MGS 2022 Sec 4 Prelims Hum (Hist) ANS

1 2022 Sec 4 Humanities (History) Preliminary Exam Answer Scheme Section A: Source-Based Case Study 1a Study Source A. What can you learn from this source about the Germans’ response to Nazi economic policies? Explain your answer. [5] L1 Answer based on provenance or Description of source. 1 L2 Inference, unsupported. Award 2 marks for an inference, unsupported. Award 3 marks for a second inference, unsupported. 2-3 L3 Inference, supported. Award 3 marks for one inference, supported. Award 4 marks for a second inference, supported. e.g. I learn that some Germans were not happy with Nazi economic policies because their lives were hard. Source A states ‘we work outdoors in all kinds of weather, shovelling dirt for 51 pfennigs* an hour. Then there are the deductions and the voluntary contribution they take out automatically, and 15 pfennifs a day for a straw mattress in a draughty wooden barracks, and 35 pfennigs for what they ladle out of a cauldron and call dinner… Six months ago we were still getting 66 pfennigs an hour, and now they’re pushing us harder and harder.’ Source A shows that the Germans were made to work very hard and wages were low. Their living conditions were also bad. The evidence suggests that they were not happy with the Nazi policies. e.g. I learn that some Germans were supportive of Nazi economic policies despite the difficulties they faced. Source A states ‘You can’t expect that the misery brought about by fourteen years of mismanagement will be cured in the twinkling of an eye! But now people have hope. They’re off the streets, and Germany is strong and powerful again. We’ve regained our honour… and from year to year things are getting better’. Source A shows that the people now had jobs and that the economy improved under the Nazis (compared to under the Weimar government) and hence the Germans’ lives improved. 4-5 L4 L3 + explains answer in context [Build context into L3.] e.g. The source shows the different responses of the Germans to the economic policies of the Nazis. Some expected their lives to improve greatly from before, especially what they had gone through in the Great Depression years, and were unhappy that they d id not. Others were grateful for the small improvements, knowing that the economy suffered under the poor leadership of the Weimar Government. The woman was also a supporter of the Nazis and hence would not speak badly of them or their policies. 5

2 1b Study Source B. Why do you think this cartoon was published? Explain your answer. [5] L1 Gives reason, unsupported. Or Describes source only. e.g. The cartoon was published to criticise the Nazis. 1 L2 Propaganda messages about Nazi Germany. Award 2 marks for reason given. Award 3 marks for support with details from the source. e.g. The cartoon was published to criticise the Nazis for not providing for or taking care of the welfare of the Germans