About the Instructor – Glenn Wiebe

Uniquely Qualified Instructor

Glenn Wiebe has many years of social studies teaching experience at the secondary level. Glenn is the author of Strengthening Students' SOCIAL STUDIES Skills While Significantly Decreasing Grading Time (Grades 6-12), the extensive digital resource handbook each participant will receive at the seminar. Additional authorships include his recently published The Social Studies FIELD Guide: Strategies & Tools to Captivate Students, Cultivate Critical Thinking, and Create Engaged Citizens (available at Corwin), his award-winning website History Tech and published articles in the National Social Studies Leaders Association journal and the Teaching History website.

Long active on his state's social studies council, Glenn is currently the Past-President of the National Social Studies Leaders Association, serves on the advisory board of the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources program, serves as a state representative on the National Geographic Advisory Committee, is the chair of the National Council for the Social Studies House of Delegates Resolutions Committee, and is a member of the iCivics Educators Network.

Glenn's unique and powerful background is guaranteed to give you an entertaining, high-energy, and practical learning experience! He consistently receives high marks for his spot-on practical strategies and ability to integrate resources and ideas across grade levels and content areas.

What Your Colleagues Say About Your Presenter

"Glenn was a fabulous presenter - he was very engaging, knew a lot about his subject matter, and genuine."
– Megan Porter, US History Teacher

"So many helpful tools and practical ideas. The handbook and website were very helpful also."
– Laura Fulks, Social Studies Teacher

"Glenn was highly informative, enthusiastic, and entertaining. I feel like I have a good deal of strategies and tools that I can use in my Social Studies Classroom right away and into the future. Thanks for the outstanding seminar!"
– Greg Keelen, Social Studies Teacher

"So many wonderful ideas and resources to add interest and engagement to the classroom as well as shorten my time on finding resources outside of class."
– Samantha Reeves, Social Studies Teacher

"Glenn was excellent. It is so great to have tools I can use in class tomorrow. I have an observation next month and I will definitely use something from the workshop!"
– Michael Augliano, Social Studies Teacher

"Glenn did a fantastic job presenting a ton of information."
– Derek Bishop, Teacher