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John and Hank Green featuring Vlog Brothers; Crash Course; Sci Show News; Truth or Fail;and The Lizzie Bennet Diaries

John and Hank Green are brothers.  I have become a fan of John Green as an author reading his New York Times bestselling books:  Looking for Alaska,  An Abundance of Katherines, Paper Towns, and The Fault in Our Stars. I also read (coauthored with David Levithan) Will Grayson, Will Grayson. After following John on Twitter, I learned about his brother Hank.  Hank Green is best known for his video blogs with his brother, John, on YouTube under the channel name Vlogbrothers (http://www.youtube.com/user/vlogbrothers).  Last week the feature video of Vlogbrothers was An Awesome Evening at Carnegie Hall where John and Hank and featured guests sang, told stories and much more! 

Hank has a YouTube channel titled SciShow, (http://www.youtube.com/user/scishow) which he focuses on  basic and more complex scientific concepts presented in a fun way and at a level that is easy to comprehend.  

Both John and Hank Green team together to offer educational online video projects including Crash Course (http://www.youtube.com/crashcourse), where Hank teaches Biology and Ecology, and John teaches World History and Literature. John and Hank also have an online game show titled Truth or Fail (http://www.youtube.com/user/truthorfail) where John/Hank present pairs of facts, and of each pair, one is true and one is false. You actually click on an answer in the YouTube window, and that takes you to another window in which John/Hank informs you that you've either clicked on the truth, or failed, as it were. It is a wonderful trivia sort of game!  I can see this as a terrific springboard for a writing/journaling activity.  

Finally, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries (http://www.lizziebennet.com/) developed by Hank Green and Bernie Su is an online modernized adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.

If you are looking for lessons, resources, and ideas for MLK Day or Inauguration Day, check out the following:

MLK Lessons and Ideas by grade level - http://www.nea.org/tools/lessons/mlk-day.html?utm_source=nea_today_express&u

Inauguration Day Resources - http://www.nea.org/tools/lessons/53997.htm?utm_source=nea_today_express&utm_