Media Menu for March 14, 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, March 14, 2013
7-8 p.m. E/P
Science Channel Science
Middle and High School

What Makes a Genius?

What is Genius? It's a question science struggles with as much as anyone else. So in this program, we'll find out how science is trying to understand extreme talent and to get to grips with why some people are smarter than others.  TV-G
  Log on http://news.discovery.com/human/psychology

Friday, March 15, 2013
9-10  p.m. E/P
National Geographic Channel
Science
Middle and High School

Kingdom of the Oceans: Revealed: Fire & Ice

As shown in this documentary, whales, penguins, iguanas and dolphins have all inherited a burdensome legacy from their land-dwelling ancestors - they must breathe in open air! To master their marine sphere, they have had to re-invent shapes and develop new methods.
Log on http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/episodes/fire-ice/

Saturday, March 16, 2013
8-9 p.m. E/P
CNN
Science
Middle and High School

AC360°: The Bully Effect

This new AC360° documentary follows the lives of families who were featured in a previous  film "Bully," . CNN producers dedicated a year to tracing their journeys of self-discovery, and the transformative experiences they had as a result of the movie. They have become empowered through telling their stories of struggle and perseverance. In their own unique ways, they're on the front lines of the movement to stop bullying.  They were victims who are now inspirations and advocates for others suffering in silence.
Log on http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2013/03/09/the-bully-effect-your-stories/?hpt=ac_bn7

Sunday, March 17, 2013
8-9  p.m. E/P
CNN
Science  and Economics
Middle and High School

Escape Fire:  The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare

Americans spend far more than the rest of the world, yet health outcomes are worse.  This documentary examines the powerful forces maintaining the current system, a medical industry designed for profit rather than patients and quick fixes rather than prevention. How do we find our way out and save the health of our nation?
Log on http://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2013/03/01/cnn-launches-escape-fire-on-cable-television-in-march/

Monday, March 18, 2013
7-8 p.m. E/P
Science Channel
Science
Middle and High School

Inside Out: Bugs

This documentary  strips back the exoskeleton and discover the blueprint of insect global domination. Outnumbering us 200 million to one, they thrive where humans wouldn't last minutes. Without bugs ecosystems would collapse, crops would disappear, and waste would pile high. TV-PG
Log on http://www.backyardnature.net/exoskelt.htm

Tuesday, March 19, 2013
5-6 p.m. E/P
History Channel
Science and Technology
Middle and High School

Modern Marvels: Dangerous Roads

This documentary takes viewers on a ride along some of the world's most dangerous roads. From Bolivia's "Death Road," to California's fog-shrouded Highway 99, find the danger that waits behind every blind curve. Visit the Federal Highway Administration's test laboratory to see what's being done to make roads safer in the U.S. Finally, ride along in extreme four-wheel drive trucks with some adrenaline junkies that drive boulder-strewn trails just for the fun of it! TV-PG
Log on http://www.backyardnature.net/exoskelt.htm

Wednesday,  March 20, 2013
6-7 p.m. E/P
Travel Channel
World History and Geography
Middle and High School

Bizarre Foods: Madagascar

This documentary provides a  look at the food and the people that live in Madagascar. Most people still live the way they did 100s of years ago -- hunting and gathering for food. TV-PG
Log on http://www.travelchannel.com/tv-shows/bizarre-foods/travel-guides/madagascar

Book TV Schedule

Saturday, March 16th

8am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 10 min.
"The Measure of Manhattan: The Tumultuous Career and Surprising Legacy of John Randel Jr. Cartographer, Surveyor, Inventor" 
Marguerite Holloway

9:15am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 1 min.
"The Devil at Our Doorstep" 
David Bego

10:15am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 8 min.
Tony Kushner, "Lincoln: The Screenplay" & Harold Holzer, "Lincoln: How Abraham Lincoln Ended Slavery in America - A Companion Book for Young Readers to the Steven Spielberg Film" 
Harold Holzer; Tony Kushner

11:30am (ET)
Approx. 29 min.
"Hope Against Hope: Three Schools, One City, and the Struggle to Educate America's Children" 
Sarah Carr

12pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
BookTV in Alexandria, Virginia 
BookTV Visits Alexandria, Virginia

1pm (ET)
Approx. 53 min.
"First Ladies of the United States: A Biographical Dictionary & The Presidents' Wives: Reassessing the Office of First Lady" 
Robert Watson

2pm (ET)
Approx. 35 min.
"The Battle of Bretton Woods: John Maynard Keynes, Harry Dexter White, and the Making of a New World Order" 
Benn Steil

2:30pm (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
"The Inventor and the Tycoon: A Gilded Age Murder and the Birth of Moving Pictures" 
Edward Ball

3:30pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 17 min.
"The Tinkerers: The Amateurs, DIYers, and Inventors Who Make America Great" 
Alec Foege

5pm (ET)
Approx. 36 min.
"Blackett's War: The Men Who Defeated the Nazi U-Boats and Brought Science to the Art of Warfare" 
Stephen Budiansky

6pm (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
Encore Booknotes: Susan Moeller, "Shooting War: Photography and the American Experience of Combat" 
Susan Moeller

7pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 1 min.
"The Feminine Mystique: 50 Years" 
Mutiple Panelists

8:15pm (ET)
Approx. 52 min.
"Immigration Wars: Forging an American Solution" 
Jeb Bush

9:15pm (ET)
Approx. 29 min.
"Hope Against Hope: Three Schools, One City, and the Struggle to Educate America's Children" 
Sarah Carr

10pm (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
After Words: Kim Ghattas, "The Secretary: A Journey with Hillary Clinton from Beirut to the Heart of American Power," hosted by Jamie Weinstein

11pm (ET)
Approx. 40 min.
"Exploding the Phone: The Untold Story of the Teenagers and Outlaws Who Hacked Ma Bell" 
Phil Lapsley

Sunday, March 17th

12am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 18 min.
"Back to Full Employment" 
Robert Pollin

1:30am (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
"The AIG Story" 
Maurice Greenberg

2:30am (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
"Facing the Wave: A Journey in the Wake of the Tsunami" 
Gretel Ehrlich

3:30am (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
2013 Tucson Festival of Books: Navy SEALs Panel 
Howard Wasdin; Brandon Webb

4:45am (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
"The U.S. Senate" 
Tom Daschle

5:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 1 min.
2013 Tucson Festival of Books: Kathryn Bowers & Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, "Zoobiquity: What Animals Can Teach Us About Health and the Science of Healing" 
Kathryn Bowers; Barbara Natterson-Horowitz

7am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 8 min.
"The 100 Greatest Americans of the 20th Century: A Social Justice Hall of Fame" 
Peter Dreier

8:15am (ET)
Approx. 35 min.
"The Battle of Bretton Woods: John Maynard Keynes, Harry Dexter White, and the Making of a New World Order" 
Benn Steil

9am (ET)
Approx. 47 min.
2013 Savannah Book Festival: Jake Tapper, "The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor" 
Jake Tapper

10am (ET)
Approx. 52 min.
"Immigration Wars: Forging an American Solution" 
Jeb Bush

11am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
BookTV in Alexandria, Virginia 
BookTV Visits Alexandria, Virginia

12pm (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
After Words: Ken Stern, "With Charity for All: Why Charities are Failing and a Better Way to Give," hosted by Ken Berger, Charity Navigator CEO

1pm (ET)
Approx. 36 min.
Book TV at American University: Angela J. Davis, "Arbitrary Justice: The Power of the American Prosecutor" 
Angela J. Davis

1:40pm (ET)
Approx. 10 min.
Book TV at American University: Jon Gould, "How to Succeed in College (While Really Trying): A Professor's Inside Advice" 
Jon Gould

2pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 30 min.
"Bad History, Worse Policy: How a False Narrative about the Financial Crisis Led to the Dodd-Frank Act" 
Peter Wallison

3:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 1 min.
"The Feminine Mystique: 50 Years" 
Mutiple Panelists

5pm (ET)
Approx. 40 min.
"Exploding the Phone: The Untold Story of the Teenagers and Outlaws Who Hacked Ma Bell" 
Phil Lapsley

6pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 19 min.
"It's Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided With the New Politics of Extremism" 
Thomas Mann; Norman Ornstein

7:30pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 17 min.
"The Tinkerers: The Amateurs, DIYers, and Inventors Who Make America Great" 
Alec Foege

9pm (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
After Words: Kim Ghattas, "The Secretary: A Journey with Hillary Clinton from Beirut to the Heart of American Power," hosted by Jamie Weinstein

10pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 10 min.
"Ike and Dick: Portrait of a Strange Political Marriage" 
Jeffrey Frank

11:15pm (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
"Radical: Fighting to Put Students First" 
Michelle Rhee

Monday, March 18th

12am (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
After Words: Kim Ghattas, "The Secretary: A Journey with Hillary Clinton from Beirut to the Heart of American Power," hosted by Jamie Weinstein

1am (ET)
Approx. 36 min.
Book TV at American University: Angela J. Davis, "Arbitrary Justice: The Power of the American Prosecutor" 
Angela J. Davis

1:40am (ET)
Approx. 10 min.
Book TV at American University: Jon Gould, "How to Succeed in College (While Really Trying): A Professor's Inside Advice" 
Jon Gould

2am (ET)
Approx. 35 min.
"The Battle of Bretton Woods: John Maynard Keynes, Harry Dexter White, and the Making of a New World Order" 
Benn Steil

3am (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
After Words: Kim Ghattas, "The Secretary: A Journey with Hillary Clinton from Beirut to the Heart of American Power," hosted by Jamie Weinstein

4am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 12 min.
"Taps on the Walls: Poems from the Hanoi Hilton" 
Maj. Gen. John Borling (Ret)

5:30am (ET)
Approx. 50 min.
"Generation Roe: Inside the Future of the Pro-Choice Movement" 
Sarah Erdreich

6:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 10 min.
"Ike and Dick: Portrait of a Strange Political Marriage" 
Jeffrey Frank