Episode 3: Patience LeBlanc

Season Six, Episode 3, Civics in the Classroom: Patience LeBlanc
May 22, 2026

This is Civics in the Classroom, a podcast series from the Center for Presidential History at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. Civics in the Classroom is part of the A250 Summer Teacher Seminar, America's First Principles. This program to promote innovative K-12 instruction in U.S. history and civics was designed by the Center for Presidential History with support from the U.S. Department of Education and in partnership with the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. In the first year of this three-year project, our workshops and lectures will focus on the causes and context of the movement for U.S. independence and the production and legacy of its most famous document, the Declaration of Independence.  

This episode features a conversation with Patience LeBlanc, who will be joining us as master teacher this June for our summer teacher seminar. Patience earned her BA in history from Texas A&M and her MA in history from Texas Women's University, and has over 27 years of experience in teaching social studies. She’s taught at both the middle school and high school level, and has served as a consultant for many educational programs, including the Gilder Lerman Institute, where she's written curriculum and presented across the state and nation. We talked about her career as an educator and about the importance of teaching civics to K through 12 students. 

The music for this series comes from the album K2 by Blue Dot Sessions under an Attribution-NonCommercial License.