Media Menu for October 11, 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, October 11, 2012
9:00-10:30 p.m.  ET., 6-7:30 p.m. PT
ABC, CBS, CNN. FOX, NBC, PBS
Government and U.S. History
 Middle and High School

Vice  Presidential Debate

This is a live broadcast of the 2012 Vice Presidential Candidates Debate.  Location: Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, Sponsor: Commission on Presidential Debates, Participants: Vice President Joe Biden and Congressman Paul Ryan, Moderator: Martha Raddatz (ABC News Chief Foreign Correspondent) The debate will cover both foreign and domestic topics and be divided into nine time segments of approximately 10 minutes each. The moderator will ask an opening question, after which each candidate will have two minutes to respond. The moderator will use the balance of the time in the segment for a discussion of the question.
Log on http://www.2012presidentialelectionnews.com/2012-debate-schedule/2012-presidential-debate-schedule/

Friday, October 12, 2012
5-6 p.m. E/P
CNBC Channel
Technology and Arts
 Elementary, Middle and High School

Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible

This is a documentary about  the visual effects company that revolutionized Hollywood and the technical wizardry used in blockbuster movies.
Log on http://www.ilm.com/

Saturday, October 13, 2012
6-6:30 p.m. E/P
 PBS
World History and Geography
 Elementary, Middle and High School

Rick Steve’s Europe -  Rome: Ancient Glory

Airing on KLCS, this  documentary covers Rome’s Coliseum and Pantheon; the Appian Way and Roman engineering.
Log on http://www.ricksteves.com/tvr/tvr_menu.htm

Sunday, October 14, 2012
6-6:30 p.m. E/P
CNN
Government and U.S. History
 Middle and High School

Voters in America: Who Counts

With just weeks until the election, your right to vote may be at stake. New voting bills across the nation have sparked an intense battle over  who counts. Does everyone really have a voice? This documentary raises questions. What defines you? Maybe it’s the shade of your skin, the place you grew up, the accent in your words, the make up of your family, the gender you were born with, the intimate relationships you chose to have or your generation?
Log on inamerica@cnn.com

Monday, October 15, 2012
8-8:30 p.m. E/P
Nickelodeon Channel
Government and U.S. History
 Middle and High School

Nick News with Linda Ellerbee: Kids Pick the President

Every four years, Nickelodeon provides kids with the rare opportunity to have the U.S. presidential candidates answer their questions in the Nick News with Linda Ellerbee special, “Kids Pick the President: The Candidates,” airs tonight.  This year’s special features President Barack Obama who sat down with Nick News at the White House to answer kids’ questions. After numerous attempts by Nick News to get former Governor Mitt Romney to participate in the special, his camp declined saying he was unable to fit it into his schedule. The special features previously taped video clips of Romney addressing some of the issues raised  by kids as well as bios of both candidates. Following the special, kids have the opportunity to vote for the man they think should be the next president. Kids can log on towww.nick.com/kpp from Oct. 15 to Oct. 22 to cast their votes online, as well as to get more information about each candidate and his position on the issues.The “Kids’ Vote” is a bellwether poll because in five of the last six presidential elections, kids have correctly picked the winner several weeks before the adults have voted.
Log on to www.nick.com/kpp

Tuesday, October 16, 2012
9:00-10:30 p.m.  ET., 6-7:30 p.m. PT
ABC, CBS, CNN. FOX, NBC, PBS
Government and U.S. History
 Middle and High School

Presidential Candidates Debate

The second presidential debate will take the form of a town meeting, in which citizens will ask questions of the candidates on foreign and domestic issues. Candidates each will have two minutes to respond, and an additional minute for the moderator to facilitate a discussion. The town meeting participants will be undecided voters selected by the Gallup Organization. Topic:  foreign and domestic policy, Location: Hofstra University in Hempstead, Sponsor: Commission on Presidential Debates, Participants: President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney, Moderator: Candy Crowley (CNN Chief Political Correspondent)
Log on http://www.2012presidentialelectionnews.com/2012-debate-schedule/2012-presidential-debate-schedule/

Tuesday, October 16, 2012
7-8- p.m. E/P
PBS
Science
 Middle and High School
NOVA : Making Stuff: Smaller
Airing on KLCS, this documentary   examines nanotechnology and the never-ending quest to make things tinier and tinier. Included: nano-circuits and micro-robots that may hold the key to groundbreaking medical treatments.
Log on http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/making-stuff.html#making-stuff-smaller

Wednesday, October 17, 2012
5-6- p.m. E/P
History Channel
Science and U.S. History
 Middle and High School

Modern Marvels: George Washington Carver Tech

As shown in this documentary, one of the 20th century's greatest scientists, George Washington Carver's influence is still felt. Rising from slavery to become one of the world's most respected and honored men, he devoted his life to understanding nature and the many uses for the simplest of plant life. His scientific research in the late 1800s produced agricultural innovations like crop rotation and composting. Part of the "chemurgist" movement that changed the rural economy, he found ingenious applications for the peanut, soybean, and sweet potato. At Tuskegee Institute, Dr. Carver invented more than 300 uses for the peanut, while convincing poor farmers to rotate cotton crops with things that would add nutrients to the soil. A visionary, Carver shared his knowledge free of charge, happy in his Tuskegee laboratory where he could use his gifts to help others. TV-PG
Log on http://www.nps.gov/gwca/index.htm

Book TV Schedule

Saturday, October 13th

8am (ET)
Approx. 43 min.
"The Good Girls Revolt: How the Women of Newsweek Sued Their Bosses and Changed the Workplace" 
Lynn Povich

9am (ET)
Approx. 3 hr.
In Depth: Steven Johnson

12pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 34 min.
"50 Things Liberals Love to Hate" 
Mike Gallagher

1:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 5 min.
"Gender and the American Presidency: Nine Presidential Women and the Barriers They Faced" 
Diana Carlin; Nichola Gutgold; Theodore Sheckels

3pm (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
"Into the Fire: A Firsthand Account of the Most Extraordinary Battle in the Afghan War" 
Dakota Meyer

4pm (ET)
Approx. 43 min.
"The Good Girls Revolt: How the Women of Newsweek Sued Their Bosses and Changed the Workplace" 
Lynn Povich

5pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 1 min.
"Winter of the World" 
Ken Follett

6pm (ET)
Approx. 55 min.
Encore Booknotes: "Divided Lives: The Public and Private Struggles of Three Accomplished Women" 
Elsa Walsh

7pm (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
"Syria: The Fall of the House of Assad" 
David Lesch

8pm (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
"Strom Thurmond's America" 
Joseph Crespino

8:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 3 min.
"In the Shadow of Greatness: Voices of Leadership, Sacrifice, and Service from America's Longest War" 
Joshua Welle

10pm (ET)
Approx. 38 min.
After Words: Marguerite Guzman Bouvard, "The Invisible Wounds of War: Coming Home from Iraq and Afghanistan," hosted by Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!

10:45pm (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
"Exceptional America: A Message of Hope from a Modern-Day de Tocqueville" 
Nick Adams

Sunday, October 14th

12:15am (ET)
Approx. 31 min.
“The Distance Between Us: A Memoir” 
Reyna Grande

12:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 8 min.
"Desert Reckoning: A Town Sheriff, a Mojave Hermit, and the Biggest Manhunt in Modern California History" 
Deanne Stillman

2am (ET)
Approx. 27 min.
"The Richest Woman in America: Hetty Green in the Guilded Age" 
Janet Wallach

2:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 18 min.
"The Seventeen Solutions: Bold Ideas For Our American Future" 
Ralph Nader

3:45am (ET)
Approx. 55 min.
"SEAL Team Six: Memoirs of an Elite Navy SEAL Sniper" 
Howard Wasdin

4:45am (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
"The Courage to Hope: How I Stood Up to the Politics of Fear" 
Shirley Sherrod

5:45am (ET)
Approx. 52 min.
"Shadowbosses: Government Unions Control America and Rob Taxpayers Blind" 
Mallory Factor

6:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 22 min.
"Islam and the Arab Awakening"
Tariq Ramadan

8:15am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 14 min.
"Escape from North Korea: The Untold Story of Asia's Underground Railroad" 
Melanie Kirkpatrick

9:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 1 min.
"Winter of the World" 
Ken Follett

10:30am (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
"Strom Thurmond's America" 
Joseph Crespino

11:15am (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
2012 National Book Festival: Christopher Bram, "Eminent Outlaws: The Gay Writers Who Changed America" 
Christopher Bram

12pm (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
After Words: John Jenkins, "The Partisan: The Life of William Rehnquist," hosted by Joan Biskupic, Thomson Reuters

1pm (ET)
Approx. 39 min.
Book TV at the United States Naval Academy: John Limbert, "Negotiating with Iran: Wrestling with the Ghosts of History" 
John Limbert

1:40pm (ET)
Approx. 15 min.
Book TV at the United States Naval Academy: Brendan Doherty, "The Rise of the President's Permanent Campaign" 
Brendan Doherty

2pm (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
"Syria: The Fall of the House of Assad" 
David Lesch

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

4:30pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 8 min.
"Desert Reckoning: A Town Sheriff, a Mojave Hermit, and the Biggest Manhunt in Modern California History" 
Deanne Stillman

6pm (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
"Femme Fatale: Love, Lies, and the Unknown Life of Mata Hari" 
Pat Shipman

7pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 1 min.
"Who Stole the American Dream?" 
Hedrick Smith

8pm (ET)
Approx. 31 min.
“The Distance Between Us: A Memoir” 
Reyna Grande

8:30pm (ET)
Approx. 27 min.
"The Richest Woman in America: Hetty Green in the Guilded Age" 
Janet Wallach

9pm (ET)
Approx. 38 min.
After Words: Marguerite Guzman Bouvard, "The Invisible Wounds of War: Coming Home from Iraq and Afghanistan," hosted by Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!

9:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 2 min.
"Golden: How Rod Blagojevich Talked Himself Out of the Governor's Office and Into Prison" 
John Chase; Jeff Coen

11pm (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
"Into the Fire: A Firsthand Account of the Most Extraordinary Battle in the Afghan War" 
Dakota Meyer

Monday, October 15th

12am (ET)
Approx. 38 min.
After Words: Marguerite Guzman Bouvard, "The Invisible Wounds of War: Coming Home from Iraq and Afghanistan," hosted by Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!

1am (ET)
Approx. 39 min.
Book TV at the United States Naval Academy: John Limbert, "Negotiating with Iran: Wrestling with the Ghosts of History" 
John Limbert

1:40am (ET)
Approx. 15 min.
Book TV at the United States Naval Academy: Brendan Doherty, "The Rise of the President's Permanent Campaign" 
Brendan Doherty

2am (ET)
Approx. 43 min.
"The Good Girls Revolt: How the Women of Newsweek Sued Their Bosses and Changed the Workplace" 
Lynn Povich

3am (ET)
Approx. 38 min.
After Words: Marguerite Guzman Bouvard, "The Invisible Wounds of War: Coming Home from Iraq and Afghanistan," hosted by Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!

3:45am (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
2012 National Book Festival: Daniel Yergin, "The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World" 
Daniel Yergin

4:30am (ET)
Approx. 32 min.
2012 National Book Festival: Interview and Call-in with Daniel Yergin, "The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World" 
Steven Mufson; Daniel Yergin

5am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 3 min.
"In the Shadow of Greatness: Voices of Leadership, Sacrifice, and Service from America's Longest War" 
Joshua Welle

6:15am (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
"Israel: The Will to Prevail" 
Danny Danon

7:15am (ET)
Approx. 44 min.
2012 National Book Festival: Fergus Bordewich, "America's Great Debate: Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas, and the Compromise That Preserved the Union" 
Fergus Bordewich

Media Menu for October 4, 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, October 4, 2012
7-8  p.m. E/P
PBS
Science and U.S. History
Elementary, Middle and High School

NATURE: The Wolf That Changed America

Airing on KLCS, this documentary  tells the story of how the interaction between a wolf, Lobo, and naturalist Ernest Thompson Seton (1860-1946) helped lead to the national park system and the creation of the Boy Scouts of America.
Log on http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/the-wolf-that-changed-america/introduction/4260/

Friday, October 5, 2012
8:15-9:15  p.m. ET, 5:!5-6:15 p.m. PT
TCM-Turner Classic Movie Channel
Government and U.S.
History
 Middle and High School

Night At The Movies: Hollywood Goes To The Movies

This documentary  provide a look at the treatment of politics in cinema.  It will explore how filmmakers have approached politics in their storytelling and examine films about political campaigns and political conspiracies, and the portrayal of American presidents in the movies.  Filmmakers and performers have been interviewed for this special including Oliver Stone (JFK, Nixon, W.), Rob Reiner (The American President), Gary Ross (Dave), Rod Lurie (The Contender), Illeana Douglas, James Cromwell, Fred Thompson, producer Marc Frydman (The Contender), political consultant and commentator James Carville (The War Room), screenwriter Bob Gale (Back to the Future), author and film critic Julie Salamon (The Devil’s Candy), and “Projecting Hollywood” co-author Terry Christensen. TV-PG 
Log on http://news.turner.com/hollywood-goes-to-washington

Saturday, October 6, 2012
8-10 p.m. E/P
Discovery Channel
Science and Geography
 Elementary,
Middle and High School

Winged Planet

This documentary  comes from award winning filmmaker John Downer (Elephants: Spy in the Herd, Tiger: Spy in the Jungle, Polar Bears: Spy on the Ice), who transformed wildlife filmmaking by pioneering the use of spy cameras to capture nature's most intimate moments. In This project, Downer developed a new team of spy cams to offer viewers a  view of the world from an entirely different perspective. As these remarkable birds fly, they use the landscapes below them to navigate, search for food, roost and migrate. Spy cams allow viewers a moving three-dimensional view as they ride on the backs of spectacular eagles, cranes, pelicans, snow geese and countless other birds while they soar above some of the most awe-inspiring parts of America, Africa and Europe.
Log on http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/winged-planet/about-the-show.html

Sunday, October 7, 2012
8-9 p.m. E/P
CNN
Government and
Social Science
 Middle and High School

Latino in America: Courting Their Vote

50,000 Latinos in the US turn 18 every month - a tremendous pool of voters that both parties know can help them win the next election. One small problem - Latinos in this country are increasingly unsatisfied with what they hear from both sides. This documentary follows the fight to win back this essential voting bloc .
Log on http://inamerica.blogs.cnn.com

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

As Long as I Remember: American Veteranos

Airing on KLCS, this documentary examines the  personal toll and enduring legacy of the Vietnam War on three artists from south Texas: visual artist Juan Farias, author Michael Rodriguez and actor/poet Eduardo Garza. Through the personal histories and experiences of these Chicano veterans, the film examines the role art plays in the sorting of memories, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), activism and the current conflict in Iraq. It chronicles their upbringing in the Mexican-American community, their military service in Vietnam, and their lives after the war. Farias, Rodriguez and Garza’s poignant and powerful recollections illuminate the minority experience in the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps at a time when Mexican Americans accounted for approximately 20 percent of U.S. casualties in Vietnam, despite comprising only 10 percent of the country’s population.
Log on http://www.varelafilm.org/?page_id=73

Tuesday, October 9, 2012
7-8 p.m. E/P
PBS
Science and Technology
 Middle and High School

NOVA Making Stuff: Stronger

Airing  on KLCS, this documentary covers a quest for the world's strongest substances. Host David Pogue takes a look at what defines strength, examining everything from steel cables to mollusk shells to a toucan's beak. Pogue travels from the deck of a U.S. naval aircraft carrier to a demolition derby to the country's top research labs to check in with experts who are re-engineering what nature has given us to create the next generation of strong stuff.
Log on http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/making-stuff.html#making-stuff-stronger

Wednesday, October 10, 2012
8-9 p.m. E/P
Science Channel
Science
 Middle and High School

What Happened Before the Big Bang?

This  documentary  dives into the strange world of loop quantum cosmology, multiverses and singularities. And we visit the room that NASA has created to model nothingness. It's a simple question: the answer is beautiful and very strange.  TV-G
Log on http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/what-happened-before-the-big-bang

Book TV Schedule

Saturday, October 6th

8am (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
2012 National Book Festival: Rep. John Lewis, "Across That Bridge"
John Lewis

8:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 10 min.
"The Revenge of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate"
Robert Kaplan

10am (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
"The Lost Bank: The Story of Washington Mutual -The Biggest Bank Failure in American History"
Kirsten Grind

11am (ET)
Approx. 51 min.
"The New New Deal: The Hidden Story of Change in the Obama Era"
Michael Grunwald

12pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 30 min.
BookTV in Augusta, Maine
BookTV Visits Augusta, Maine

1:30pm (ET)
Approx. 55 min.
"SEAL Team Six: Memoirs of an Elite Navy SEAL Sniper"
Howard Wasdin

3pm (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
"Fire in the Ashes: Twenty-Five Years Among the Poorest Children in America"
Jonathan Kozol

4:15pm (ET)
Approx. 40 min.
2012 National Book Festival: Elizabeth Dowling Taylor, "A Slave in the White House: Paul Jennings and the Madisons"
Elizabeth Dowling Taylor

5pm (ET)
Approx. 17 min.
"Argo: How the CIA and Hollywood Pulled Off the Most Audacious Rescue in History"
Antonio Mendez

6pm (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
Encore Booknotes: You Got to Dance with Them What Brung You: Politics in the Clinton Years
Molly Ivins

7pm (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
"I Am the Change: Barack Obama and the Crisis of Liberalism"
Charles Kesler

8pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 21 min.
2012 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
Multiple Authors

10pm (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
After Words: John Jenkins, "The Partisan: The Life of William Rehnquist," hosted by Joan Biskupic, Thomson Reuters

11pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 14 min.
"Escape from North Korea: The Untold Story of Asia's Underground Railroad"
Melanie Kirkpatrick

Sunday, October 7th

12:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 30 min.
BookTV in Augusta, Maine
BookTV Visits Augusta, Maine

2am (ET)
Approx. 42 min.
"Boss Rove: Inside Karl Rove's Secret Kingdom of Power"
Craig Unger

3am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 21 min.
"A Fundamental Freedom: Why Republicans, Conservatives, and Libertarians Should Support Gay Rights"
David Lampo

4:30am (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
"Desert America: Boom and Bust in the New Old West"
Ruben Martinez

5:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 14 min.
"Escape from North Korea: The Untold Story of Asia's Underground Railroad"
Melanie Kirkpatrick

7am (ET)
Approx. 36 min.
2012 National Book Festival: Jean Edward Smith, "Eisenhower in War and Peace" & David Eisenhower & Julie Nixon Eisenhower, "Going Home to Glory: A Memoir of Life with Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1961-1969"
David Eisenhower; Julie Nixon Eisenhower; Jean Edward Smith

7:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 5 min.
"Gender and the American Presidency: Nine Presidential Women and the Barriers They Faced"
Diana Carlin; Nichola Gutgold; Theodore Sheckels

9am (ET)
Approx. 17 min.
"Argo: How the CIA and Hollywood Pulled Off the Most Audacious Rescue in History"
Antonio Mendez

9:45am (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
"Israel: The Will to Prevail"
Danny Danon

11am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
After Words: Sasha Issenberg, "The Victory Lab: The Secret Science of Winning Campaigns," hosted by Nancy Jacobson, No Labels

LIVE 12pm (ET)
Approx. 3 hr.
In Depth: Steven Johnson
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3pm (ET)
Approx. 40 min.
2012 National Book Festival: Lien-Hang T. Nguyen, "Hanoi's War: An International History of the War for Peace in Vietnam"
Lien-Hang Nguyen

4pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 21 min.
2012 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
Multiple Authors

6pm (ET)
Approx. 52 min.
"Justice For All: Earl Warren And The Nation He Made"
Jim Newton

7pm (ET)
Approx. 42 min.
"Boss Rove: Inside Karl Rove's Secret Kingdom of Power"
Craig Unger

7:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 14 min.
"Escape from North Korea: The Untold Story of Asia's Underground Railroad"
Melanie Kirkpatrick

9pm (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
After Words: John Jenkins, "The Partisan: The Life of William Rehnquist," hosted by Joan Biskupic, Thomson Reuters

10pm (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
"Fire in the Ashes: Twenty-Five Years Among the Poorest Children in America"
Jonathan Kozol

11pm (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
"I Am the Change: Barack Obama and the Crisis of Liberalism"
Charles Kesler

Monday, October 8th

12am (ET)
Approx. 3 hr.
In Depth: Steven Johnson

3am (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
After Words: John Jenkins, "The Partisan: The Life of William Rehnquist," hosted by Joan Biskupic, Thomson Reuters

4am (ET)
Approx. 48 min.
"Entrepreneurial Nation: Why Manufacturing Is Still Key to America's Future"
Ro Khanna

5am (ET)
Approx. 30 min.
2012 Eagle Forum Collegians Leadership Summit: John Fund, "Who's Counting"
John Fund

6am (ET)
Approx. 35 min.
2012 National Book Festival: Susan Hertog, "Dangerous Ambition: Rebecca West and Dorothy Thompson - New Women In Search of Love and Power"
Susan Hertog

7am (ET)
Approx. 35 min.
"First Cameraman: Documenting the Obama Presidency in Real Time"
Arun Chaudhary