Pearson Edexcel A Level History Paper 38 2025 Mark Scheme

Get the official Pearson Edexcel A-Level History Paper 3 Option 38 mark scheme from the June 2025 examination series (9HI0/38) covering The making of modern Russia, 1855–1991, and The making of modern China, 1860–1997. This examiner-approved PDF contains the complete AO1 and AO2 assessment criteria, generic level descriptors, source-analysis guidance, indicative content, and precise examiner expectations used to award marks in the live Summer 2025 examination.

This mark scheme explains the exact analytical standards required for top-band responses on the Bolshevik seizure of power, Khrushchev’s reforms, repression after the 1905 Revolution, the Tianjin Massacre, the Sino-Japanese War, Jiang Jieshi’s response to Japan, the Great Leap Forward and the role of western technologies in Chinese industrial development. It includes detailed indicative content on Lenin’s October 1917 proclamation, the Treaty of Shimonoseki, Stolypin’s reforms, collectivisation, the NEP, the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, the Mukden Incident, the Self-Strengthening Movement, Deng Xiaoping’s Four Modernisations and the development of Special Economic Zones. Pair it with the matching Edexcel 9HI0/38 June 2025 question paper on markscheme.net for complete examiner-standard revision and self-assessment practice. Updated for the 2025/2026 academic year, optimised for mobile and desktop, and instantly downloadable from markscheme.net — your fastest route to top-grade A-Level History revision.

This document is designed for Year 12 and Year 13 students preparing for the 2026 Pearson Edexcel A-Level History examinations, including retake candidates targeting A and A* grades, sixth-form learners, and home-educated students studying modern Russian and Chinese history. It is especially valuable for students aiming to understand how examiners reward source evaluation, thematic analysis, balanced judgement and analytical depth in breadth-and-depth essays.

It is equally useful for teachers, private tutors, revision-course providers and parents supporting advanced History revision at home. The mark scheme can be used to standardise essay marking, run examiner-style feedback sessions, assess AO2 source-analysis skills, moderate high-level responses, and identify weaknesses in revolution, industrialisation, communism, nationalism and historical argumentation.