Created by members of the department, these source booklets are designed to give staff and students access to a wider range of primary material. Each booklet relates to a specific A-level topic, and provides commentary on the assembled sources.

New source booklets will be uploaded over time. If there is a particular topics you would like to see covered in a source booklet, contact us at HistoryOutreach@soton.ac.uk and we will see what we can do.

Racism in the Nineteenth-Century United States

Click here to download: Re-sourcing History_Racism in the United States

The Cold War in Asia

Click here to download: Re-sourcing History_The Cold War in Asia_Forster

The Court of Henry VIII

Click here to download: Re-Sourcing History_The Court of Henry VIII_Hayward

France in Revolution, 1774 – 1799

Click here to download: Re-sourcing History – French Revolution_Petley_Tumblety

The Cold War and the Birth of Satellite Communications

Click here to download: Re-sourcing History – The Cold War and the Birth of Satellite Communications_Oliver

Britain’s Eighteenth-Century Empire

Click here to download: Re-sourcing History – Britain’s Eighteenth Century Empire_McAleer

Russia and its Rulers

Click here to download: Re-sourcing History_Russia and its Rulers_Gilbert

Oil and the Great War, 1914 – 1923

Click here to download: Re-sourcing history – Oil and the Great War 1914-1923_Conlin

Empire and Exploration c.1492 – c.1670

Click here to download: Re-sourcing History_Empire and Exploration c1492-c1670_Lambert