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ITV Highlights: Week of May 10, 2008
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THE ARTS
Masterpiece Mystery: Wallander: "Sidetracked"
On-Air & Online | Sunday, May 10, 2009, 9 - 10:30 pm
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
Kenneth Branagh stars as the scruffy Swedish sleuth Inspector Kurt Wallander. In the premiere episode, Wallander investigates how a young woman's suicide may be connected to a string of grisly murders. (CC, Stereo, HD, 1 year)
http://www.pbs.org/masterpiece
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SCIENCE
Nature: Voyage of the Lonely Turtle
On-Air & Online | Sunday, May 10, 2009, 7 - 8:00 pm
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
A female loggerhead turtle sets off to lay eggs in the place where she was born. Her voyage will take her across the Pacific, from the west coast of Mexico to Japan. It is the longest journey undertaken by any animal on land or sea, and she will make it all alone -- facing typhoons and sharks, whales and squids, and passing through several exotic kingdoms of the sea. (CC, Stereo, HD, 1 year)
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/
NOVA: Space Shuttle Disaster
On-Air & Online | Tuesday, May 12, 2009, 8 - 9:00 pm
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
Through interviews with astronauts, their families and members of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board, this program gives viewers a new look at the Columbia space shuttle tragedy -- and at NASA itself. (CC, Stereo, HD, 1 year)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/columbia/
Secrets of the Dead: Michelangelo Revealed
On-Air & Online | Wednesday, May 13, 2009, 8 - 9:00 pm
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
Michelangelo's involvement with a clandestine fellowship trying to reform the Catholic Church from within put him at dangerous odds with powerful officials who held his livelihood -- and life -- in their hands. (CC, Stereo, HD, 1 year)
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/
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SOCIAL STUDIES
We Shall Remain: American Experience: Wounded Knee
On-Air & Online Monday, May 11, 2009 9:00 PM
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
On the night of February 27, 1973, Oglala Lakota and American Indian Movement (AIM) protesters demanded redress for grievances, capturing the world's attention for 71 gripping days. Part 5 of 5. (CC, Stereo, HD, 1 year)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/
Frontline: The Madoff Affair
On-Air & Online Tuesday, May 12, 2009 09:00 PM
Grade Range: 9-12
"Frontline" unravels the story behind the world's first truly global Ponzi scheme -- a deception that lasted longer, reached wider and cut deeper than any business scandal in history. (CC, Stereo, HD, 1 year)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/story/2009/05/the-madoff-affair.html
Independent Lens: Crips and Bloods: Made in America
On-Air & Online | Tuesday, May 12, 2009, 10 - 11:00 pm
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
South Los Angeles is home to two of America's most infamous African-American gangs: the Bloods and the Crips. Director Stacy Peralta interviews current and former gang members, family members and experts to examine the conditions that have led to the devastating gang violence. (CC, Stereo, HD, 1 year)
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/cripsandbloods/
WWII Behind Closed Doors: Stalin, the Nazis and the West: "Cracks in the Alliance" (Autumn 1941 to December 1943)
On-Air & Online | Wednesday, May 13, 2009, 9 - 11:00 pm
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
On August 12, 1942, Stalin finally came face-to-face in Moscow with Churchill. Despite the upbeat newsreels of the time, it was hardly a meeting of minds. As one of Churchill's generals later remarked, "We were going into the lion's den and we weren't going to feed him." (CC, Stereo, HD, 1 year)
http://www.pbs.org/behindcloseddoors/
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