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, May 30, 2013
7-8 p.m. E/P
PBS
Science
Elementary, Middle and High School
NATURE: The Private Life of Deer
Airing on KLCS, this documentary uses night-vision cameras and GPS tracking equipment to provide glimpses into the lives of white-tailed deer, of which some 30 million live in the U.S.
Log on http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/the-private-life-of-deer/video-full-episode/8278/
Friday, May 31, 2013
7-8 p.m. E/P
National Geographic Channel
U.S. and World History
Middle and High School
Inside WWII
The soldiers of World War II knew that every day could be their last. Still, they kept fighting and they kept dying. This documentary is the intimate story of the last global war, told by the survivors, those who endured the front line's bloody conflicts. Those who witnessed the brutality of combat give their unfiltered accounts. Included in the interviews are former prisoner of war and Slaughterhouse-Five author Kurt Vonnegut and the grandson of legendary general George S. Patton.
Log on http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/a-night-of-exploration/episodes/inside-world-war-ii/
Saturday, June 1, 2013
5-7 p.m. E/P
History Channel
World History
Middle and High School
History of the World in Two Hours
This documentary is a rapid-fire history of our world, from the beginning of time as we know it to present day. This two-hour CGI-driven special delves into the key turning points: the formation of earth, emergence of life, spread of man and the growth of civilization--and reveals their surprising connections to our world today. TVPG
Log on http://tv.nytimes.com/2011/10/06/arts/television/history-of-the-world-in-two-hours-review.html
Sunday, June 2, 2013
5-6 p.m. E/P
Science Channel
Science
Elementary, Middle and High School
The Planets: Different Worlds
Where did the planets come from and how were they formed? Clues to the birth and evolution of the planets lie scattered throughout the solar system. As shown in this documentary, distance, time, and technology handicap the search for answers, but scientists are making progress. TV-G
Log on http://science.discovery.com/video-topics/space-videos/the-planets-different-worlds-accretion.htm
Monday, June 3, 2013
9-9:30 p.m. E/P
National Geographic Channel
Science
Middle and High School
Brain Games: You Decide
Viewers of this documentary will learn the secrets of how our brains decide. Every time you make a decision, your brain enters an often invisible battle between risk and reward. Through a series of interactive games, surprising experiments, and relatable experts, you’ll learn astonishing facts about how you make decisions – and how to get better at making them. Think you’re in charge of your own destiny? Do you believe the decisions you make are rational? Do you consider yourself good at weighing the options? Think again. This program puts your decision-making process to the ultimate test. Play along as host Jason Silva – with help from Yale professor and decision-making expert Dr. Daylian Cain - reveals the secrets behind how our brains decide.
Log on http://braingames.nationalgeographic.com/episode/9/
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
7-8 p.m. E/P
PBS
Science
Elementary, Middle and High School
Australia's First 4 Billion Years: Monsters
Airing on KLCS, this documentary concerns the creatures of the Mesozoic Era. Many were large. Fossil evidence, for instance, shows long-necked plesiosaurs snacked on shelled cephalopods that were the size of truck tires. There was also the Kronosaurus.
Log http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/australia-first-years.html#australia-monsters
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
7-8 p.m. E/P
PBS
Science
Elementary, Middle and High School
NATURE: Hummingbirds- Magic in the Air
Airing on KOCE, this documentary uses high-speed cameras to look at hummingbirds . This paradoxical creature is among the tiniest birds yet also some of the toughest and most energetic.
Log on http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/hummingbirds-magic-in-the-air/introduction/5424/
Book TV Schedule
Saturday, June 1st
LIVE 8am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 30 min.
2013 Book Expo America: Book and Author Breakfast
Helen Fielding; Diana Gabaldon; John Lewis; Chris Matthews
Approx. 1 hr. 30 min.
2013 Book Expo America: Book and Author Breakfast
Helen Fielding; Diana Gabaldon; John Lewis; Chris Matthews
10:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 13 min.
2013 Gaithersburg Book Festival: Panel on Independent Bookselling
multiple authors
Approx. 1 hr. 13 min.
2013 Gaithersburg Book Festival: Panel on Independent Bookselling
multiple authors
1pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 2 min.
Book Party for John Guntzelman, "The Civil War in Color: A Photographic Reenactment of the War Between the States"
John Guntzelman
Approx. 1 hr. 2 min.
Book Party for John Guntzelman, "The Civil War in Color: A Photographic Reenactment of the War Between the States"
John Guntzelman
2:15pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 30 min.
"Mortal Sins: Sex, Crime, and the Era of Catholic Scandal"
Michael D'Antonio
Approx. 1 hr. 30 min.
"Mortal Sins: Sex, Crime, and the Era of Catholic Scandal"
Michael D'Antonio
3:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 8 min.
"The Savior Generals: How Five Great Commanders Saved Wars That Were Lost - From Ancient Greece to Iraq"
Victor Davis Hanson
Approx. 1 hr. 8 min.
"The Savior Generals: How Five Great Commanders Saved Wars That Were Lost - From Ancient Greece to Iraq"
Victor Davis Hanson
5pm (ET)
Approx. 53 min.
"Rumsfeld's Rules: Leadership Lessons in Business, Politics, War, and Life"
Donald Rumsfeld
Approx. 53 min.
"Rumsfeld's Rules: Leadership Lessons in Business, Politics, War, and Life"
Donald Rumsfeld
6pm (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
Encore Booknotes: Shelby Foote, "Stars in Their Courses: The Gettysburg Campaign"
Shelby Foote
Approx. 56 min.
Encore Booknotes: Shelby Foote, "Stars in Their Courses: The Gettysburg Campaign"
Shelby Foote
7pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 2 min.
"Our Lives, Our Fortunes & Our Sacred Honor: The Forging of American Independence, 1774-1776"
Richard Beeman
Approx. 1 hr. 2 min.
"Our Lives, Our Fortunes & Our Sacred Honor: The Forging of American Independence, 1774-1776"
Richard Beeman
Sunday, June 2nd
12:30am (ET)
Approx. 53 min.
"Defiant Brides: The Untold Story of Two Revolutionary-Era Women and the Radical Men They Married"
Nancy Rubin Stuart
Approx. 53 min.
"Defiant Brides: The Untold Story of Two Revolutionary-Era Women and the Radical Men They Married"
Nancy Rubin Stuart
1:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 11 min.
"The New Digital Age: Reshaping the Future of People, Nations and Business"
Jared Cohen; Eric Schmidt
Approx. 1 hr. 11 min.
"The New Digital Age: Reshaping the Future of People, Nations and Business"
Jared Cohen; Eric Schmidt
2:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 7 min.
2013 PEN World Voices Festival Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture: Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Author of "My Beloved World"
Justice Sonia Sotomayor
Approx. 1 hr. 7 min.
2013 PEN World Voices Festival Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture: Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Author of "My Beloved World"
Justice Sonia Sotomayor
4am (ET)
Approx. 40 min.
"Crisis Tales: Five Rules for Coping with Crises in Business, Politics, and Life"
Lanny Davis
Approx. 40 min.
"Crisis Tales: Five Rules for Coping with Crises in Business, Politics, and Life"
Lanny Davis
4:45am (ET)
Approx. 35 min.
Book Party for Lanny Davis, author of "Crisis Tales: Five Rules for Coping with Crises in Business, Politics, and Life"
Lanny Davis
Approx. 35 min.
Book Party for Lanny Davis, author of "Crisis Tales: Five Rules for Coping with Crises in Business, Politics, and Life"
Lanny Davis
8am (ET)
Approx. 57 min.
2013 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: Call-in with Mark Mazzetti, author of "The Way of the Knife"
Mark Mazzetti
Approx. 57 min.
2013 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: Call-in with Mark Mazzetti, author of "The Way of the Knife"
Mark Mazzetti
3pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 5 min.
"Foreign Policy Begins at Home: The Case for Putting America's House in Order"
Richard Haass
Approx. 1 hr. 5 min.
"Foreign Policy Begins at Home: The Case for Putting America's House in Order"
Richard Haass
7pm (ET)
Approx. 46 min.
2013 Gaithersburg Book Festival: Kitty Kelley “Capturing Camelot: Stanley Tretick’s Iconic Images of the Kennedys”
Kitty Kelley
Approx. 46 min.
2013 Gaithersburg Book Festival: Kitty Kelley “Capturing Camelot: Stanley Tretick’s Iconic Images of the Kennedys”
Kitty Kelley
7:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 2 min.
"A Short History Of Nuclear Folly: Mad Scientists, Dithering Nazis, Lost Nukes, and Catastrophic Cover-Ups"
Rudolph Herzog
Approx. 1 hr. 2 min.
"A Short History Of Nuclear Folly: Mad Scientists, Dithering Nazis, Lost Nukes, and Catastrophic Cover-Ups"
Rudolph Herzog
11pm (ET)
Approx. 49 min.
"Death in the Baltic: The World War II Sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff"
Cathryn Prince
Approx. 49 min.
"Death in the Baltic: The World War II Sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff"
Cathryn Prince
Monday, June 3rd
6:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 1 min.
2013 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: Panel on the Culture Wars with Karen Sternheimer, Eric Deggans, and Nancy Cohen
Multiple Authors
Approx. 1 hr. 1 min.
2013 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: Panel on the Culture Wars with Karen Sternheimer, Eric Deggans, and Nancy Cohen
Multiple Authors