12:00 AM 

Great Conversations  "Jane Goodall and Richard Wragham"  Jane Goodall (renowned anthropologist, author of Reason for Hope: A Spiritual Journey) and Richard Wragham (Anthropology Chair, Harvard). [P]

1:00 AM 

Social Studies In Action: A Teaching Practices Library, K-12  "Historical Change"  David Kitts is a first–grade teacher on the Santo Domingo Indian Reservation in New Mexico. In his bilingual classroom, Native American students are studying the history of farming through a lesson that compares farming in eighteenth–century New England to current– day practices in the Midwest. [P]

1:26 AM 

Social Studies In Action: A Teaching Practices Library, K-12  "China Through Mapping"  Mimi Norton teaches second grade at Solano Elementary School in Phoenix, Arizona. In this lesson, students learn about China. [P]

2:00 AM 

Western Tradition  "Alexander The Great"  For a brief moment, his empire rules the world from Greece to India. [G]

2:30 AM 

Western Tradition  "The Hellenistic Age"  After the break-up of Alexander's empire, a series of Hellenistic kingdoms extends Greek culture throughout the Mediterranean world. [G]

3:00 AM 

Human Condition  "Germ Warfare"  This program examines the increasing incidence of infectious germ-borne illnesses that occur in industrialized and developing countries and discusses how society reacts to infectious diseases and outlines the role of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [G]

3:30 AM 

Human Condition  "The Modern Plague"  The program recounts medical science's search for the cause of a mysterious illness that seemed to affect only gay young men in the early 1980s and describes how the disease AIDS and the human immunodeficiency virus that causes it were identified, as well as modes of transmission. [G]

4:00 AM 

Saddle Club As Lisa's jumping skills improve, Prancer's old leg injury flares up. Lisa must decide whether to get a new, more athletic horse. [G]

4:30 AM 

Biz Kid$  "Bulls, Bears, and Financial Markets"  Kids and bulls and bears, oh my! The Biz Kids examine stocks, bonds, commodities, and the markets where each of them are traded. You will discover various ways young people can get involved with the transactions, aim for profit, and avoid risk. [P]

5:00 AM 

Maya & Miguel  "Role Reversal"  When Maya and Miguel keep talking about how easy their parents' lives seem to be, the children and parents decide to switch roles for a day. Maya and Miguel run the pet store and keep the apartment in order, while Rosa and Santiago spend the day at dance, soccer, and the " activities fun club. [P]

5:30 AM 

Hey Kids, Let's Cook  "Kaila's Surprise Birthday Party"  It's Kaila's birthday, and I have invited her over later today for a little surprise Birthday party. There's nothing more fun than to surprise someone with a Birthday party! We've got the presents and the balloons! And we're going to make together mini-cupcakes and frozen yogurt together. [P]

6:00 AM 

Ciao Italia  "Roast Pork, Tuscan Style/Arista!"  Mary Ann travels to Tuscany to host a group of eager students who want to experience terrific Tuscan-style cooking. They team up to create Tuscan Black Cabbage Soup -Ribollita, Roast Pork, Tuscan-style, called Arista, Sauteed Mushrooms, a delicate Zucchini Tart, and for dessert, what else but Tuscany's most famous cookie, Biscotti di Prato. [P]

6:30 AM 

Hubert Keller: Secrets of a Chef  "Beef Wellington"  Chef Keller prepares his favorite holiday dinner main course: Beef Wellington, a French classic that never goes out of style along with a delicious and colorful vegetable stew. Beef Wellington; Sauteed Vegetables with String Beans and Shiitakes. [G]

7:00 AM 

Rick Steves' Europe  "The Czech Republic Off The Beaten Path"  Rick begins with a whirlwind round of Art Nouveau, local pub music, stinky cheese-tasting, river-rafting and peat-bathing in places like Olomouc, Moravsky Krumlov, Trebon and Konopiste. [G]

7:30 AM 

Travel with Kids  "Alaska - Kenai Peninsula"  [P]

8:00 AM 

P. Allen Smith's Garden Home  "Mystery"  Smith shows how to evoke curiosity and expectation in the garden and provides examples. He offers helpful information on citronella geraniums, grafting Japanese maples and an easy way to plant potatoes. [G]

8:30 AM 

This Old House  "Bedford Project, Part 6 of 16"  Host Kevin O'Connor arrives to find the new family addition framed up and sheathed using something fairly new - a coated OSB product that has the properties of a house wrap built in. Building science expert Joe Lstiburek explains why he thinks the sheathing board, when properly installed with taped seams, beats traditional methods of keeping air and water out of a building. [P]

9:00 AM 

American Woodshop  "Two Drawer Hall Table"  [P]

9:30 AM 

Around The House with Matt and Shari  "Wonderful Walls"  [P]

10:00 AM 

Sewing with Nancy  "Serger Workshop, Part 2"  [P]

10:30 AM 

Best of Simply Painting: Across Europe  "Portlaoise"  Frank stops at an art gallery in the lovely town of Portlaoise, and encounters some fellow artists outdoors. Painting: Portlaoise Lake and artist. [P]

11:00 AM 

Simply Ming  "Jamie Bissonnette & Breaking Down A Chicken"  On this episode of SIMPLY MING, Ming shows you one of his top techniques for a home cook to master, breaking down a chicken. "Buying a whole bird is so much cheaper than chicken parts", says Ming. [P]

11:30 AM 

Lidia's Italy In America  "California and New Jersey: From the Garden State to the Golden State"  [P]

12:00 PM 

Connect with English  "A Night Out/First Day of Class"  Rebecca finds her first day of classes at the San Francisco College of Music intimidating and expensive, she also meets Alberto's family. [G]

12:30 PM 

Connect with English  "Casey at the Bat/The Art Gallery"  Rebecca is a hit teaching softball and gets a full time job at Alex's after-school program and on her date with Alberto, she discovers that a photograph of her in the canyon is on display at the gallery. [G]

1:00 PM 

Social Studies In Action: A Teaching Practices Library, K-12  "Historical Change"  David Kitts is a first–grade teacher on the Santo Domingo Indian Reservation in New Mexico. In his bilingual classroom, Native American students are studying the history of farming through a lesson that compares farming in eighteenth–century New England to current– day practices in the Midwest. [P]

1:26 PM 

Social Studies In Action: A Teaching Practices Library, K-12  "China Through Mapping"  Mimi Norton teaches second grade at Solano Elementary School in Phoenix, Arizona. In this lesson, students learn about China. [P]

2:00 PM 

Western Tradition  "The Byzantine Empire"  From Constantinople, the Byzantine Empire carries on the traditions of Greece and Rome. [G]

2:30 PM 

Western Tradition  "The Fall of Byzantium"  Nearly one thousand years after the fall of Rome, Constantinople is conquered by the forces of Islam. [G]

3:00 PM 

Human Condition  "Germ Warfare"  This program examines the increasing incidence of infectious germ-borne illnesses that occur in industrialized and developing countries and discusses how society reacts to infectious diseases and outlines the role of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [G]

3:30 PM 

Human Condition  "The Modern Plague"  The program recounts medical science's search for the cause of a mysterious illness that seemed to affect only gay young men in the early 1980s and describes how the disease AIDS and the human immunodeficiency virus that causes it were identified, as well as modes of transmission. [G]

4:00 PM 

Saddle Club As Lisa's jumping skills improve, Prancer's old leg injury flares up. Lisa must decide whether to get a new, more athletic horse. [G]

4:30 PM 

Biz Kid$  "Bulls, Bears, and Financial Markets"  Kids and bulls and bears, oh my! The Biz Kids examine stocks, bonds, commodities, and the markets where each of them are traded. You will discover various ways young people can get involved with the transactions, aim for profit, and avoid risk. [P]

5:00 PM 

The Electric Company  "Spooky Summer Soiree"  For the yearly Spooky Summer Soiree costume party, The Electric Company decides to dress up as animals dressed as monsters. Jessica and Marcus don't have their costumes yet, and Annie Scrambler, with the help of Gilda, has bought all of the costumes at the discount costume store. [P]

5:30 PM 

Hey Kids, Let's Cook  "Kaila's Surprise Birthday Party"  It's Kaila's birthday, and I have invited her over later today for a little surprise Birthday party. There's nothing more fun than to surprise someone with a Birthday party! We've got the presents and the balloons! And we're going to make together mini-cupcakes and frozen yogurt together. [P]

6:00 PM 

Ciao Italia  "Roast Pork, Tuscan Style/Arista!"  Mary Ann travels to Tuscany to host a group of eager students who want to experience terrific Tuscan-style cooking. They team up to create Tuscan Black Cabbage Soup -Ribollita, Roast Pork, Tuscan-style, called Arista, Sauteed Mushrooms, a delicate Zucchini Tart, and for dessert, what else but Tuscany's most famous cookie, Biscotti di Prato. [P]

6:30 PM 

Hubert Keller: Secrets of a Chef  "Beef Wellington"  Chef Keller prepares his favorite holiday dinner main course: Beef Wellington, a French classic that never goes out of style along with a delicious and colorful vegetable stew. Beef Wellington; Sauteed Vegetables with String Beans and Shiitakes. [G]

7:00 PM 

Rick Steves' Europe  "The Czech Republic Off The Beaten Path"  Rick begins with a whirlwind round of Art Nouveau, local pub music, stinky cheese-tasting, river-rafting and peat-bathing in places like Olomouc, Moravsky Krumlov, Trebon and Konopiste. [G]

7:30 PM 

Travel with Kids  "Alaska - Kenai Peninsula"  [P]

8:00 PM 

P. Allen Smith's Garden Home  "Mystery"  Smith shows how to evoke curiosity and expectation in the garden and provides examples. He offers helpful information on citronella geraniums, grafting Japanese maples and an easy way to plant potatoes. [G]

8:30 PM 

This Old House  "Bedford Project, Part 6 of 16"  Host Kevin O'Connor arrives to find the new family addition framed up and sheathed using something fairly new - a coated OSB product that has the properties of a house wrap built in. Building science expert Joe Lstiburek explains why he thinks the sheathing board, when properly installed with taped seams, beats traditional methods of keeping air and water out of a building. [P]

9:00 PM 

American Woodshop  "Two Drawer Hall Table"  [P]

9:30 PM 

Around The House with Matt and Shari  "Wonderful Walls"  [P]

10:00 PM 

Sewing with Nancy  "Serger Workshop, Part 2"  [P]

10:30 PM 

Best of Simply Painting: Across Europe  "Portlaoise"  Frank stops at an art gallery in the lovely town of Portlaoise, and encounters some fellow artists outdoors. Painting: Portlaoise Lake and artist. [P]

11:00 PM 

Simply Ming  "Jamie Bissonnette & Breaking Down A Chicken"  On this episode of SIMPLY MING, Ming shows you one of his top techniques for a home cook to master, breaking down a chicken. "Buying a whole bird is so much cheaper than chicken parts", says Ming. [P]

11:30 PM 

Lidia's Italy In America  "California and New Jersey: From the Garden State to the Golden State"  [P]