Media Menu for November 15, 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.

Thursday, November 15, 2012
4 p.m.-midnight E/P   
History Channel    U.S.
History, Economics and Technology   
Middle and High School

The Men Who Built America

This is a broadcast of all four episodes of a documentary miniseries about U.S. economic history. John D. Rockefeller, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Andrew Carnegie, Henry Ford and J.P. Morgan rose from obscurity and in the process built modern America.  These men created the American Dream and were the engine of capitalism as they transformed everything they touched in building the oil, rail, steel, shipping, automobile and finance industries. Their paths crossed repeatedly as they elected presidents, set economic policies and influenced major events of the 50 most formative years this country has ever known. From the Civil War to the Great Depression and World War I, they led the way. Episode  airtimes: A New War Begins 4-6, Bloody Battles 6-8, Changing the Game 8-10 and When One Ends, Another Begins 10 –midnight. (see  link below for topics covered in each episode)
Log on  http://www.history.com/shows/men-who-built-america

Friday, November 16, 2012
5-9 p.m. ET, 2-6 PT   
TCM- Turner Classic Movie Channel   
World History   
Middle and High School

Lawrence Of Arabia

Providing important tools for understanding what’s happening in the Middle East today, this  7-Oscar winning historical movie tells the story of a young  scholar making maps for British Intelligence during World War I  who discovers the hero within himself when he goes on a fact-finding mission in the Arabian Desert. What starts as a search for intelligence about the Arab Revolt against the Turks, turns into an exercise in courage, leadership and betrayal. T.E. Lawrence takes control of the revolution, leading the Arabs to victory against England's Turkish enemies, only to discover that his superiors have no intention of leaving the men he's come to regard as brothers in charge of their own homeland. The hero is left shattered, doubting his greatest achievements and living in seclusion until his lifelong need for speed and excitement results in a tragic motorcycle accident. Available on video.
Log on  http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/4455/Lawrence-of-Arabia/
   
Saturday, November 17, 2012
7:30-8 p.m. E/P    PBS   
Technology and Arts   
Elementary, Middle and High School

Make: Computer Music Making

In this documentary airing on KLCS, the topics covered  are : Creating a symphony from personal computers; gauging the forces of a roller coaster with a Wii controller. Also: a Japanese saw; a Tesla coil electric guitar, an LED fan sign; a solar-powered land gondola.
Log on  http://howtomakeelectronicmusic.com/how-to-make-electronic-music-with-computer-where-to-start
    
Sunday, November 18, 2012
7-8  p.m. E/P   
History Channel   
Science    Middle and High School

Superstorm  2012: Hell and High Water

Hurricane Sandy was one of the most devastating super storms to hit our shores, claiming over 160 lives and causing billions of dollars in damage. This documentary examines what happened when Sandy hit and how it happened. We also hunt for clues that could reveal if we are entering an age when bigger, more deadly storms will become a regular occurrence. Is it possible to tell when the next super storm will strike and ultimately will we be prepared? TV-PG
Log on http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/episodes/superstorm-2012

Monday, November 19, 2012
7-8:30  p.m. E/P   
PBS   
Science    Middle and High School

Going Blind

Airing on KLCS, this documentary profiles people dealing with vision loss. The word "inspirational" is so overused as to be hackneyed, but writer director Joe Lovett’s documentary Going Blind—in which he chronicles his battle with glaucoma while using his experiences to connect with five other people living with degrees of blindness—is exactly and profoundly that. . . . The camera follows a 22-year-old Iraq War vet who lost his sight in a roadside attack, a septuagenarian architect whose experimental treatment allows him to keep working, and, especially, an art teacher who lost her sight to diabetes—with appealing directness and not a shred of self-pity, she says simply, “You learn to work with what you have.”
Log on http://www.goingblindmovie.com/synopsis

Tuesday, November 20, 2012
9-10 p.m. E/P   
History Channel   
World History   
Middle and High School

Mankind The Story of All of Us: Empires

This is an episode in a  documentary miniseries about the history of the human race. It takes 10 billion years for the ideal planet to form and 3 billion more for the right conditions to emerge before it finally happens: mankind begins. From there unfolds a fast-paced story told here through key turning points—stepping stones in our journey from hunter-gatherer to global citizen. It’s a tale of connections—why some ideas take hold and spread around the globe, and how the lives of people in one part of the world are shaped by events in another. Tonight: The crucifixion of Jesus gives birth to global religion, but Christianity may never have happened without the Roman Empire. The Roman Empire's vast network of roads and shipping lanes allows goods and ideas to flow across three continents, allowing Jesus' message to transform Mankind around the world. When Rome is sacked by barbarians, Europe enters a Dark Age. But from the fringes of the old empire, two new forces remake the world. The Arabs, funded by a gold rush, unite under the banner of Islam. The Vikings rejuvenate the cities of Europe, travel to America and become Christian knights. The stage is set for a clash of civilizations--the Crusades.  TV-PG
Log on http://www.history.com/shows/mankind-the-story-of-all-of-us

Wednesday, November 21, 2012
5-7:15 p.m. E/T , 2-4:15 p.m. PT   
TCM-Turner Classic Movie Channel   
Literature   
Middle and High School

To Kill A Mockingbird

This a classic movie about a young girl grows up fast when her lawyer father defends a black man accused of  assaulting  a white woman. Fifty years after winning the Pulitzer Prize, the novel on which this movie is based  remains a beloved bestseller and quite possibly the most influential American novel of the 20th Century, also possibly the most taught novel in U.S. schools.
Log on http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/20116/To-Kill-a-Mockingbird

Book TV Schedule

Saturday, November 17th

8am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 10 min.
2012 Paolucci/Bagehot Book Award Dinner: John Fonte, "Sovereignty or Submission"
John Fonte

9:15am (ET)
Approx. 40 min.
"Regulating to Disaster: How Green Jobs Policies Are Damaging America's Economy"
Diana Furchtgott-Roth

LIVE 10am (ET)
Approx. 9 hr. 30 min.
2012 Miami Book Fair International: Saturday
Multiple Authors
Send questions for the author to Book TV

7:30pm (ET)
Approx. 19 min.
Book Party for Ann Coulter, "Mugged: Racial Demagoguery from the Seventies to Obama"
Ann Coulter

8pm (ET)
Approx. 2 hr.
2012 National Book Awards
Multiple Authors

10pm (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
After Words: James Patterson, "The Eve of Destruction: How 1965 Transformed America," hosted by Prof. Daryl Scott, Howard University

11pm (ET)
Approx. 42 min.
"Unlearning Liberty: Campus Censorship and the End of American Debate"
Greg Lukianoff

Sunday, November 18th

12am (ET)
Approx. 9 hr. 30 min.
2012 Miami Book Fair International: Saturday
Multiple Authors

9:30am (ET)
Approx. 42 min.
Larry Schweikart: "A Patriot's History of the Modern World: From America's Exceptional Ascent to the Atomic Bomb: 1898-1945"
Larry Schweikart

10:15am (ET)
Approx. 41 min.
"Exceptional America: A Message of Hope from a Modern-Day de Tocqueville"
Nick Adams

11am (ET)
Approx. 57 min.
After Words: David Cay Johnston, "The Fine Print: How Big Companies Use 'Plain English' to Rob You Blind," hosted by Jayne O'Donnell, USA Today Money Reporter

LIVE 12pm (ET)
Approx. 5 hr. 30 min.
2012 Miami Book Fair International: Sunday
Multiple Authors
Send questions for the author to Book TV

5:30pm (ET)
Approx. 51 min.
2012 Miami Book Fair International: Tom Wolfe, "Back to Blood"
Tom Wolfe

6:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 10 min.
2012 Paolucci/Bagehot Book Award Dinner: John Fonte, "Sovereignty or Submission"
John Fonte

8pm (ET)
Approx. 57 min.
"The Finish: The Killing of Osama Bin Laden"
Mark Bowden

9pm (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
After Words: James Patterson, "The Eve of Destruction: How 1965 Transformed America," hosted by Prof. Daryl Scott, Howard University

10pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 4 min.
"The Secret Knowledge on the Dismantling of American Culture"
David Mamet

11:15pm (ET)
Approx. 42 min.
"Presidential Power in Troubled Second Terms: A Historical Look at the Second Term"
Alfred Zacher

Monday, November 19th

12am (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
After Words: James Patterson, "The Eve of Destruction: How 1965 Transformed America," hosted by Prof. Daryl Scott, Howard University

1am (ET)
Approx. 5 hr. 30 min.
2012 Miami Book Fair International: Sunday
Multiple Authors

6:30am (ET)
Approx. 51 min.
2012 Miami Book Fair International: Tom Wolfe, "Back to Blood"
Tom Wolfe

Media Menu for November 8, 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.

Thursday, November 8, 2012
5-6 p.m. E/P
History Channel
World History and Technology
 Middle and High School

Ancient Discoveries: Ancient Mega-Fort

Holding off invasion and protecting its people, ancient civilizations came up with creative, efficient and effective means of self-protection and defense. Viewers of this documentary get to walk the grounds of the castle that helped create Great Britain and learn why it was such an impregnable fortress. Discover the invisible underground defensive systems of Cappadocia and how they proved so successful that it is the longest continually inhabited fortress in history. Test the ancient Mayan killer bee castle defenses, and release bees in an attack. Next, build a replica section of the ancient Roman fort of Alesia and discover whether the great general Julius Caesar could really have built 24 miles of defenses in just six weeks. Investigate the most impregnable walls in history--the multi-layered defenses of Constantinople, and discover the type of cannon that the sultan Mehmet used to finally destroy them in the great siege of 1453.  TV-PG
Log on  http://www.history.com/shows/ancient-discoveries/videos/playlists/ancient-discoveries#re-creating-the-ancient-world

Friday, November 9, 2012
9-10- p.m. E/P
CNBC Channel
Economics
 High School

Crime Inc.: Counterfeit  Goods

This documentary goes inside some of the biggest criminal enterprises in the world to give viewers a look at how they operate,  especially  the counterfeit goods industry, which brings in billions every year.
Log on  http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tv/crime-inc-counterfeit-goods/EP014186500004?aid=zap2it

Saturday, November 10, 2012
6-8 p.m. E/P
PBS
U.S. History
 High School

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: Death And The Civil War

Airing on KLCS, this documentary examines how the Civil War death toll which is estimated to have been 750,000 people (2.5 percent of the nation's population at the time), affected the nation's psyche. Based on Harvard president Drew Gilpin Faust's book "This Republic of Suffering".  With the coming of the Civil War, and the staggering casualties it ushered in, death entered the experience of the American people as it never had before -- permanently altering the character of the republic and the psyche of the American people. Contending with death on an unprecedented scale posed challenges for which there were no ready answers when the war began. Americans worked to improvise new solutions, new institutions, and new ways of coping with death on an unimaginable scale
Log on http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/death/

Sunday, November 11, 2012
7-9 p.m. E/P
National Geographic Channel
Science
 Middle and High School

Space Dive

As Felix Baumgartner recently broke the world record for a free fall jump from higher than 120,000 feet in space—becoming the first person to free fall while breaking the sound barrier—the National Geographic Channel and BBC detailed every second with more than 20 cameras. The footage has been combined with exclusive behind-the-scenes access following Baumgartner's four-year metamorphosis from an elite BASE jumper to an extreme altitude specialist who can think and act like an astronaut.
Log on http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/space-dive

Monday, November 12, 2012
7-8 p.m. E/P
PBS
U.S. History
 Middle and High School

World War II: Saving the Reality

Airing on KLCS in observance  of Veteran’s Day  today, this is a documentary about a special museum.  Over the course of five decades, Kenneth W. Rendell amassed the largest and most comprehensive private collection of original World War II memorabilia in the world. Narrated by Dan Aykroyd,  the program opens the doors to this private museum located outside Boston. Rendell provides a guided tour of the museum's 30 exhibits, which chronicle the end of World War I and the rise of Nazism to the start of World War II and the fight in Europe and the Pacific. The period artifacts, both small and large, include propaganda posters, Hitler Youth uniforms, Winston Churchill's original siren suit, French Resistance clothing and radios, spy gadgets, General MacArthur’s license plate, a Japanese admiral's uniform, Field Marshall Montgomery's signature beret and even a Sherman tank. Some of the museum's more significant documents include General Patton’s copy of Mein Kampf and his personal map of Sicily, the original order to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and a revealing letter from Dwight Eisenhower to his wife. Supplemented with archival photos and footage, the film also features interviews with more than 50 World War II veterans, civilians and Holocaust survivors who offer absorbing first-person accounts of these historical events and speak to the complexities, moral ambiguities and emotional toll of the war.
Log on   http://wwiifoundation.org/current-projects/saving-the-reality/

Tuesday, November 13, 2012
9-11p.m. E/P
History Channel
World History and  Science
 Middle and High School

Mankind The Story of All of Us: Inventors

This is a broadcast of the initial episode of a 12-hour documentary series about the history of the human race. Topic Tonight:  the role of inventors in history. Series Overview; It takes 10 billion years for the ideal planet to form and 3 billion more for the right conditions to emerge before it finally happens: mankind begins. From there unfolds a fast-paced story told here through key turning points—stepping stones in our journey from hunter-gatherer to global citizen. It’s a tale of connections—why some ideas take hold and spread around the globe, and how the lives of people in one part of the world are shaped by events in another. Episodes covered throughout the series include the ice age, the advent of farming, the sacking of Rome, the discovery of the New World, the fall of the Aztec empire, the Industrial Revolution and so much more.
Log on   http://www.history.com/shows/mankind-the-story-of-all-of-us

Wednesday,  November 14, 2012
9-10p.m. E/P
CNBC Channel
Economics and Technology
 Middle and High School

BMW: A Driving Obsession

This is a documentary about  how a once-small and struggling company has transformed itself into an international luxury-car powerhouse.
Log on  http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tv/bmw-a-driving-obsession/episode-guide/EP01426405?watchOnline&aid=zap2it

Book TV Schedule

Saturday, November 10th

8am (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
"Bill and Hillary: The Politics of the Personal"
William Chafe

9am (ET)
Approx. 3 hr.
In Depth: Kenneth C. Davis

12pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 1 min.
"Into Dust and Fire: Five Young Americans Who Went First to Fight the Nazi Army"
Rachel Cox

1:15pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 4 min.
"Master of the Mountain: Thomas Jefferson and His Slaves"
Henry Wiencek

2:30pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 1 min.
"God Believes in Love: Straight Talk About Gay Marriage"
Gene Robinson

3:45pm (ET)
Approx. 53 min.
"Pat Nixon: Embattled First Lady"
Mary Brennan

4:45pm (ET)
Approx. 42 min.
Larry Schweikart: "A Patriot's History of the Modern World: From America's Exceptional Ascent to the Atomic Bomb: 1898-1945"
Larry Schweikart

5:30pm (ET)
Approx. 18 min.
"The Voluntourist: A Six-Country Tale of Love, Loss, Fatherhood, Fate, and Singing Bon Jovi in Bethlehem"
Ken Budd

6pm (ET)
Approx. 57 min.
Encore Booknotes: Thomas West "Vindicating the Founders:Race, Sex, Class and Justice in the Origins of America"
Thomas West

7pm (ET)
Approx. 15 min.
"Wandering Souls: Journeys With the Dead and the Living in Viet Nam"
Wayne Karlin

7:30pm (ET)
Approx. 53 min.
"Health Care For Some: Rights and Rationing in the United States Since 1930"
Beatrix Hoffman

8:30pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 14 min.
"Why Some Firms Thrive While Others Fail: Governance and Management Lessons from the Crisis"
Thomas Stanton

10pm (ET)
Approx. 57 min.
After Words: David Cay Johnston, "The Fine Print: How Big Companies Use 'Plain English' to Rob You Blind," hosted by Jayne O'Donnell, USA Today Money Reporter

11pm (ET)
Approx. 40 min.
"Regulating to Disaster: How Green Jobs Policies Are Damaging America's Economy"
Diana Furchtgott-Roth

11:45pm (ET)
Approx. 2 hr. 34 min.
2012 American Book Awards
Multiple Authors

Sunday, November 11th

2:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 4 min.
Chris Anderson, "Makers: The New Industrial Revolution"
Chris Anderson

3:45am (ET)
Approx. 41 min.
"Exceptional America: A Message of Hope from a Modern-Day de Tocqueville"
Nick Adams

4:30am (ET)
Approx. 30 min.
“The Distance Between Us: A Memoir”
Reyna Grande

5am (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
"Who Stole the American Dream?"
Hedrick Smith

6am (ET)
Approx. 15 min.
Interview with Malcom O'Hagan, Chairman of the American Writers Museum
Malcolm O'Hagan

6:30am (ET)
Approx. 42 min.
"Into the Fire: A Firsthand Account of the Most Extraordinary Battle in the Afghan War"
Dakota Meyer

7:15am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 19 min.
"Joseph Anton: A Memoir"
Salman Rushdie

9am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 3 min.
"Brigham Young: Pioneer Prophet"
John Turner

10:15am (ET)
Approx. 44 min.
2012 Texas Book Festival: David Lesch, "Syria: The Fall of the House of Assad"
David Lesch

11am (ET)
Approx. 53 min.
"Health Care For Some: Rights and Rationing in the United States Since 1930"
Beatrix Hoffman

12pm (ET)
Approx. 52 min.
After Words: Salman Khan, "The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined," hosted by Nina Rees, National Alliance of Public Charter Schools

1pm (ET)
Approx. 19 min.
Book TV at the United States Naval Academy: Michael Skerker, "An Ethics of Interrogation"
Michael Skerker

1:20pm (ET)
Approx. 22 min.
Book TV at the United States Naval Academy: Maochun Yu, "OSS in China: Prelude to Cold War"
Maochun Yu

1:45pm (ET)
Approx. 9 min.
Book TV at the United States Naval Academy: Brian VanDeMark, "American Sheikhs: Two Families, Four Generations, and the Story of America's Influence in the Middle East"
Brian VanDeMark

2pm (ET)
Approx. 2 hr. 34 min.
2012 American Book Awards
Multiple Authors

4:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 14 min.
"Escape from North Korea: The Untold Story of Asia's Underground Railroad"
Melanie Kirkpatrick

LIVE 6pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 15 min.
2012 Miami Book Fair International: Tom Wolfe, "Back to Blood"
Tom Wolfe

7:15pm (ET)
Approx. 47 min.
2012 Texas Book Festival: Rachel Swarns, "American Tapestry: The Story of the Black, White, and Multiracial Ancestors of Michelle Obama"
Rachel Swarns

8pm (ET)
Approx. 53 min.
"Pat Nixon: Embattled First Lady"
Mary Brennan

9pm (ET)
Approx. 57 min.
After Words: David Cay Johnston, "The Fine Print: How Big Companies Use 'Plain English' to Rob You Blind," hosted by Jayne O'Donnell, USA Today Money Reporter

10pm (ET)
Approx. 42 min.
Larry Schweikart: "A Patriot's History of the Modern World: From America's Exceptional Ascent to the Atomic Bomb: 1898-1945"
Larry Schweikart

10:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 1 min.
"God Believes in Love: Straight Talk About Gay Marriage"
Gene Robinson

Monday, November 12th

12am (ET)
Approx. 57 min.
After Words: David Cay Johnston, "The Fine Print: How Big Companies Use 'Plain English' to Rob You Blind," hosted by Jayne O'Donnell, USA Today Money Reporter

1am (ET)
Approx. 19 min.
Book TV at the United States Naval Academy: Michael Skerker, "An Ethics of Interrogation"
Michael Skerker

1:20am (ET)
Approx. 22 min.
Book TV at the United States Naval Academy: Maochun Yu, "OSS in China: Prelude to Cold War"
Maochun Yu

1:45am (ET)
Approx. 9 min.
Book TV at the United States Naval Academy: Brian VanDeMark, "American Sheikhs: Two Families, Four Generations, and the Story of America's Influence in the Middle East"
Brian VanDeMark

2am (ET)
Approx. 40 min.
"Regulating to Disaster: How Green Jobs Policies Are Damaging America's Economy"
Diana Furchtgott-Roth

3am (ET)
Approx. 57 min.
After Words: David Cay Johnston, "The Fine Print: How Big Companies Use 'Plain English' to Rob You Blind," hosted by Jayne O'Donnell, USA Today Money Reporter

4am (ET)
Approx. 55 min.
"SEAL Team Six: Memoirs of an Elite Navy SEAL Sniper"
Howard Wasdin

5am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 14 min.
"Why Some Firms Thrive While Others Fail: Governance and Management Lessons from the Crisis"
Thomas Stanton

6:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
2012 Texas Book Festival: Education Panel featuring Michael Brick, Meira Levinson, and Paul Tough
Michael Brick; Meira Levinson; Paul Tough

7:30am (ET)
Approx. 25 min.
"World in the Balance: The Perilous Months of June-October 1940"
Brooke Stoddard