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

Download the official AQA GCSE History Paper 1 Section B/D Sources Booklet for the June 2025 exam series (8145/1B/D). This authentic AQA source booklet contains the historical sources used in the live GCSE History examination for Conflict and Tension in Asia, 1950–1975. 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, government reports, and media imagery exploring Cold War tensions in Asia, the spread of Communism, and American involvement in Vietnam. Source A is the front cover of an American TV Guide from February 1972 showing President Nixon meeting Chinese leader Zhou Enlai during Nixon’s historic visit to China. Source B is adapted from a secret US government report written during the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954, warning about the spread of Communism in Southeast Asia and discussing possible American military action. Source C is an Australian political cartoon titled “Next meal, please!” showing Communism as a snake spreading through Asia and threatening countries including Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and Australia.

Students can analyse authentic historical sources discussing the Domino Theory, American containment policy, Chinese influence in Asia, Dien Bien Phu, anti-Communist fears, Cold War alliances, and changing US-China relations during the Vietnam era. The booklet is essential for practising GCSE History source utility analysis, provenance evaluation, interpretation of propaganda imagery, 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 in Asia, 1950–1975 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.