One of the first plays that the author assigned in his Spring 2017 Shakespeare for the 21st Century class was "Julius Caesar." In conjunction with the play, he handed out an article written by political commentator Andrew McGill that explained the decision by West Virginian coal miners, a demographic that had historically voted blue in presidential elections, to cast their ballots for Donald Trump. Adding in the recent philosophical work "Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work" by Matthew Crawford, the author suggests how creative pedagogy can help students better understand changing voting habits during the 2016 presidential election.