Soft Skills Harkness Lessons Designed by Students

We  train students in the soft skills of civil discourse: eye contact, body language, tone of voice and active listening. We train a cadre of students who become our  “Harkness leaders,” and  they teach these lessons to their peers. All of the lessons linked here were developed by students. These Harkness leaders are asked to self assess their lessons and teachers assess their lessons as well.


"3 Cups" Lesson to Encourage Active Listening
Beanie Baby Toss- two versions (Google Doc)
Practicing Skills and Roles in Harkness-Designed by Student Harkness Leaders (Google Sheets)
List of "Soft" Skills for Harkness Discussions (Google Doc)
Power Skills- Eye Contact-Designed by Harkness student leaders (Google Sheets)
Body Language & Eye Contact slide show designed by Harkness student leaders (Google Sheets)
Eye Contact Notes for Presenters (Google Doc)
Eye Contact Lesson (Google Slides)
Eye Contact Lesson with slide show (Google Docs)
Eye Contact Lesson Version 1 (Google Doc)
Eye Contact Exercise Version 2 (Google Doc)
Mini Lesson: Eye Contact Notes for Presenters (Google Docs)
Eye Contact Slideshow and Lesson (Google Slides)
Eye Contact Soft Skill Lesson (Google Slides)
Another Eye Contact Lesson (Google Slides)
Another Eye Contact Lesson Plan Designed by Students (Google Doc)
The Painter and Their Eyes Activity
Active Listening Lesson Designed by Students (Google Doc)
Another Active Listening Lesson Designed by Students (Google Doc)
Tone of Voice Power Skill Lesson: Designed by Harkness student leaders (Google Sheets)
Tone of Voice Cards for Active Listening Lesson (Google Doc)
Tone of Voice Activity - Designed by Students (Google Docs)
Lesson for Tone of Voice (Google Doc)
Body Language Lesson Designed by Students (Google Doc)
Ideas for Teaching Body Language (Google Doc)
Soft Skills Presentation Slide Show (Google Sheets)
Soft Skills Lesson 1 (Google Sheets)
Today's Soft Skill: Body Language! (Google Slides)
Body Language Slideshow Designed by Students (Google Slides)
Body Language & Eye Contact Slide show 2021 (Google Sheets)
Body Language and Eye Contact Ver #2 Alternative (Google Sheets)
Building Puzzles Soft Skill Training (Google Doc)
Internal and External Processing Mini Lesson (Google Doc)
Soft Skills Peer Assessment v1 (Checklist with Rubric) (Google Docs)
Teacher Eval: Presenting Soft Skills in Academic Classes (Google Doc)
Videos for Soft Skill Teaching (Google Doc)