AQA GCSE History Paper 1b Section B/a 2025 Sources Booklet

Download the official AQA GCSE History Paper 1 Section B/A Sources Booklet for the June 2025 exam series (8145/1B/A). This authentic AQA source booklet contains the historical sources used in the live GCSE History examination for Conflict and Tension: the First World War, 1894–1918. The booklet includes Source A for Question 01 and Sources B and C for Question 02 in the June 2025 assessment.
The booklet features a mixture of visual propaganda and eyewitness testimony exploring key events during the First World War. Source A is a French postcard from September 1914 celebrating the German retreat during the Battle of the Marne and portraying Kaiser Wilhelm retreating across the river. Source B is a British newspaper cartoon titled “An Important Step” published in April 1915, depicting the Gallipoli campaign and the Allied attack against Turkey and Germany. Source C is an extract from the diary of British Army sergeant Denis Moriarty describing the harsh fighting conditions, sniper fire, artillery attacks, and heavy casualties experienced during the Gallipoli campaign.

Students can analyse authentic historical sources discussing propaganda, trench warfare, military campaigns, Gallipoli, the Battle of the Marne, morale, casualty rates, and the experiences of soldiers during the First World War. The booklet is essential for practising GCSE History source utility analysis, provenance evaluation, interpretation of political cartoons and propaganda, and evidence-based historical judgement.

Perfect for timed practice, mock exams, intervention work, revision sessions, and preparation for the 2026 GCSE History exams, this downloadable PDF helps students improve AO3 source-analysis skills using the exact materials provided in the live AQA examination.

This document is designed for Year 10 and Year 11 students studying GCSE History Conflict and Tension: the First World War, 1894–1918 under the AQA 8145 specification, including students preparing for the 2026 exams, retake candidates, private candidates, and home-schooled learners targeting grades 7–9.

It is also highly useful for history teachers, tutors, intervention coordinators, revision centres, and parents who require authentic AQA source material for source utility analysis, propaganda interpretation, provenance evaluation, exam-technique improvement, and structured GCSE History revision using official June 2025 examination sources.