Teaching History 204: Crossing Boundaries

The HA's journal for secondary history teachers

Published: 9th September 2026

In this edition of Teaching History

Please note: print copies of this edition will arrive with members from 19 September. Links to individual articles will be added to this page shortly.

03 Editorial

04 HA Secondary News

06 HA Update

08 Bowie knives, sugar and abolitionists: how hidden local histories and geographies can be used to overcome imperial amnesia – Mark Cottingham, Christine Winter and Katie Dennis

18 The ‘Super’ Saxons and the ‘Nasty’ Normans: an argument for investigating popular interpretations of history – Jane Card

28 Triumphs Show: Migration and Empire: teaching the impact of Scots settlers – Gill Akhtar, Alice Scott, Kieran German, Fiona Barclay and Joe Smith

34 Informed imaginings: using the bold approach of historian Tiya Miles to illuminate the lives of enslaved people – Terry Graham

43 Cunning Plan… for using Lego to aid disciplinary understanding – Sarah-Jane Bee

46 What’s The Wisdom On… teaching local history

48 To historicise is to exercise: going back to the past to interpret the present – Mila Bammens and Bjorn Wansink

54 What Have Historians Been Arguing About... Britishness in the 18th century? – Michael Brown

58 Finding fragments of change on Endell Street: an interdisciplinary approach – Gemma Hargraves

68 Move Me On: trainee thinks about supporting SEND students purely in terms of structuring or adapting tasks

72 Back Page Pick

Regular features

Teaching History includes a number of regular features for history teachers including What have historians been arguing about...?, Cunning Plan and Move Me On. You can access past editions of these here.

This resource is FREE for Secondary HA Members.

Non HA Members can get instant access for £24.00

Add to Basket Join the HA

Buy a hard copy of this resource:

Non-member price: £28.00

HA Members can purchase this item for £8.00:
Sign in to pay the discounted price or Join the HA

Add to basket