June 14-27

SNEAK PREVIEW

6/18 PBS PREVIEWS: THE ROOSEVELTS
Sample the upcoming Ken Burns documentary THE ROOSEVELTS: AN INTIMATE HISTORY in this exclusive PBS Preview. Patricia Clarkson hosts this behind-the-scenes look at the seven-part series, as filmmaker Burns describes how he brings the story of Theodore, Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt to life. Follow the camera crews into the grand estates and intimate cottages of the Roosevelts. Visit the studio as Burns records the voices of the stars who read the diaries, letters and contemporary accounts of this noteworthy family. And see clips from the monumental series that traces more than a century of life with, as Burns calls them, "the most influential family in American history." Airs from 1-1:30 a.m. on NHPTV EXPLORE Additional Airdates >>

SCREENING OF THE ROOSEVELTS & DISCUSSION WITH KEN BURNS

The film weaves the stories of Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of one of the most prominent and influential families in American politics. The series marks the first time their individual stories have been woven into a single narrative.

Tickets are $15 and are available from the Hopkins Center in Hanover.

TAKING A SEAT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS

AMERICN EXPERIENCE
6/18 Freedom Riders
FREEDOM RIDERS is the powerful harrowing and ultimately inspirational story of six months in 1961 that changed America forever. From May until November 1961, more than 400 black and white Americans risked their lives—and many endured savage beatings and imprisonment for simply traveling together on buses and trains as they journeyed through the Deep South. Deliberately violating Jim Crow laws, the Freedom Riders met with bitter racism and mob violence along the way, sorely testing their belief in nonviolent activism.

Despite two earlier Supreme Court decisions that mandated the desegregation of interstate travel facilities, black Americans in 1961 continued to endure hostility and racism while traveling through the South. The newly inaugurated Kennedy administration, embroiled in the Cold War and worried about the nuclear threat, did little to address domestic civil rights.

Organized by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), the self-proclaimed "Freedom Riders" came from all strata of American society - black and white, young and old, male and female, Northern and Southern. They embarked on the Rides knowing the danger but firmly committed to the ideals of non-violent protest, aware that their actions could provoke a savage response but willing to put their lives on the line for the cause of justice. Airs from 2-4 a.m. on NHPTV EXPLORE Additional Airdates >>

Educational Programming from NHPTV

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Programs for Educators and Parents

TEACHING CHANNEL PRESENTS
6/15 Common Core Prek - 12
See how Common Core is being implemented in K-12 classrooms from Pre-K math to high school English. Airs from 5-6 a.m. on WORLD Additional Airdates >>

6/22 New Teacher Survival Guide
We'll follow several new teachers and their mentors as they focus on essential first-year skills from lesson planning to classroom management to differentiation. Airs from 5-6 a.m. on WORLD Additional Airdates >>

LITERATURE/THE ARTS

AMERICAN MASTERS
6/20 Tanaquil Le Clercq: Afternoon Of A Faun
Discover the inspiring story of the ballerina paralyzed by polio at age 27 and who was muse to George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins. Airs from 10-11:30 p.m. on NHPTV PRIME Additional Airdates >>

AUSTIN CITY LIMITS
6/15 The Lumineers/Shovels & Rope
Airs from 12-1 a.m. on NHPTV EXPLORE Additional Airdates >>

6/22 Raphael Saadiq/Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears
Airs from 12-1 a.m. on NHPTV EXPLORE Additional Airdates >>

GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET
6/27 La Boheme
An exciting young cast stars in Franco Zeffirelli's lavish production of Giacomo Puccini's popular work, the most-performed opera in Met history. Airs from 9-11:30 p.m. on NHPTV PRIME Additional Airdates >>

P.O.V.
2/23 When I Walk
Jason DaSilva was 25 years old and a rising independent filmmaker when a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis changed everything - and inspired him to make another film. "When I Walk" is a candid and brave chronicle of one young man's struggle to adapt to the harsh realities of M.S., while holding on to his personal and creative life. Airs from 10-11:30 p.m. on NHPTV PRIME Additional Airdates >>

SOCIAL STUDIES

AMERICN EXPERIENCE
6/18 Freedom Riders
From May until November 1961, more than 400 black and white Americans risked their lives - and many endured savage beatings and imprisonment - for simply traveling together on buses and trains as they journeyed through the Deep South. Deliberately violating Jim Crow laws, the Freedom Riders met with bitter racism and mob violence along the way, sorely testing their belief in nonviolent activism. Airs from 2-4 a.m. on NHPTV EXPLORE Additional Airdates >>

6/24 Freedom Summer: American Experience
During the summer of 1964, the nation's eyes were riveted on Mississippi. Over 10 memorable weeks known as Freedom Summer, more than 700 student volunteers joined with organizers and local African Americans in an historic effort to shatter the foundations of white supremacy in the nation's most segregated state. Working together, they canvassed for voter registration, created Freedom Schools, and established the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, with the goal of challenging the segregationist state Democratic Party at the national convention in Atlantic City. Airs from 9-11 p.m. on NHPTV PRIME Additional Airdates >>

AMERICA REFRAMED
6/14 The Pruitt-Igoe Myth
The Pruitt-Igoe Myth tells the story of the transformation of the American city in the decades after World War II, through the lens of the infamous Pruitt-Igoe housing development and the  St. Louis residents who called it home. Airs from 10-11:30 p.m. on WORLD Additional Airdates >>

6/17 My Brooklyn/Fate Of A Salesman
Director Kelly Anderson's personal journey, as a Brooklyn "gentrifier," to understand the forces reshaping her neighborhood along lines of race and class. Airs from 8-9:45 p.m. on WORLD Additional Airdates >>

6/24 Broken Heart Land
A conservative Oklahoma family is shattered when their gay teenage son commits suicide after a town debate about Gay and Lesbian History Month. Airs from 8-10 p.m. on WORLD Additional Airdates >>

FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED: DESIGNING AMERICA
Airs 6/20 from 9-10 p.m. on NHPTV PRIME Additional Airdates >>
Frederick Law Olmsted made enormous contributions to the American landscape and is known as the father of American landscape architecture. He was co-designer of Central Park, head of the first Yosemite commission, leader of the campaign to protect Niagara Falls, designer of the U.S. Capitol Grounds and planner of Boston's "Emerald Necklace" of green space.

GLOBAL VOICES
6/15 In The Matter Of Cha Jung Hee
Her passport said she was Cha Jung Hee. She knew she was not. So began a 40-year deception for a Korean adoptee who came to the US in 1966. Airs from 12-1 p.m. on WORLD Additional Airdates >>

6/15 I Will Be Murdered
In May 2009, Rodrigo Rosenberg, a wealthy, charismatic lawyer went cycling near his home in Guatemala City and was murdered. Nothing unusual there as Guatemala has a murder rate four times higher than Mexico and surpassing the number of civilians killed in Iraq during the war. What was extraordinary is that Rosenberg knew that he was about to be killed. Airs from 10-11 p.m. on WORLD Additional Airdates >>

6/15 Ninos De La Memoria
The search for children who disappeared during the Salvadoran civil war. Airs from 10-11 p.m. on WORLD Additional Airdates >>

6/22 The Fighting Spirit
Meet three young boxers -- two men and one woman -- from Bukom, Ghana, a unique town with a unique boxing culture. Airs from 10-11 p.m. on WORLD Additional Airdates >>

6/22 Tales Of The Waria
While many in the West view Islam as socially repressive, in Indonesia there exists a transgender community known as the warias; men who live openly as women. Airs from 11 p.m.-12 a.m. on WORLD Additional Airdates >>

INDEPENDENT LENS
6/14 Love Free Or Die
Faith, love, marriage, homosexuality and the Episcopal Church collide in the first openly gay Bishop Gene Robinson of New Hampshire. Airs from 12-1 p.m. on WORLD Additional Airdates >>

6/16 The New Black
Centering on the historic fight to win marriage equality in Maryland, this film takes viewers into the pews, onto the streets, and provides a seat at the kitchen table as it looks at how the African American community grapples with the divisive gay rights issue. Airs from 5-6 a.m. on EXPLORE Additional Airdates >>

6/16 The Powerbroker: Whitney Young's Fight For Civil Rights
Whitney M. Young Jr. was one of the most celebrated -- and controversial -- leaders of the civil rights era. Unique among black leaders, he took the fight directly to the powerful white elite, gaining allies in business and government, including three presidents. Airs from 7-8 p.m. on WORLD Additional Airdates >>

SECRETS OF THE DEAD
6/19 Slave Ship Mutiny
The slave ship Meermin set sail from Madagascar for South Africa in 1766, but the ship would never make it to Cape Town, the slaves mutinied and managed to overpower the Dutch crew, ordering the ship be sailed back to Madagascar and freedom. Airs from 6-7 p.m. on WORLD Additional Airdates >>

6/26 Lost Ships Of Rome
In 2009 a team of marine archeologists carrying out a sonar survey of the seabed around the remote Italian island of Ventotene made an astonishing discovery. Airs from 6-7 p.m. on WORLD Additional Airdates >>

SCIENCE/MATH

NATURE
6/14 Fortress Of The Bears
Part of the massive Tongass National Forest, Admiralty Island in southeast Alaska supports the largest concentration of bears anywhere in the world. Airs from 4-5 a.m. on NHPTV EXPLORE Additional Airdates >>

6/19 Great Zebra Exodus
When thunderclouds begin to gather over Botswana's Kalahari each year, 20 000 zebras begin an ancient journey, as southern Africa's biggest animal migration gets underway. Airs from 1-2 a.m. on NHPTV EXPLORE Additional Airdates >>

6/25 Fabulous Frogs
Sir David Attenborough takes us on a journey through the weird and wonderful world of frogs, shedding new light on these charismatic, colorful and frequently bizarre little animals through first-hand stories, the latest science, and cutting-edge technology. Airs from 8-9 p.m. on NHPTV PRIME Additional Airdates >>

NOVA
6/15 Earth From Space
This film reveals a spectacular new space-based vision of our planet. Airs from 1-2 a.m. on NHPTV EXPLORE Additional Airdates >>

6/19 At The Edge Of Space
Between the blue sky above us and the infinite blackness of space lies a frontier that scientists have only just begun to investigate. Airs from 2-3 a.m. on NHPTV EXPLORE Additional Airdates >>

6/25 Deadliest Earthquakes
In 2010, epic earthquakes all over the planet delivered one of the worst annual death tolls ever recorded. Airs from 9-10 p.m. on NHPTV PRIME Additional Airdates >>

6/25 Surviving The Tsunami: A Nova Special Presentation
The earthquake that hit the northern coast of Japan on March 11, 2011 was recorded at magnitude 9.0 the worst ever to strike Japan. It generated an unprecedented tsunami, obliterating coastal villages and towns in a matter of minutes. Amazingly, amateur and professional photographers captured it all on video, including remarkable tales of human survival, as ordinary citizens became heroes in a drama they never could have imagined. Airs from 10-11 p.m. on NHPTV PRIME Additional Airdates >>

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DOCUMENTARY FILMS IN THE CLASSROOM

WHAT'S UP THIS WEEK

6/14 Flag Day/World Juggling Day
1648- Margaret Jones hanged for witchcraft in Boston
1777-Stars and Stripes adopted by Congress as the Flag of US
1940- Nazis open concentration camp at Auschwitz
1943- Supreme Court rules schoolchildren cannot be compelled to salute flag
1947-UFO possibly crash lands in Roswell, New Mexico
1954 President Eisenhower signs bill adding "under God" to Pledge of Allegiance.
1982- Argentine forces surrender to British troops on Falkland Islands
Birthdays
1811 - Novelist and abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe
1904 - Photographer Margaret Bourke-White
1948 - Children's author Laurence Yep

6/15 Nature Photography Day/Magna Carta Day
1775-George Washington appointed commander-in-chief of Continental Army
1836 - Arkansas becomes 25th state
1877 - Henry Ossian Flipper becomes first African American cadet to graduate from US Military Academy
1904 - More than 1,000 people die in fire on steamboat General Slocum in East River
1916 - President Wilson signs bill incorporating Boy Scouts of America
1992 - Vice President Dan Quayle can't spell potato
Birthdays
1843 - Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg
1958 - Baseball player Wade Boggs

6/16 National Fudge Day
1858- Lincoln delivers House Divided speech in Springfield, Illinois
1961-Dancer Rudolf Nureyev defects from Soviet Union
1967- Monterey Pop Festival begins
Birthdays
1738-Printer and publisher Mary Katharine Goddard
1829-Apache leader Geronimo
1890- English actor and comedian Stan Laurel
1902- Geneticist Barbara McClintock
1917- Publisher Katharine Graham
1938-Author Joyce Carol Oates

6/17 Eat Your Vegetables Day
1775- Battle of Bunker Hill
1928-Amelia Earhart embarks on the first trans-Atlantic flight by a woman
1930- President Hoover signs Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act
1944-Iceland declares independence from Denmark
1963-Supreme Court strikes down rules requiring the recitation of the Lord's Prayer or reading of Biblical verses in public schools
1994-O.J. Simpson arrested after slow speed chase
Birthdays
1703- English clergyman and evangelist John Wesley
1882- Russian composer Igor Stravinsky
1898-Dutch illustrator M. C. Escher
1903-Cook and businesswoman Ruth Graves Wakefield

6/18 International Sushi Day
1812 - U.S. Congress declares war on United Kingdom
1815-British and Prussian troops defeat Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo
1873-Susan B. Anthony fined $100 for attempting to vote in 1872 presidential election
1940 -Winston Churchill delivers "Finest Hour" speech
1983 -Sally Ride becomes first American woman in space
Birthdays
1854-Publisher Edward Wyllis Scripps
1942-Paul McCartney
1949-Author and illustrator Chris Van Allsburg

6/19 Juneteenth/Garfield the Cat Day/Recess At Work Day
1917 - King George V changes British royal family's surname from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor
1934- Federal Communications Commission created
1964 - Civil Rights Act of 1964 approved
Birthdays
1903 - Lou Gehrig
1947 - Salman Rushdie

6/20 Take Your Dog To Work Day/American Eagle Day
1893 - Jury in New Bedford finds Lizzie Borden innocent
1967 - Muhammad Ali convicted of violating Selective Service laws by refusing to be drafted
1975 - Movie "Jaws" released
Birthdays
1819 - Composer Jacques Offenbach
1905 - Lillian Hellman

6/21 National Daylight Appreciation Day
1788 - New Hampshire ratifies Constitution, becomes 9th state
1964 - Three civil rights workers, Andrew Goodman, James Chaney and Mickey Schwerner, murdered in Philadelphia, Mississippi
1973 - Supreme Court rules in Miller v. California that states may ban materials found obscene by local standards
2005 - Former Ku Klux Klansman Edgar Ray Killen found guilty of manslaughter in deaths of three civil rights workers in Philadelphia, Mississippi
Birthdays
1905 - Jean-Paul Sartre
1983 - Prince William, Duke of Cambridge

6/22 Global Smurfs Day/National Onion Rings Day
1870 - Congress creates Department of Justice
1944 - FDR signs GI Bill
1969 - Cuyahoga River catches fire
2009 -  Eastman Kodak announces discontinued sales of Kodachrome Film
Birthdays
1933 - Sen. Dianne Feinstein
1949 - Meryl Streep
1949 - Sen.  Elizabeth Warren
1953 - Cyndi Lauper
1964 - Dan Brown

6/23 Pink Flamingo Day
1868 - Christopher Latham Sholes receives patent for typewriter
Birthdays
1912 - Mathematician/ computer scientist Alan Turing
1927 - Choreographer/director Bob Fosse
1940 - Runner Wilma Rudolph
1948 - Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas

6/24 International Faerie Day
1509 - Henry VIII crowned King of England
1846  - Saxophone is patented by Adolphe Sax in Paris, France
1916 - Mary Pickford becomes first female film star to sign million dollar contract
2010 - John Isner of US defeats Nicolas Mahut of France at Wimbledon, in longest match in professional tennis history (11 hour 5 min.)
Birthdays
1895 – Boxer Jack Dempsey
1944 - Musician Jeff Beck
1947 – Musician Mick Fleetwood

6/25 Global Beatles Day
1678  - Venetian Elena Cornaro Piscopia is first woman awarded a doctorate of philosophy when she graduates from the University of Padua
1788 -  Virginia becomes the 10th state to ratify the United States Constitution
1868 -Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina readmitted to the Union
1876 – Battle of the Little Bighorn begins
1950 –Korean War begins when North Korea invades South Korea
1998 - Supreme Court rules line-item veto law as unconstitutional
2009 - Michael Jackson dies at age 50
Birthdays
1865 - Artist Robert Henri
1903 - Author George Orwell
1954 - Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor
1961 - Actor/writer Ricky Gervais

6/26 National Canoe Day
1870 - Christmas declared federal holiday
1917 - First troops of the American Expeditionary Force arrived France during World War I
1927 - Cyclone roller coaster opens on Coney Island
1945 - United Nations charter signed in San Francisco
1948 -  Shirley Jackson's short story The Lottery is published in The New Yorker magazine
1959 - Saint Lawrence Seaway opens
1963 - U.S. President John F. Kennedy gave his "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech
1974 -  Universal Product Code scanned for the first time to sell a package of Wrigley's chewing gum at Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio
2013 -  Supreme Court rules that married same-sex couples entitled to federal benefits
Birthdays
1892 - Author Pearl S. Buck
1911 - Athlete Babe Didrikson Zaharias
1974 - Baseball player Derek Jeter

6/27 National Indian Pudding Day
1844 – Mormon leader Joseph Smith and brother Hyrum killed by mob at Carthage, Illinois jail
1950 - President Truman orders the Air Force and Navy into Korean War
1957- Hurricane Audrey kills more than 500 in Louisiana and Texas
1969 - Patrons at the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village clashed with police
1980 - President Jimmy Carter revives draft registration
1985 – U.S. Route 66 officially removed from the US Highway System
Birthdays
1880 - Helen Keller
1927 - Bob Keeshan (Captain Kangaroo)
1943 – Red sox great Rico Petrocelli
1949 - Fashion designer Vera Wang
1966 – Producer J.J. Abrams
1968 – Sen. Kelly Ayotte