Bill Zeigler
World History
Bill Zeigler lives in San Diego with his wife Marianne. He earned his BA in history from San Diego State University and MA in education with an emphasis in professional development in gifted education. He teaches world history and literature in the Humanities program at San Marcos High School. Bill has been a reader, table leader, and question leader for AP World History, as well as a reader for US History, and this year will be an exam leader at the world history reading. He authored the Bibliography and Resource section of the first AP World History Teacher’s Guide and a reviewer for the latest version of that source.
Bill has always had a keen interest in world history. He was a fellow of the Woodrow Wilson National Foundation at Princeton where he studied the “long nineteenth-century” and was awarded a two-year NEH fellowship to study India and China at Cal Poly Pomona. He has presented at the World History Association, NCSS, and the AP Annual Conference, where he serves as a member of the program committee. Bill participated in training for AP World History at Northeastern University’s World History Center in 2000. He is an international consultant for the College Board in World History and Interdisciplinary Strategies, with presentations in Heidelberg, Brasilia, Bangkok, and Madrid. Bill also serves as a member of the program committee and the executive board of the World History Association.
You can email Bill at wzeigler@cox.net
What Participants Say...
Bill is one of the most polished presenters I have heard. There is no doubt he knows his stuff and additionally mixes humor and wit in a very easy to comprehend presentation.
Tons of great information, lucidly explained, with tight pacing (so we could cover the material.) Nicely done!
