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NextWeek: On Assignment Discovery - Humanities Theme Week

Writers have produced great novels about the human condition. Learn details of Dante ’s Inferno, Kafka’s Metamorphosis, Emily Brönte’s Wuthering Heights, Edgar Allan Poe’s haunting tales, and Herman Melville’s Moby Dick. Find out how real life produces novel-like stories: the events that influenced Melville, gladiators in ancient Rome, and DNA evidence that may prove we have one genetic mother. Airs: Week of 3/24 - 3/28

Great Books: Dante ’s Inferno --
What are the consequences of our choices? Explore the dark side of human nature and the consequences of sin. Dante’s interpretation of the afterlife has endured as one of the most insightful and scathing reviews of humanity. This program reveals why his 14th-century poem has become our defining vision of Hell. Airs: 3/24/03

Great Books: Kafka ’s Metamorphosis --
What if you woke to find yourself transformed into a giant bug? When a mild-mannered salesman turns into an insect overnight, his family reacts with dismay, recrimination, and ultimately, murder. Gregor Samsa, Kafka’s protagonist, finds that alienation, family dysfunction, paranoia, and bureaucracy define life. Learn why the term “Kafkaesque” is still used to define life in the 21 st century. Airs: 3/24/03

Great Books: Tales of Edgar Allen Poe --
Explore the psychology of terror in some of Poe’s most haunting tales. Interwoven through these stories is the most tragic tale of all —that of author Edgar Allan Poe. Many of his tales resonate with themes from his own life: abandonment, sickness, and fear. Leading us through Poe’s tales of terror are well-known horror writers and directors. Airs: 3/25/03

Great Books: Wuthering Heights --
On the cold, damp moors of England burned a love that transcended death. Emily Bronte’s novel of thwarted passion and cruelty was considered immoral when it was first published. The central character, Heathcliff, became an archetype for the modern anti-hero. This program compares Heathcliff’s character to Bronte’s life of isolation and rejection. Airs: 3/25/03

Great Books: Moby Dick --
Herman Melville’s Moby Dick was published in 1851 to little acclaim. Contemporary readers
thought it so offensive that they refused to buy his novel, which explores good and evil, racial intolerance, and man’s relationship to nature. Discover how Melville’s experiences as a young seaman influenced his story, and how this classic story has influenced scores of American writers.
Airs: 3/26/03

From Fact to Fiction: Moby Dick --
The sinking of the whale ship Essex was a well-known marine disaster in the 19 th century, the event that influenced Herman Melville’s novel Moby Dick. Learn about the perils of the whaling industry, life on Nantucket, and the true account of a sperm whale that destroyed a ship.
Airs: 3/26/03

Gladiators: Rome ’s Violent Past --
Gladiators in ancient Rome were used as military tools and for entertainment. See how gladiators lived, fought, and died in the arena. This program tells the story of how gladiator fights were tools of political power, and how the Romans devastated the wildlife population across Europe to maintain this brutal sport. Airs: 3/27/03

Out of Africa: The Real Eve --
Scientists track DNA evidence to show how all humans may have come from one place. Extensive graphics and maps follow the route the earliest humans traveled across Africa and the Middle East into Asia. See how ancient climatic changes about 80,000 years ago affected human evolution and migration patterns. Learn about the forensic evidence that may prove that we all may have come from the same genetic mother. Airs: 3/28/03

Assignment Discovery airs Monday - Friday on the Discovery Channel at 9-10 a.m. ET/PT; 8-9 a.m. CT; 10-11 a.m. MT. As a service of Discovery Channel with Cable in the Classroom, each program is commercial free and can be taped and used in the classroom for up to a year. Read episode descriptions and find related lesson plans at:
http://school.discovery.com/ontv/themes/s2003_humanities.html

Assignment Discovery airs Monday - Friday on the Discovery Channel at 9-10 a.m. ET/PT; 8-9 a.m. CT; 10-11 a.m. MT. As a service of Discovery Channel with Cable in the Classroom, each program is commercial free and can be taped and used in the classroom for up to a year.
Read episode descriptions and find related  lesson plans at: http://school.discovery.com/ontv/ad.html

NEXT WEEK ON TLC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
http://school.discovery.com/ontv/tlc.html
Math Investigations I
Students gain practice in basic math skills,including adding,subtracting,place values,and estimating large numbers in a wide variety of scenarios:playing softball,listening to musicians,estimating elephants,tracking bison,playing checkers,and counting freight cars. Airs: Friday 3/28/03 on The Learning Channel

*Please note new airtimes. TLC Elementary School airs on The Learning Channel every Friday at 6:00 a.m. ET/PT, 5:00 a.m. CT, 4:00 a.m. MT. As a service of Discovery Channel with Cable in the Classroom, each program is commercial free and can be taped and used in the classroom for up to two years. Find the entire TLC Elementary School schedule at:
http://school.discovery.com/ontv/tlc.html

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