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________________________________________________________________________________________________ Canberra Secondary School Social Studies 2019 Preliminary Examination Secondary 4 Express/5NA Sec 4E/5NA 2019 Social Studies Prelim 2 Answer Scheme Study Source A. a. What is the message of the cartoon? Explain your answer. [5] Level Descriptors Marks L1 Describing the source/ provenance e.g. Source A is a A cartoonist’s depiction of how US President Donald Trump views immigrants. 1m L2 Invalid interpretation, unsupported/supported Award 2m for 1 sub-message unsupported. 3m one main message unsupported. e.g. The message of the cartoon is that the Trump government sees immigrants as causing problems for America. 2-3m L3 Main message, support Award 4 m for 1 sub message supported. e.g. The message of the cartoon is that Trump does not welcome immigrants to America. Source A shows US President Donald Trump commenting that the immigrants are ‘A Horde of Honduran rapists, drug dealers, and terrorists is marching toward our border’. In the next picture, Trump is seen standing away from the immigrants. This suggests that Trump does see immigrants as being negative for the society and does not see America benefitting from the entry of such immigrants. 4m L4 Main message supported with verb and audience e.g. The message of the cartoon is to convince Americans that Trump does not welcome immigrants to America. Source A shows US President Donald Trump commenting that the immigrants are ‘A Horde of Honduran rapists, drug dealers, and terrorists is marching toward our border’. In the next pictures, Trump is seen standing away from the immigrants. This suggests that Trump does see immigrants as being negative for the society and does not see America benefitting from the entry of such immigrants. As such, America does not welcome such immigrants. 5m

________________________________________________________________________________________________ Canberra Secondary School Social Studies 2019 Preliminary Examination Secondary 4 Express/5NA b. Study Sources B and C. Do you think Source B agrees with Source C? Explain your answer. [6m] Level Descriptors Marks L1 Similarity or Difference, based on Provenance/ Topic Difference e.g. Source B does not agree with Source C as Source B is a written source but Source C is a cartoon. 1m L2 False Match/ No Match e.g. Source B does not agree with Source C as Source B tells me that immigrants are welcome in USA but Source C does not. 2m L3 Similarity or difference in content unsupported, i.e. must be valid matches Award 3m for Similarity or difference in content, unsupported. Award 4m for Similarity AND difference in content, unsupported. Similarity e.g. Source B agree with Source C that immigrants are able to benefit America/ that immigrants positively impact America Difference e.g. Source B disagrees with Source C that immigrants are not welcome in America. 3-4 m L4 Similarity or difference in content unsupported, i.e. must be valid matches Award 4m for Similarity or difference in content, supported. Award 5m for Similarity AND difference in content, supported. Similarity e.g. Source B agree with Source C that immigrants are able to benefit America/ that immigrants positively impact America. Source B tells me that immigrants help to improve the economy. Source B states, “In recent years, a majority (62%) say immigrants strengthen the country because of their hard work and talents.” This suggests that immigrants help in the betterment of America as immigrants are able to increase productivity due to their diligence. Not only that, immigrants are also able to contribute positively to America and further enhance the development of the country. Similarly, Source C tells me that immigrants increase the employment rate of the locals in America. Source C states, “Because Alamar is so productive, people in related jobs, like brickmakers, site supervisors and truckers, have more work to do.” This suggests that with the immigrants in US, they are able to help increase the job opportunities and this helps to positively impact America. Difference e.g. Source B disagrees with Source C whether immigrants are welcome in America. Source B tells me that immigrants are welcome in America as there 4-5 m

________________________________________________________________________________________________ Canberra Secondary School Social Studies 2019 Preliminary Examination Secondary 4 Express/5NA is an improvement in the level of acceptance for immigrants over the years. Source B states, “These attitudes have changed little in the past few years, but they are very different from a quarter-century ago. In 1994, attitudes were nearly the reverse of what they are today: 63% of Americans said immigrants burdened the country and 31% said they strengthened it.” This suggests that as there is a positive change in the attitude of locals towards immigrants, which translates to them welcoming the immigrants. However, Source C tells me that immigrants are not welcomed in America as they compete with the locals for jobs. Source C states, “Go home, you job stealer.” This suggests that due to the idea that immigrants take away the jobs of locals, immigrants are not welcomed in America. L5 Difference in purpose e.g. Source B does not agree with Source C in its purpose. The purpose of Source B is for the research agency (author) to convince (verb) the government (audience) that Americans do welcome immigrants to the country, as they are able to benefit from the entry of immigrants (message) This was during the time when immigrants were blamed for the negatives that was happening to the society. This is so that the government would accept the entry of immigrants and not ban immigrants from entering America. However, Source C’s purpose is that the cartoonist (author) wants to persuade (verb) Americans (audience) to be more accepting towards the immigrants (intended outcome) as they do bring benefits to America (message). This was during the time when the immigrants were facing prejudices and tensions between the Americans and immigrants. 6m

________________________________________________________________________________________________ Canberra Secondary School Social Studies 2019 Preliminary Examination Secondary 4 Express/5NA Study Source D. c. How surprised are you by this source? Explain your answer. [7] L1 Answers using source content but failing to address element of surprise. e.g. I am surprised by Source D as it is a protest by Americans in response to the government’s ban on immigrants entering America. [1] L2 Identifies what is/is not surprising in Source D, but no valid explanation. e.g. I am surprised by Source D it is a protest by Americans and the support for immigrants. [2] L3 Surprised/Not Surprised based on content. Award 3 marks for one valid inference, unsupported Award 4 marks for one valid inference, supported e.g. I am surprised by Source D as it tells me that immigrants are welcomed in America. Source D shows that Americans are protesting against the government’s band on immigrants entering America. Some of the words on the placards are “I live my Muslim students’, ‘Let them in’. This suggests that immigrants are welcomed by Americans as they are voicing their disapproval for the governm