AQA GCSE History Paper 1b 2025 Sources Booklet

Download the official AQA GCSE History Paper 1 Section B/B Sources Booklet for the June 2025 exam series (8145/1B/B). This authentic AQA source booklet contains the historical sources used in the live GCSE History examination for Conflict and Tension: the Inter-War Years, 1918–1939. The booklet includes Source A for Question 01 and Sources B and C for Question 02 in the June 2025 assessment.
The booklet features political cartoons and contemporary political commentary exploring international tensions, the Treaty of Versailles, and relations between Germany and Austria during the inter-war period. Source A is a British cartoon from 1933 showing Austrian Chancellor Dollfuss rejecting “Nazi soup” and resisting pressure from Germany. Source B is a British cartoon about the Paris Peace Conference in 1919, depicting Woodrow Wilson, Georges Clemenceau, Great Britain, and Germany negotiating the settlement after the First World War. Source C is adapted from a speech by a leading German politician reacting to the Treaty of Versailles and warning that harsh treatment of Germany would create hatred and instability in Europe.

Students can analyse authentic historical sources discussing appeasement, the Paris Peace Conference, war guilt, German resentment, the Treaty of Versailles, Austrian independence, and tensions that contributed to the outbreak of the Second World War. The booklet is essential for practising GCSE History source utility analysis, provenance evaluation, interpretation of political cartoons, 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 Inter-War Years, 1918–1939 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.