Media Menu for January 3, 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 3,  2012
7-8 p.m. E/P
PBS
Science
Elementary, Middle and High School

NATURE: Is That Skunk?

Airing on KLCS, the intriguing world of skunks is explored  in this documentary.  The cute---if odorous---mammals are tracked in California, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Ohio and Martha's Vineyard to show how they feed, forage, mate and raise babies. TV-PG
Log on http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/is-that-skunk/introduction/4514/

Friday,  January 4,  2012
8-9 p.m. E/P
Science Channel
Science

Elementary, Middle and High School

The Planets: Sun
This documentary explores issues such as - without the sun, there would be no life. But this star is complex and dangerous, emitting radiation and highly charged particles that cause solar storms. Predicting the sun's behavior may be the key to survival on the planet. TV-G
Log on http://science.discovery.com/video-topics/space-videos/the-planets.htm

Friday,  January 4,  2012
9-9:30 p.m. E/P
PBS
Science  and Economics
Middle and High School

Heat and Harvest: Impact of Climate Change on California Agriculture

Airing on KCET, this documentary cites recent report commissioned by the state EPA and Energy Commission. Yields in key crops are expected to drop significantly over the coming decades as climate change alters key growing conditions. The list of crops most directly affected under business as usual conditions, assuming a 2 degree warming by 2050, reads like a walk through a supermarket produce section: yields of citrus crops in the San Joaquin Valley are expected to drop about 18% by 2050; grapes about 6%; cherries and other orchard crops about 9%. But this is not just a look into the state's future. California's farms, often called the nation's breadbasket, are already feeling the effects of the trifecta of converging forces prompted by climate change: shorter cold seasons, longer seasons of extreme heat, and dwindling water supplies.
Log on http://californiawatch.org/environment/volatile-weather-creates-dramatic-changes-california-farmers-18051

Saturday,  January 5,  2012
2-5 p.m. ET, 11-3 p.m. PT
TCM –Turner Classic Movie Channel
Art and U. S. History
Elementary, Middle and High School

How the West Was Won
This multiple-Oscar winning movie follows four  generations of pioneers who  take part in the forging of the American West. Director John Ford focuses  on the human element,  never losing the story or interest in all the history-based activity - through the development of the West, starting in 1839 with a journey through the Erie Canal and then towards the frontier. Other segments show the family as they try to establish a home, get caught in the Civil War, witness the westward expansion of the railroad and encounter outlaws. The film is both a tribute and a reminder of those vanished times and its populated by mountain men, the US Cavalry, gamblers, sheriffs, farmers, soldiers , Native Americans and buffalo herds.  TV-G
Log on http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/2016/How-the-West-Was-Won

Sunday,  January 6,  2012
8-9 p.m. E/P
CNN
Science
Middle and High School

CNN Presents: The Coming Storms

Higher temperatures... Rising seas... Global warming continues to wreak havoc on weather systems around the globe. Massive storms seem to be far less rare events... This documentary wonders if we are ready for what Mother Nature has in store?
Log on http://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2012/12/20/what-sandy-has-taught-us-and-what-can-be-done-to-prepare-for-the-coming-storms/

Monday,  January 7,  2012
8-9 p.m. E/P
PBS
U.S.  History and Government
Middle and High School

Schools That Change Communities

Airing on KLCS, this documentary looks at public schools in California, Massachusetts, Maryland, South Dakota and Oregon that use their surrounding communities as living classrooms in an attempt to ingrain civic responsibility and pride in students
Log on http://www.docmakeronline.com/schoolsthatchangecommunities.html

Tuesday,  January 8,  2012
8-9 p.m. E/P
PBS
World History
Elementary, Middle and High School

Riddles of the Sphinx

Airing on KLCS, this documentary looks into the origins of the Great Sphinx of Giza, including who built the half-human, half-lion figure and why; how it was built; and what it represents.
Log on http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/riddles-sphinx.html

Wednesday,  January 9,  2012
8-9 p.m. E/P
History Channel
U.S. History and Technology
High School

Deadwood Tech

Located in South Dakota's Black Hills, in this  rip-roaring town,  primitive technology met bold innovations, commerce and corruption collided, and shootouts were as common as the filth that filled the streets. This documentary examines the good, bad, and ugly technologies of the last and richest gold-rush town, including stagecoaches and stagecoach robberies; bull whacking and bull trains; gold counterfeiting; saw mills; smelter and cyanide mills; electric marquees; and mortuary science. And we feature forensic analysis of Wild Bill Hickok's death, and say howdy to a few of Deadwood's other famous characters like Calamity Jane. TV-PG Log on  http://www.cityofdeadwood.com/

Book TV Schedule

Saturday, January 5th

8am (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
"American Phoenix: The Remarkable Story of William Skinner, a Man Who Turned Disaster into Destiny" 
Sarah Kilborne

9am (ET)
Approx. 42 min.
"Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic" 
David Quammen

9:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 4 min.
"Master of the Mountain: Thomas Jefferson and His Slaves" 
Henry Wiencek

11am (ET)
Approx. 57 min.
"Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power" 
Jon Meacham

12pm (ET)
Approx. 2 hr. 30 min.
BookTV in Providence, Rhode Island 
BookTV Visits Providence, Rhode Island

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

3:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 15 min.
2012 Miami Book Fair International: Panel on President Obama with David Maraniss, Michael Grunwald, and Neil Barofsky 
Neil Barofsky; Michael Grunwald; David Maraniss

5pm (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
"Divider-in-Chief: The Fraud of Hope and Change" 
Kate Obenshain

6pm (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
Encore Booknotes: "Walking on Water: Black American Lives at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century" 
Randall Kenan

7pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 9 min.
"Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time" 
Jeff Speck

8:30pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 21 min.
International Summit of the Book - Panel: "The Publishing World Yesterday and Today" 
Mutiple Panelists

10pm (ET)
Approx. 57 min.
After Words: Martin Duberman, "Howard Zinn: A Life on the Left," hosted by Nick Serpe, Dissent Magazine Online Editor

11pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 15 min.
"Reporting the Revolutionary War: Before It Was History, It Was News" 
Todd Andrlik

Sunday, January 6th

12:30am (ET)
Approx. 19 min.
Book TV at the University of Pennsylvania: Sarah Gordon, "The Spirit of the Law: Religious Voices and the Constitution in Modern America" 
Sarah Gordon

1am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 27 min.
"An American Diplomat in Franco Spain" 
Michael Aaron Rockland

2:30am (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
"Dogfight: The 2012 Presidential Campaign in Verse" 
Calvin Trillin

4am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 1 min.
"Into Dust and Fire: Five Young Americans Who Went First to Fight the Nazi Army" 
Rachel Cox

5:15am (ET)
Approx. 40 min.
"Dog Company: The Boys of Pointe du Hoc - The Rangers Who Accomplished D-Day's Toughest Mission and Led the Way Across Europe" 
Patrick O'Donnell

6am (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
"Ike's Bluff: President Eisenhower's Secret Battle to Save the World" 
Evan Thomas

6:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 4 min.
"Listening In: The Secret White House Recordings of John F. Kennedy" 
Ellen Fitzpatrick; Caroline Kennedy; Tom Oliphant; Ted Widmer

8am (ET)
Approx. 32 min.
Interview with David Rothkopf, "Power, Inc." 
David Rothkopf

8:30am (ET)
Approx. 2 hr. 30 min.
BookTV in Providence, Rhode Island 
BookTV Visits Providence, Rhode Island

11am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
After Words: Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick, "The Untold History of the United States," hosted by Michael Kazin, Georgetown University

LIVE 12pm (ET)
Approx. 3 hr.
In Depth: Donald Barlett & James Steele 
 Send questions for the author to Book TV

3pm (ET)
Approx. 55 min.
"The Joy of Hate: How to Triumph Over Whiners in the Age of Phony Outrage" 
Greg Gutfeld

4pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 6 min.
"The New Religious Intolerance: Overcoming the Politics of Fear in an Anxious Age" 
Martha Nussbaum

5:15pm (ET)
Approx. 39 min.
"James Meredith and the Ole Miss Riot: A Soldier's Story" 
Henry Gallagher

6pm (ET)
Approx. 23 min.
Seabiscuit: An American Legend
Laura Hillenbrand

7pm (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
"Almost Home: Helping Kids Move from Homelessness to Hope" 
Cory Booker; Tina Kelley; Kevin Ryan

8pm (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
"Affairs of State: The Untold History of Presidential Love, Sex, and Scandal, 1789-1900" 
Robert Watson

9pm (ET)
Approx. 57 min.
After Words: Martin Duberman, "Howard Zinn: A Life on the Left," hosted by Nick Serpe, Dissent Magazine Online Editor

10pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 3 min.
Conference on Whittaker Chambers' "Witness" - Panel: "The History of Witness" 
Lee Edwards; M. Stanton Evans; John Lewis Gaddis

11:15pm (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

Monday, January 7th

12am (ET)
Approx. 3 hr.
In Depth: Donald Barlett & James Steele

3am (ET)
Approx. 57 min.
After Words: Martin Duberman, "Howard Zinn: A Life on the Left," hosted by Nick Serpe, Dissent Magazine Online Editor

4am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 17 min.
"Saturday People, Sunday People: Israel Through the Eyes of a Christian Sojourner" 
Lela Gilbert

5:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 9 min.
"Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time" 
Jeff Speck

7am (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
"A Wicked War: Polk, Clay, Lincoln, and the 1846 U.S. Invasion of Mexico" 
Amy Greenberg