Special Education Modifications for Harkness

If we value  the voices of all students, we need to  work with individuals  who may need more support  to  prepare for and engage in  Harkness discussions. Special educators at our school have developed some materials that demonstrate how  texts, prep sheets and soft skills acquisition can be modified for special education students.


Animal Spirit Activity for Soft Skill teaching (Modified) (Google Doc)
Animal Communication Style Activity - can be adapted for SPEC (Google Slides)
Cards for practicing sentence stems and entering conversation- can be modified! (Google Sheet)
Differentiation for Harkness Cheat Sheet (.pptx)
Harkness Modifications by Rebecca Busker (PDF)
Harkness Self and Group Reflection/modified (Google Sheets)
Letter From Bimingham Jail Special Ed modifications /Considerations (Google Doc)
Letter from a Birmingham Jail close read Modifications (Google Doc)
Letter from a Birmingham Jail Harkness Special Ed prep sheet (Word Doc)
Modified Assignment, Behind the Scenes in Putin's Court (Google Doc)
Modified Literacy Assessments for Harkness (Google Doc)
The Power of Expectations (YouTube)
Special Ed Assessment Rubric Modification (Google Doc)
Special Ed Active Listening / Respectful Language (Google Doc)
Special Ed Assessment Modification of Rubric #2 (Google Doc)
Special Ed Students Self Evaluation (PDF)
Special Ed Students Self Evaluation (Google Doc)
Special Education Modification / Charts for Soft Skills (Google Doc)
Takeaways for Modifying and Accommodating Harkness (Google Doc)
Takeaways for Modifying and Accommodating for Harkness:5 Student Scenarios (Google Doc)
Students around a circular table engaging in Harkness