Media Menu for April 11, 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.
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Thursday,  April 11,  2012
8:30-9 p.m. E/P
The Weather Channel
Science
Elementary, Middle and High School

Hacking The Planet : Hacking Hurricanes

 Premise: ``Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it,'' according to a popular saying often attributed to Mark Twain. That may have been true but not so much now, because there are people trying to do something about the weather. This documentary, hosted by former science writer John Rennie, looks at the work of scientists trying to develop ways to prevent, weaken or redirect dangerous weather and geological phenomena, like tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. This  episode follows Rennie as he conducts a series of experiments to figure out how, potentially, to manipulate the Earth -- and whether it would help or harm mankind or the planet. Assisting Rennie are science blogger Cara Santa Maria and science comedian Brian Malow -- yes, he's a science comedian -- who talk the host through the plausibility of each scenario.
Log on http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

Friday,  April 12,  2012
8-9 p.m. E/P
National Geographic Channel
Science
Elementary, Middle and High School

Mammoth: Back from the Dead

Ten thousand years ago, humans shared the planet with mammoths. They roamed through the heart of Siberia numbering in the hundreds of thousands. Today, that same area is a massive mammoth graveyard, with thousands of skeletons preserved in the frozen tundra. In this documentary  a team of scientists wants to bring the mammoth back to life. Follow this team on a quest to achieve one of the most audacious undertakings ever: to excavate frozen mammoth tissue in order to clone it.
Log on http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/a-night-of-exploration/episodes/mammoth-back-from-the-dead

Saturday,  April 13,  2012
8-9 p.m. E/P
CNN
U.S. History
Middle and High School

Day of Terror: Remembering the Oklahoma City Bombing

In this documentary survivors discuss the bombing that took place in Oklahoma City, Okla. on April 19, 1995. Before September 11th, before Osama bin Laden, there was Oklahoma City, and there was Timothy McVeigh. Eleven years ago, a truck bomb ripped through the nine-story Alfred P. Murrah federal building, including a day care center on the second floor. April 19, 1995, changed the way Americans thought about terrorism. The attack killed 168 men, women and children. Hundreds of others were wounded. At the time, it was the worst terrorist attack ever on U.S. soil -- a homegrown terrorist attack.
Log on http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/04/04/cnnpce.oklahoma.city/

Sunday,  April 14,  2012
8-9 p.m. E/P
National Geographic  Channel
U.S. History
Middle and High School

The ‘80’s

 This is the initial episode in a six-part historical  documentary  miniseries which takes viewers back in time to see how the ’80s created our modern world. The first episode explores the revolution in personal entertainment brought on by Pac-Man, Sony Walkmans and Jane Fonda’s ground-breaking workout video. Apple’s Steve Wozniak helps explain how Bill Gates saw the future by selling IBM the rights to use MS-DOS software for a relatively small one-time fee, only to clean up when IBM competitors entered the market and all wanted the same software. The assassination of John Lennon heralded the end of one music era, while a bratty new kid on the block defined a new one — spelled “MTV.” Follow the musical reverberations of the birth of MTV and the music video’s role in taking hip-hop mainstream, and hear how the television series “Dallas” reinvigorated the notion that money and greed were good. Sharing their firsthand stories are Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, Steven Tyler, Jane Fonda, Steve Wozniak and “Dallas” star Larry Hagman, Subsequent episodes air in this timeslot Monday and Tuesday.
Log on http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/the-80s-the-decade-that-made-us/episode-guide/
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Monday,  April 15,  2012
9-10 p.m. E/P
Science  Channel
Science and Geography
Elementary, Middle and High School

Strip the City: San Francisco

 Using  CGI animation to strip the world's most extreme earthquake city - San Francisco - naked of its steel, concrete, ocean and rock, layer by layer, this documentary explores the secret technology and infrastructure that keeps it standing in a killer quake
Log on http://watch.discoverychannel.ca/strip-the-city/strip-the-city-earthquake-city---san-francisco/

Tuesday,  April 16,  2012
7-8 p.m. E/P
PBS
Science
Middle and High School

NOVA: Cracking Your Genetic Code

In this documentary, airing on KLCS, the ability for people to have their genetic codes analyzed is examined, as are the moral aspects that come with access to such information. Included: a cancer patient who may have cheated death and a cystic fibrosis sufferer who's doing breathing easier.
Log on http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/body/cracking-your-genetic-code.html

Wednesday,  April 17,  2012
7-8 p.m. E/P
PBS
Science
Middle and High School

Globe Trekker: Around the World: Panamericana: Conquistadors, Aztecs & Revolutions

This documentary, airing on KOCE, introduces viewers to Colonial Chihuahua, Mexico, where Pancho Villa started the Mexican Revolution; silver mine in Zacatecas; the colonial Silver Road to Mexico City.
Log on http://www.pilotguides.com/tv_shows/globe_trekker/shows/specials/Conquistadors-Aztecs-Revolution.php

Book TV Schedule

Saturday, April 13th

8am (ET)
Approx. 49 min.
Alex and Robert Watson Discuss Their "Let's Write Together" Campaign 
Alex Watson; Robert Watson

9am (ET)
Approx. 53 min.
"Storm Kings: The Untold History of America's First Tornado Chasers" 
Lee Sandlin

LIVE 10am (ET)
Approx. 5 hr.
2013 Annapolis Book Festival 
Multiple Authors

3pm (ET)
Approx. 3 hr.
In Depth: Amy Goodman

6pm (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
Encore Booknotes: Margaret Thatcher, "The Downing Street Years" 
Margaret Thatcher

7pm (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

7:45pm (ET)
Approx. 2 hr. 3 min.
A Celebration of the Life and Work of Philip Roth 
Philip Roth et al.

10pm (ET)
Approx. 51 min.
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. 4 min.
"Blood of Tyrants: George Washington & the Forging of the Presidency" 
Logan Beirne

Sunday, April 14th

12am (ET)
Approx. 5 hr.
2013 Annapolis Book Festival 
Multiple Authors

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

6:15am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
2013 Tucson Festival of Books: Eric Laursen, "The People's Pension: The Struggle to Defend Social Security Since Reagan" 
Eric Laursen

7:15am (ET)
Approx. 44 min.
"Courageous" 
Kristan Hawkins

8am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 14 min.
"The Tinkerers: The Amateurs, DIYers, and Inventors Who Make America Great" 
Alec Foege

9:15am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 10 min.
"Race-Baiter: How the Media Wields Dangerous Words to Divide a Nation" 
Eric Deggans

10:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 16 min.
"Persecuted: The Global Assault on Christians" 
Lela Gilbert; Paul Marshall; Nina Shea

12pm (ET)
Approx. 53 min.
After Words: Neil Irwin, "The Alchemists: Three Central Bankers and a World on Fire," hosted by David Wessel, Wall Street Journal

1pm (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

1:25pm (ET)
Approx. 22 min.
Book TV at American University: Allan Lichtman, "FDR and the Jews" 
Allan Lichtman

1:50pm (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. 4 min.
"Blood of Tyrants: George Washington & the Forging of the Presidency" 
Logan Beirne

3pm (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
"The Lives of Erich Fromm: Love's Prophet" 
Lawrence J. Friedman

4pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 6 min.
"Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now" 
Douglas Rushkoff

5pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 4 min.
"Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher: A Political Marriage" 
Nicholas Wapshott

6pm (ET)
Approx. 42 min.
"Remember: The Journey to School Integration" 
Toni Morrison

6:45pm (ET)
Approx. 39 min.
"Leading the Way: The Story of Ed Feulner and the Heritage Foundation" 
Lee Edwards

7:30pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 11 min.
"Improbable Scholars: The Rebirth of a Great American School System and a Strategy for America's Schools" 
David Kirp

9pm (ET)
Approx. 51 min.
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. 51 min.
"Capital of the World: The Race to Host the United Nations" 
Charlene Mires

11pm (ET)
Approx. 52 min.
"Working with Sharks: A Pakistani Woman's Story of Sexual Harassment in the United Nations - From Personal Grievance to Public Law" 
Fouzia Saeed

Monday, April 15th

12am (ET)
Approx. 51 min.
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. 16 min.
Book TV at American University: Richard Stack, "Grave Injustice: Unearthing Wrongful Executions" 
Richard Stack

1:15am (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

1:35am (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

2am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
"Fear Itself: The New Deal and the Origins of Our Time" 
Ira Katznelson

3am (ET)
Approx. 51 min.
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. 56 min.
"Whatever Happened to the Washington Reporters, 1978-2012" 
Stephen Hess

5am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 4 min.
"Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher: A Political Marriage" 
Nicholas Wapshott

6am (ET)
Approx. 52 min.
"Working with Sharks: A Pakistani Woman's Story of Sexual Harassment in the United Nations - From Personal Grievance to Public Law" 
Fouzia Saeed

7am (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
2013 Tucson Festival of Books: Environment Panel 
Bill Carter; Kristen Iversen