Susan Groves

In another example, Susan Groves, who teaches U.S. history at Berkeley High School, has used case studies from our International Action Guide, which she helped develop, as a way to personalize obstacles some girls face in receiving an education. After reading an account of an African girl's efforts to achieve the same education as her brother, her students explored what "access" might mean in the U.S. by focusing on female access to sports, access for the disabled, and access to education of undocumented immigrant children. Groves also led her students to a better understanding of the main points of the UN Platform for Action by sending them into the community to do research or volunteer work in community organizations.

--Susan Groves, Chair of History Dept, Berkeley High School