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

Download the official AQA GCSE History Paper 1 Section B/C Sources Booklet for the June 2025 exam series (8145/1B/C). This authentic AQA source booklet contains the historical sources used in the live GCSE History examination for Conflict and Tension between East and West, 1945–1972. The booklet includes Source A for Question 01 and Sources B and C for Question 02 in the June 2025 assessment.

The booklet features Cold War propaganda posters and political statements exploring Soviet-American rivalry, Communist alliances, and the Space Race. Source A is a Chinese propaganda poster from 1950 titled “The flags of our friendship,” showing the leaders of China and the USSR united beneath Communist flags during the early Cold War alliance. Source B is adapted from a statement by US President Eisenhower responding to public concern after the Soviet Union launched Sputnik in 1957, discussing the importance of missiles, satellites, and fears over military uses of space technology. Source C is a Soviet propaganda poster from 1963 celebrating the achievements of the Soviet people in the Space Race after the USSR became the first nation to send a woman into space.

Students can analyse authentic historical sources discussing Cold War alliances, Communist propaganda, Sputnik, the Space Race, nuclear technology, Soviet-American rivalry, and public reactions to scientific competition during the Cold War. 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 between East and West, 1945–1972 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.