.
Author Panel on the Supreme Court 
Clare Cushman; Anthony Franze; Todd Peppers; Jeffrey Toobin; Artemus Ward

7:15am (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

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

9am (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

10am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 6 min.
"The Amistad Rebellion: An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom" 
Marcus Rediker

11:15am (ET)
Approx. 40 min.
"Regulating to Disaster: How Green Jobs Policies Are Damaging America's Economy" 
Diana Furchtgott-Roth

12pm (ET)
Approx. 57 min.
After Words: Martin Duberman, "Howard Zinn: A Life on the Left," hosted by Nick Serpe, Dissent Magazine Online Editor

1pm (ET)
Approx. 11 min.
Book TV at the University of Pennsylvania: Richard Gelles, "The Third Lie: Why Government Programs Don't Work and a Blueprint for Change" 
Richard Gelles

1:15pm (ET)
Approx. 8 min.
Book TV at the University of Pennsylvania: Joseph Turow, "The Daily You: How the New Advertising Industry Is Defining Your Identity and Your Worth" 
Joseph Turow

1:25pm (ET)
Approx. 8 min.
Book TV at the University of Pennsylvania: Stephanos Bibas, "The Machinery of Criminal Justice" 
Stephanos Bibas

1:35pm (ET)
Approx. 24 min.
Book TV at the University of Pennsylvania: Stephanie McCurry, "Confederate Reckoning: Power and Politics in the Civil War South" 
Stephanie McCurry

2pm (ET)
Approx. 52 min.
"Wheel of Fortune: The Battle for Oil and Power in Russia" 
Thane Gustafson

3pm (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

4pm (ET)
Approx. 53 min.
"Pat Nixon: Embattled First Lady" 
Mary Brennan

5pm (ET)
Approx. 57 min.
"Detroit City is the Place to Be: The Afterlife of an American Metropolis" 
Mark Binelli

6pm (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
The Abraham Lincoln Institute 5th Annual Symposium 
Doris Kearns Goodwin

7pm (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
"Dogfight: The 2012 Presidential Campaign in Verse" 
Calvin Trillin

8pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
"An Intriguing Life: A Memoir of War, Washington, and Marriage to an American Spymaster" 
Cynthia Helms

9pm (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
After Words: Michael Austin, "That's Not What They Meant!: Reclaiming the Founding Fathers from America's Right Wing," hosted by David Fontana, George Washington University Law School

10pm (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
"The Hopkins Touch: Harry Hopkins and the Forging of the Alliance to Defeat Hitler" 
David Roll

11pm (ET)
Approx. 39 min.
"The Endgame: The Inside Story of the Struggle for Iraq, from George W. Bush to Barack Obama" 
Michael Gordon

Monday, January 14th

12am (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
After Words: Michael Austin, "That's Not What They Meant!: Reclaiming the Founding Fathers from America's Right Wing," hosted by David Fontana, George Washington University Law School

1am (ET)
Approx. 11 min.
Book TV at the University of Pennsylvania: Richard Gelles, "The Third Lie: Why Government Programs Don't Work and a Blueprint for Change" 
Richard Gelles

1:15am (ET)
Approx. 8 min.
Book TV at the University of Pennsylvania: Joseph Turow, "The Daily You: How the New Advertising Industry Is Defining Your Identity and Your Worth" 
Joseph Turow

1:25am (ET)
Approx. 8 min.
Book TV at the University of Pennsylvania: Stephanos Bibas, "The Machinery of Criminal Justice" 
Stephanos Bibas

1:35am (ET)
Approx. 23 min.
Book TV at the University of Pennsylvania: Steven Hahn, "The Political Worlds of Slavery and Freedom" 
Steven Hahn

2am (ET)
Approx. 57 min.
"Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power" 
Jon Meacham

3am (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
After Words: Michael Austin, "That's Not What They Meant!: Reclaiming the Founding Fathers from America's Right Wing," hosted by David Fontana, George Washington University Law School

4am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 2 min.
"Rise to Greatness: Abraham Lincoln and America's Most Perilous Year" 
David Von Drehle

5:15am (ET)
Approx. 41 min.
Interview with Neil Barofsky, "Bailout" 
Neil Barofsky

6am (ET)
Approx. 48 min.
International Summit of the Book - Panel: "The Role of Cultural Institutions in Fostering the Future of the Book" 
Mutiple Panelists

7am (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
"The Hopkins Touch: Harry Hopkins and the Forging of the Alliance to Defeat Hitler" 
David Roll