Media Menu for March 28, 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.
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Thursday,  March 28,  2012
7-8 p.m. E/P
National Geographic Channel
World History
Middle and High School

Secrets of Jerusalem's Holiest Sites

Airing on the eve of Good Friday, this documentary shows that  Judaism, Christianity and Islam all consider Jerusalem a holy city. Through extremely rare access, the program goes inside the sites most sacred to each religion: the Muslim Noble Sanctuary, Judaism's Western Wall, and the Christian Church of the Holy Sepulcher.
 Log on http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/episodes/secrets-of-jerusalems-holiest-sites/

Friday,  March 29,  2012
9-10:30 p.m. E/P
PBS
Literature
Middle and High School

American Masters: Philip Roth Unmasked

This documentary, airing on KOCE, is a profile of literary lion Philip Roth. Interviewed at his New York City apartment and Connecticut farmhouse, he reflects on his upbringing in Newark, N.J., writing process and psychoanalysis, as well as the inspiration behind his most famous characters.
 Log on http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/philip-roth/film-excerpt-writing-is-inventioninvention-is-writing/2558

Saturday,  March  30,  2012
7-8 p.m. E/P
PBS
U.S. and World History
Middle and High School

My Vietnam Your  Iraq

This documentary, airing on KOCE, profiles of eight families, from in which a parent served in Vietnam and a child in Iraq. "Me experiencing it and he experiencing it, I guess it's all the same," says one son. "It's war, you know." The Vietnam War polarized the United States in the 1960s; decades later, U.S. involvement in Iraq initiated its own discord. But this program connects these two wars with less attention paid to divisive politics, choosing instead to focus on the pride, fear, and myriad of emotions and challenges that parents and their children face during deployment, each with their own perspective and expectation. Though the stories are unique to the individual families, these intimate profiles resonate with all of us: the stories of the men and women who fought and fight for themselves, their families, and their country.
 Log on  http://www.pbs.org/programs/my-vietnam-your-iraq

Sunday,  March  31,  2012
8-10  p.m. E/P
History Channel
World History
Middle and High School

The Bible: Passion

This docu-drama, airing on Easter Sunday, is an appropriate  episode in the History Channel’s current miniseries about the Bible. Peter denies Jesus and Judas hangs himself; the crowd clamors for Jesus's death; Jesus is crucified, but when Mary Magdalene goes to his tomb, a figure walks towards her--he is back; Jesus commissions the disciples to "go and preach to all creation," but their godly mission meets with hatred and even death; Paul has a vision and experiences a miraculous change of faith on a journey to Damascus; John receives a revelation--Jesus is coming back, and all who keep the faith will be rewarded. TV-PG
 Log on  http://www.history.com/shows/the-bible

Monday,  April 1,  2012
7-8 p.m. E/P
National Geographic Channel
U.S.  History
Middle and High School

The Real George Washington

As shown in this documentary, recently discovered ruins of George Washington's childhood home provide insight into the father of our country. Then, despite claiming to never tell a lie, learn about his involvement in espionage during the Revolution.
 Log on http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/explorer/episodes/the-real-george-washington/

Tuesday,  April  2,  2012
5-6  p.m. E/P
History  Channel
Economics  and Technology
Middle and High School

Modern Marvels: Freight Trains

They are the life blood of the American Economy, transporting 1.8 billion tons of freight each year, carrying everything from crops, to consumer electronics, cars to chemicals. This documentary takes viewers to what is considered the greatest freight transportation system in the world, the Union Pacific's Bailey yard--a pit stop for much of the nation's freight on its journey across the continent. We'll also explore the history of freight transportation from its humble beginnings as tramways in mines to complex system of rails that stretches to every corner of the nation. TV-PG
 Log on  http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/engineering/extreme-machines/4345689

Wednesday,  April  3,  2012
8-9 p.m. E/P
PBS
Science
Middle and High School

Nature:  What Plants Talk About

In this documentary, airing on KOCE,  ecologist J.C. Cahill leads this look at plants, which he contends are as busy and complex as humans. He explains how they "talk" to allies, eavesdrop on one another, call in insect mercenaries to protect them and nurture their young.
 Log on http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/what-plants-talk-about/preview/8228/

Book TV Schedule

Saturday, March 30th

8am (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
2013 Tucson Festival of Books: The Alamo Panel 
James Donovan; Stephen Harrigan; Michael Wallis

9am (ET)
Approx. 31 min.
"Little Red: Three Passionate Lives through the Sixties and Beyond" 
Dina Hampton

9:30am (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
"Facing the Wave: A Journey in the Wake of the Tsunami" 
Gretel Ehrlich

10:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 18 min.
"Back to Full Employment" 
Robert Pollin

11:45am (ET)
Approx. 50 min.
Discussion of Robert Bork's "Saving Justice: Watergate, the Saturday Night Massacre, and Other Adventures of a Solicitor General" 
Frank Easterbrook

12:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 23 min.
"Everybody Matters: My Life Giving Voice" 
Mary Robinson

2:15pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 10 min.
"Ike and Dick: Portrait of a Strange Political Marriage" 
Jeffrey Frank

3:30pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 12 min.
"How to Make a Million Dollars an Hour: Why Hedge Funds Get Away with Siphoning Off America's Wealth" 
Les Leopold

4:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 7 min.
"Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think" 
Kenneth Cukier; Viktor Mayer-Schonberger

6pm (ET)
Approx. 57 min.
Encore Booknotes: Walter Mosley, "Workin' on the Chain Gang: Shaking Off the Dead Hand of History" 
Walter Mosley

7pm (ET)
Approx. 51 min.
"Mr. Chairman: The Life and Legacy of Wilbur D. Mills" 
Kay Goss

8pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 19 min.
"At the Brink: Will Obama Push Us Over the Edge?" 
John Lott

9:15pm (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
"Pandora's Lunchbox: How Processed Food Took Over the American Meal" 
Melanie Warner

10pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
After Words: Martin Clancy & Tim O'Brien, "Murder at the Supreme Court: Lethal Crimes and Landmark Cases," hosted by Kimberly Tignor, National Bar Association

11pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 10 min.
"Race-Baiter: How the Media Wields Dangerous Words to Divide a Nation" 
Eric Deggans

Sunday, March 31st

12:15am (ET)
Approx. 55 min.
"Educating America's Military" 
Joan Johnson-Freese

1:15am (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
"The Lives of Erich Fromm: Love's Prophet" 
Lawrence J. Friedman

2:15am (ET)
Approx. 40 min.
"Exploding the Phone: The Untold Story of the Teenagers and Outlaws Who Hacked Ma Bell" 
Phil Lapsley

3am (ET)
Approx. 50 min.
Discussion of Robert Bork's "Saving Justice: Watergate, the Saturday Night Massacre, and Other Adventures of a Solicitor General" 
Frank Easterbrook

4am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 5 min.
"Citizenville: How to Take the Town Square Digital and Reinvent Government" 
Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom

5:05am (ET)
Approx. 24 min.
Book Party for Gavin Newsom's "Citizenville" 
Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom

5:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 19 min.
"At the Brink: Will Obama Push Us Over the Edge?" 
John Lott

7am (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
2013 Tucson Festival of Books: Panel - "Ban This!: The BSP Anthology of Xican@ Literature"
Gustavo Arellano; Lizz Huerta; Santino Rivera; Andrea Serrano

8am (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
"Whatever Happened to the Washington Reporters, 1978-2012" 
Stephen Hess

9am (ET)
Approx. 35 min.
"Out of Order: Stories from the History of the Supreme Court" 
Sandra Day O'Connor

9:45am (ET)
Approx. 38 min.
"Thomas Nast: The Father of Modern Political Cartoons" 
Fiona Deans Halloran

10:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 1 min.
"The Age of Edison: Electric Light and the Invention of Modern America" 
Ernest Freeberg

11:30am (ET)
Approx. 31 min.
"Little Red: Three Passionate Lives through the Sixties and Beyond" 
Dina Hampton

12pm (ET)
Approx. 55 min.
After Words: David Burstein, "Fast Future: How the Millennial Generation is Shaping Our World," host S.E. Cupp

1pm (ET)
Approx. 23 min.
Book TV at American University: Allan Lichtman, "FDR and the Jews" 
Allan Lichtman

1:25pm (ET)
Approx. 16 min.
Book TV at American University: Richard Stack, "Grave Injustice: Unearthing Wrongful Executions" 
Richard Stack

1:45pm (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
"The AIG Story" 
Maurice Greenberg

2:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 16 min.
"The Measure of Civilization: How Social Development Decides the Fate of Nations" 
Ian Morris

4pm (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
"Pandora's Lunchbox: How Processed Food Took Over the American Meal" 
Melanie Warner

5pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
Books on Gay Marriage 
Multiple Authors

6pm (ET)
Approx. 55 min.
"Rating the First Ladies: The Women Who Influenced the Presidency" 
John B. Roberts

7pm (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

7:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 14 min.
"Game Over: How Politics Has Turned the Sports World Upside Down" 
Dave Zirin

9pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
After Words: Martin Clancy & Tim O'Brien, "Murder at the Supreme Court: Lethal Crimes and Landmark Cases," hosted by Kimberly Tignor, National Bar Association

10pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 5 min.
"Tested by Zion: The Bush Administration and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict" 
Elliott Abrams

11pm (ET)
Approx. 49 min.
"Turnaround: Third World Lessons for First World Growth" 
Peter Blair Henry

Monday, April 1st

12am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
After Words: Martin Clancy & Tim O'Brien, "Murder at the Supreme Court: Lethal Crimes and Landmark Cases," hosted by Kimberly Tignor, National Bar Association

1am (ET)
Approx. 23 min.
Book TV at American University: Allan Lichtman, "FDR and the Jews" 
Allan Lichtman

1:25am (ET)
Approx. 16 min.
Book TV at American University: Richard Stack, "Grave Injustice: Unearthing Wrongful Executions" 
Richard Stack

1:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 7 min.
"Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think" 
Kenneth Cukier; Viktor Mayer-Schonberger

3am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
After Words: Martin Clancy & Tim O'Brien, "Murder at the Supreme Court: Lethal Crimes and Landmark Cases," hosted by Kimberly Tignor, National Bar Association

4am (ET)
Approx. 51 min.
"Mr. Chairman: The Life and Legacy of Wilbur D. Mills" 
Kay Goss

5am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
Books on Gay Marriage 
Multiple Authors

6am (ET)
Approx. 52 min.
BookTV Online Book Club: "Immigration Wars: Forging an American Solution" 
Jeb Bush

7am (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
2013 Tucson Festival of Books: Rajiv Chandrasekaran, "Little America: The War Within the War for Afghanistan" 
Rajiv Chandrasekaran