4NA Dunman Sec SS PRELIM 2019 AK FINAL

1 Dunman Secondary School 4NA Social Studies Preliminary Examinations 2019 Section A SBCS Suggested Answer Scheme 1(a) Study Source A. What does the source reveal about the Sri Lankans’ responses to the Easter Sunday bombings? Explain your answer. [5] L1 Invalid inference (Lifting / description of source / literal understanding) E.g. Source A reveals that the Sri Lankans gathered at the blood centre wanting to donate blood. E.g. Source A reveals that the Sri Lankans wanted to help the victims of the blast. E.g. Source A reveals that the Sri Lankans donated blood. 1 L2 Sub-Inference (no link to Sri Lankans’ responses ; answers may link to the impact / aftermath of the incident / characteristics of the Sri Lankans) Award higher mark in the level for more fully developed answers. Eg. Source A reveals that harmony is achievable in Sri Lanka after the Easter Sunday bombings. This is evident in “Everyone just had one intention, and that was to help victims of the blast, no matter what religion or race they may be”. This suggests that harmony can be maintained, and the bombings did not divide the Sri Lankans further. Eg. Source A reveals that the Sri Lankans were kind / caring. This is evident in “Everyone just had one intention, and that was to help victims of the blast, no matter what religion or race they may be”. This suggests that the Sri Lankans cared for the victims and wanted to help in any way possible. 2 – 3 L3 Main Inference (link to Sri Lankans’ responses , focus on what the Sri Lankans did) Award higher mark in the level for more fully developed answers. Eg. Source A reveals that the Sri Lankans responded with unity / were united / with empathy / harmonious / in helping the victims of the Easter Sunday bombings. This is evident in how “huge crowds and roads [were] congested as people tried to park wherever and enter the blood centre” and “Everyone just had one intention, and that was to help victims of the blast, no matter what religion or race they may be” . This suggests that even though the attacks were made again st the Christians on Easter Sunday by Islamist extremists , instead of dividing society further, the bombings revealed that the Sri Lankans were able to see beyond their differences and came together to provide assistance in any way possible to the victims of the attack. Also accepted: Sri Lankans responded with kindness / Sri Lankans responded and acted with a big heart 4 – 5

2 1(b) Study Source B. How useful is the source as evidence about ethnic and religious harmony in Sri Lanka? Explain your answer. [7] L1 Provenance E.g. Source B is useful because it is an article published on an international website about the Easter Sunday bombings. 1 L2 Typicality E.g. Source B is not useful as the article only presents one view from the perspective of only two Sri Lankans ; it does not represent what the other non -Muslims in Sri Lanka think about the Easter Sunday bombings and the Muslims within their community. Thus, the source cannot be used to represent that there is ethnic and religious harmony in Sri Lanka. 2 L3 Useful OR Not Useful, Source Content Award 3 marks for source content, unsupported Award 4 marks for source content, supported E.g. Source B is useful because it tells me that ethnic and religious harmony is present / achievable in Sri Lanka. This is evident in how the Tamil women shared that “she would stand by the Muslims because they stood by the Tamils during the civil conflict” which suggests that the support given and understanding between the Tamils and Muslims show that despite the Easter Sunday bombings, the harmony in society will not be rattled. 3 – 4 L4 Cross-Reference Award the higher mark for more developed answer E.g. Source B is useful because it is supported by Source A which also suggests that ethnic and religious harmony is present in Sri Lanka. This is evident in “Everyone just had one intention, and that was to help victims of the blast, no matter what religion or race they may be.” This suggests that the people in Sri Lanka are able to come together and put aside their ethnic and religious differences to help the victims of the bombings, showing that harmony is present in Sri Lanka. Since Source B is supported by Source A, Source B is reliable and hence useful. 5 – 6 L5 Purpose explained Award the higher mark for more developed answer E,g, Source B is useful because it does not have a hidden motive. The Tamil woman said this because she wanted to convince the Sri Lankans that despite the Easter Sunday bombings which had caused instability in Sri Lanka’s society, ethnic and religious harmony was still present / achievable. The Tamil woman hoped that the Sri Lankans could see that they were able to come together to tackle the problem of extremist terrorism, and to urge them to provide support to the Muslims if possible. This is because the Easter Sunday bombings had just occurred a few days before this source was published, and some suspicio ns have arose against the Muslims . 6 – 7

3 As the Tamil woman is a neutral party, she had nothing to gain from it and only hoped that Sri Lanka would be able to recover from this incident and maintain peace and harmony. Thus, Source B is reliable and thus useful. OR E,g, Source B is not useful because it has a hidden motive. The article was published by the Sri Lankan newspaper because it wanted to convince the Sri Lankans that the Easter Sunday bombings had not caused instability to Sri Lanka’s ethnic and religious harmony. The publisher hoped that by exaggerating inter-racial harmony, the Sri Lankans would see that they were able to come together to tackle the problem of extremist terrorism. This would h elp the government to ensure the security of the country an d prevent futu re racial / religious conflicts . If the country was peaceful, the government would receive lesser criticisms from the Sri Lankans. This was because many had questioned the Sri Lankan government for their lack of security measures following the incident, despite receiving information of a possible terrorist attack on Easter Sunday . By undermining the effects of the attack, the government would receive fewer backlash . Thus, as Source B has a political agenda, it is unreliable and not useful.

4 1(c) Study Sources C and D. How far would Source C agree with Source D? Explain your answer. [6] L1 Comparison based on Provenance E.g. The novelist in Source C will agree with Source D as they were both articles published on The New York Times. 1 L2 False Matching/ evidence match/vague comparison E.g. The novelist in Source C will not agree with Source D because Source D tells me that violence was used against the Muslims but Source C does not. 2 L3 Agree or Disagree in Source Content Award 3 marks for agree or disagree, unsupported Award 4 marks for agree or disagree, supported E.g. The novelist in Source C will agree with Source D as they are similar in telling me that following the Easter Sunday bombings, some Muslims faced hostility from the Sri Lankan community. This is evident from Source C which says “that the day before, someone he had known for 35 years, a man from Sri Lanka’s Sinhala majority, had said he could no longer be his friend” This suggests that after the Easter Sunday bombings, some Sri Lankans wanted to dissociate themselves from the Muslims in the community despite having been friends for many years. The increased suspicion following the incident caused the Muslims to feel ostracized . Similarly, Source D says “that a mob of Sri Lankan men [were] carrying iron bars” and “delivered a harsh beating” on Mr Zabi. After the incident, “Muslims in some areas of Sri Lanka were facing a rising backlash” . This suggests that the accusations and s