Friday, July 27
7:45-8:15 p.m. E/P

Sundance Channel

Subjects: US History

High School

"Buried In The Backyard"

In this documentary filmmakers Monica Bigler and Sarah Prior present a report about how some Americans are confronting their fears in a world containing weapons of mass destruction. The film profiles the owners of backyard bomb shelters intended to withstand the next terrorist attack. Like the fallout shelters constructed during the height of the Cold War, these updated emergency bunkers often contain as much as a year's supply of food and are located across the country from Massachusetts to Arizona. TV-PG. (adult content)

Saturday, July 26
10-midnight p.m. ET, 7-9 p.m. PT

TCM

Subjects: Literature

Middle and High School

"Member Of the Wedding"

This is an Oscar-nominated movie based on the classic Carson McCullers novel which she also adapted into a widely performed play. It's a story about a high strung young girl who's struggling to fit in and/or learn her place in the world. Cast: Julie Harris, Ethel Waters, Brandon de Wilde. Fred Zinneman ("High Noon") directed. The novel is out in paperback and the movie is available on video.

Sunday, July 29
3-3:30 p.m. E/P (check local listings)

Sundance Channel

Subjects: Science

Middle and High School

"It Isn't Easy Being Green"

This is an episode of a documentary series which follows a family in their quest to be self-sufficient and environmentally responsible as they leave suburban comfort for a run-down 300-year-old English farmhouse and three acres in Britain. During the course of the series, engineer Dick Strawbridge, wife Brigit, son James and daughter Charlotte plan to harness a nearby stream to generate electricity, grow their own vegetables and raise a pig or two. In episode two, Dick designs an innovative greenhouse, constructed from recycled bottle glass pg adult language. TV-Rated PG (adult language) The series also airs Tuesdays at 9 p.m.

Log on http://www.sundancechannel.com/thegreen/#/inebg:overview

Monday, July 30
8-9 p.m. E/P

History Channel

Subjects: Science

Middle and High School

"Modern Marvels: Sticky Stuff"

Duct tape, scotch tape, fly paper, Poligrip...people take this stuff for granted, but without it, our lives would come undone. This documentary about the science of adhesives takes a look at the stickiest of the sticky, and the impact these much needed items have on our daily routines.

Tuesday, July 31
9-10 p.m. E/P

PBS

Subjects: World History

Middle and High School

"Wide Angle: Dishing Democracy"

This documentary goes behind the scenes at Arabic television channel MBC in Cairo and its all-female talk show, "Kalam Nawaem." Similar in style to ABC's "The View," the top-rated program is hosted by four women of different ages, nationalities and points of view who tackle such sensitive issues as homosexuality, domestic violence, women voting and social and political equality between the sexes. It's a demonstration of how the satellite television revolution is bringing unexpected voices for social reform into living rooms throughout the Middle East - in primetime.

Log on http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle

Wednesday, Aug. 1
9-10 p.m. E/P

CNBC Channel

Subjects: Math and Economics

High School

"Fast Money: MBA Challenge"

This is the premiere of a math and economics game show miniseries - and a glimpse into what happens in college business classes. You might call it "The Ultimate Final Exam For The Next Generation of Wall Street Minds." At stake in this show is a mix of school pride, personal glory and cold hard cash. It features 32 current MBA students from eight business schools seeded according to their positioning contained within the 2007 US News & World Report Top Business Schools ranking. Champions will receive $200,000, awarded by TD Ameritrade, to be split among all team members. The prize money must be used for tuition, repayment of school loans, books, room and board or other school related expenses. The participating schools are: Columbia, Dartmouth, MIT, NYU, UCLA, University of Chicago, University of Texas at Austin and Yale. In each program, schools compete head-to-head in categories testing their financial expertise to accumulate money in a virtual "Investment Portfolio" for each correct answer. This "Investment Portfolio" is not the amount of money the team could win, but rather reflects the score of the game. Each game consists of three unique rounds of competition and the winning team moves on to the next game beginning again with zero in their "Investment Portfolio." The Championship game, airing Wednesday, August 22nd, contains an additional round of competition. The team with the higher point value at the end of the third round is awarded $110,000 in virtual money and the other team is awarded $100,000 to create a "Championship Portfolio" consisting of five individual publicly traded stocks. Each team's point totals are set aside and finalists will be graded on the actual market performance of their "Championship Portfolio" from the beginning of trading on Monday, July 16th through the close of the market on Wednesday, August 22nd. The team whose "Championship Portfolio" has the highest value will be declared the winner. on August 22nd live from the NASDAQ and receive $200,000 courtesy of TD Ameritrade. CNBC viewers can guess who will win the evening's battle by text messaging or signing up via the web at www.mbachallenge.cnbc.com to be entered to win an iPhone from Apple. The winner will be announced live at the end of each program. Results will also be updated on the site throughout the program.

Log on mbachallenge.cnbc.com

Thursday, Aug. 2
1:30-5:50 p.m. ET, 10:30 a.m.???2:30 p.m. PT

TCM

Subjects: World History

Middle and High School

"Lawrence Of Arabia"

This multiple-Oscar winning (7) movie about a British military officer who enlists the Arabs for desert warfare in World War I provides background for understanding what is going on in the Middle East now. Rated TV-14

Log on http://imdb.com/title/tt0056172/

Thursday, Aug. 2
7-8 p.m. E/P

History Channel

Subjects: Science and Technology

Middle and High School (see ratings below)

"Modern Marvels: Horsepower"

This documentary offers a ride through the world of extreme horsepower on the fastest accelerating cars on earth. Find out how horsepower was first coined as a marketing tool for the steam engine in the early 1800s and meet the horsepower police--the Society of Automotive Engineers who test today's most powerful car engines. Experience the power of Unlimited Hydroplane racing as 3-ton boat-beasts careen across water at speeds of over 200 miles per hour. Go inside an enormous container ship where the world's most powerful diesel engine provides over 100,000 horsepower. At the Hoover Dam, watch as it harnesses the enormous power of water. Explore the 80,000 horsepower pumping units at the Edmonston Pumping Plant that delivers 2-billion gallons of water a day to thirsty Californians. And sit behind the steering wheel of a new generation of hybrid cars that boast 400-horsepower yet get 42 miles per gallon of gas. Rating: TV-PG

Friday, Aug. 3
8-9 p.m. E/P (check local listings)

PBS

Subjects: US History

Middle and High School

"Bill Moyers Journal"

This is a re-broadcast of a conversation from a couple of weeks ago on impeachment. In the wake of President Bush's commutation of I. Lewis 'Scooter' Libby's prison sentence, talk of impeachment is gaining steam as a new opinion poll says that nearly half of all Americans favor the impeachment of the President and more than half believe Vice President Cheney should be impeached. Bill Moyers gets perspective from Constitutional scholar Bruce Fein, who wrote the first article of impeachment against President Bill Clinton, and The Nation's John Nichols, author of "The Genius Of Impeachment"

Log on www.pbs.org/moyers

Saturday, Aug. 4
6-7 p.m. E/P

National Geographic Channel

Subjects: Science

Middle and High School

"Polar Bears"

This documentary goes deep inside the Arctic Norwegian islands, where a great mammal becomes victim to global warming and pollutants. "Binne" the polar bear is on the prowl for seals in this seemingly pristine frozen wilderness after sparsely eating during the winter months. This spring however, is strangely warm - the first time in four years that seals are nowhere to be found on the west coast.