Sunday, June 11
7-7:30 p.m. ET, 4-4:30 p.m. PT

CNBC

Subjects: Science and Health

dLife: Your Diabetes Life

"National Memorial Day Concert"

This is a special episode in a series for the diabetes community - focused on information, inspiration, and lifestyle issues in a news magazine format. The programs offer leading experts, timely medical information, inspirational stories, and recipes for healthy food. dLifeTV is anchored by Nicole Johnson Baker (author and Miss America 1999), with special correspondents Mother Love, Jim Turner, and Howard Steinberg. In this episode special guests Aida Turturro (The Sopranos) and Dorian Gregory (Charmed, Soul Train) share their diabetes lives, and take an indepth look at how diabetes is portrayed on TV and in the movies.

For more information go to www.dlife.com

Sunday, June 11
10:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. E/P

History Channel

Subjects: American History

Middle and High School

"The Revolution"

This episode of the historical documentary series about the American Revolution begins with the outbreak of war at the Battle of Bunker Hill. The series, airing weekly in this timeslot until August 13 tells the story from the roots of the Revolution to the signing of the Declaration of Independence, victory at Yorktown to the adoption of the U.S. Constitution. Much of the series is filmed on the locations where history was made, from Fort Ticonderoga in the North to Charleston in the South Through re-enactments, the keystone events and the complex relationships among the principal players such as Thomas Paine, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington and Benjamin Franklin are shown. It also looks at the full range of individuals who shaped the conflict -- unsung heroes including spies, slaves, free Africans, Indian sympathizers, emancipated women and eccentric personalities -- in order to illuminate how the historic ideas and themes drove these people to commit treasonous acts against the British crown because they believed that independence was a cause worth dying for. Often messy, chaotic, and on the brink of failure, the two decades of American history chronicled in the series demonstrate how a nation built on ideas of freedom took root, and how it was not a job for the faint of heart. In this particular episode rebellion escalates into war with the Battle at Bunker Hill. The Continental Congress establishes an army and appoints George Washington as Commander-in-Chief. But Washington faces nearly insurmountable obstacles in turning the motley militias into a battle-ready army. When the Continental Army surrounds British troops that occupy Boston, Britain sends additional troops and its three best generals--William Howe, John Burgoyne, and Henry Clinton--to take over command in the insurgent colonies. The Continental assault from Dorchester Heights forces the British and Loyalists to evacuate the city. TVPG Available on DVD.

http://www.historychannel.com/revolution/

Monday, June 12
5-6 p.m. ET, 3-4 p.m. PT

National Geographic Channel

Subjects: World History

High School

"Napoleon's Final Battle"

This is a documentary about a man who bankrupted France and led more than 900,000 soldiers to die for his glory. He was stripped of his throne and imprisoned on an island. Yet Napoleon Bonaparte did not surrender, he escaped exile and inflicted 100 days of terror into the hearts of his enemies. The program tells the inside story behind one of modern history's greatest conquerors, explores the events leading to Napoleon's great escape and his huge appetite for power.

Tuesday, June 13
6-7 p.m. E/P

History Channel

Subjects: American History and Government

Elementary, Middle and High School

"History Alive: Border Patrol"

This documentary about America's borders shows that the U.S. is a choice destination for smugglers and illegal aliens. Many of them will stop at nothing to gain access to the American Dream. Entrusted with stopping them is the Immigration and Naturalization Service's Border Patrol. Created by an act of Congress in 1924, the Border Patrol has grown from horse-and-buggy to high-tech. TVPG.

For more information, go to http://www.cbp.gov

Tuesday, June 13
8-9 p.m. E/P

PBS

Subjects: American History

Elementary, Middle and High School

"NOVA: Saving the National Treasures"

Every year, more than a million people visit the Rotunda at the National Archives in Washington to gaze at three documents that define our nation's heritage: the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. But these touchstones of democracy are in serious trouble. The ink is flaking from parchments that are already badly faded, while the glass casements built to exhibit them are disintegrating. To head off the danger, the Archives embarked on a five-year project to design state-of-the-art encasements and a new rotunda. This documentary goes behind-the-scenes access to this unique project from start to finish. The result is a brilliant evocation of the colorful history of these documents and an insider's look at the extraordinary engineering efforts that are safeguarding America's equivalent of the Crown Jewels. TV-G

Log on http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/

Tuesday, June 13
10-11 p.m. E/P

PBS

Subjects: American History

Elementary, Middle and High School

"Independent Lens: The Real Dirt On Farmer John"

This is a documentary about dirt. Controversial dirt. Chemical free dirt. Against all odds, John Peterson abandoned conventional chemical farming and fights local hysteria to build a thriving organic farm and a progressive farm community. TV-PG

Log on http://www.pbs.org/independentlens

Wednesday, June 14
6:15-8 p.m. E/P

TCM

Subjects: Science and American History

Elementary, Middle and High School

"The Girl In White"

This is a movie about the first woman doctor to practice in a New York hospital, Emily Dunning. It romanticizes her story a bit, but you do see that, at one time, it was almost impossible for women to be allowed to practice medicine. But she did it - a real pioneer.

For more information log on http://www.cwhf.org/hall/barringer/barringer.htm

Thursday, June 15
7-9 p.m. E/P

Discovery Channel

Subjects: Science

Elementary, Middle and High School

"Before the Dinosaurs"

This is a broadcast of both episodes of a documentary miniseries describing life on earth before the appearance of the dinosaurs. The creatures before that time may look strange, but they mark the beginning of life as we know it. The program shows how some of the characteristics that helped them survive millions of years ago make humans what they are today.

Friday, June 16
7-8 p.m. E/P

Discovery Channel

Subjects: Science

Elementary, Middle and High School

"Ant Wars"

This is a documentary about the biggest family on Earth - a sinister army of 20 million members. A superorganism that survives by ravaging the forest & killing every living thing it can pin down. It's the bug-eats-bug world of the African driver ant, wildlife's neighbors from hell.

Saturday, June 17
7-8 p.m. E/P

Discovery Channel

Subjects: Science and World History

Middle and High School

"Pompeii of the East"

This is a documentary about the worst volcanic eruption ever recorded ??? four times worse than Karkatoa. Almost 200 years ago, Mount Tambora in Eastern Indonesia unleashed a deadly volcanic eruption wiping out an entire ethnic group. It's possible that this blast could have triggered an extraordinary and cataclysmic event - a worldwide climate change beginning in 1818.

For further details, log on http://www.exn.ca/volcanoes/weather.cfm

Saturday, June 17
8-9 p.m. ET, 5-6 p.m. PT

CNN

Subjects: American History

High School

"CNN Presents: Dead Wrong: Inside An Intelligence Meltdown"

This news documentary shows spy procedures that sometimes don't work.

For further details, log on http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/presents/index.html

Saturday, June 17
9-11:30 p.m. E/P

History Channel

Subjects: American History

High School

"The Fog Of War"

Many documentaries these days present history "lite". This one presents it "full strength". Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Errol Morris, and winner of the 2004 Best Documentary Oscar, this interview-film featuring Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, gives a uniquely unsettling viewpoint on much of 20th-century American history. Employing a ton of archival material, Morris probes the reasons behind the U.S. commitment to the Vietnam War. McNamara himself emerges as clearly haunted by the what-ifs of Vietnam. He also mulls the bombing of Japan in World War II and the Cuban Missile Crisis, raising more questions than he answers. TVPG. Available on DVD