“Post Your Politics!”: Visualizing Politics and Engaging Students in the Post-Pandemic Classroom

Volume 50 Issue 1

Author(s):

Suzanne Dunai - Louisiana Tech University

Recommended Citation:

Dunai, Suzanne (2026) “‘Post Your Politics!’: Visualizing Politics and Engaging Students in the Post-Pandemic Classroom,” Bulletin for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies: Vol. 50 : Iss. 1 , Roundtable 4.

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Abstract:

In this article, I outline a lesson plan that I developed at Southwestern Oklahoma State University for its world history survey course. The learning objectives for the lesson are to compare different ideologies that were gaining popular support in the years between World War I and World War II, fitting with the institutional requirement for course content for Modern World History. To teach the different ideologies of the time—classical liberalism, communism, fascism, and feminism—, I use the case study of the Spanish Civil War to explain how these political movements mobilized citizenry and how ideological conflict led to physical conflict during the Spanish Civil War.

Tags: pedagogy, Political Ideologies, Spanish Civil War