Montfort 4E SS Prelim 2024 Mark Scheme V1

[Turn over MONTFORT SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY 4 EXPRESS / 5 NORMAL (ACADEMIC) HUMANITIES 2260/01 2261/01 PAPER 1 SOCIAL STUDIES PRELIM 2024 MARK SCHEME 1 Study Source A What is the attitude of women towards the Baby Bonus scheme? Explain your answer using details from the source. [5] L1 Describes/Copies source without answering the question. Eg. The source says that young parents get monetary incentives when they give birth to children. [1] L2 Infers women’s positive OR negative attitude towards the Baby Bonus scheme Note: Attitude of women must be about the scheme Eg: Women are supportive / not supportive towards the Baby Bonus scheme [2] L3 L2 + Infers reasons (Further development of source) • Supportive: money provided can help pay for school fees / help ease the financial costs of raising a child • Unsupportive: money provided does not address the challenges working mothers face and women will still find it tough to juggle work with motherhood Attitude: Women are supportive of the Baby Bonus scheme Infers reasons: because the money provided can help them to pay for the high costs of school fees (Reasons why), which will greatly reduce the financial stress of having children (Outcomes) Evidence: This can be supported from the source which says, “Some women were happy with the additional financial support”. OR Attitude: Women are unsupportive of the Baby Bonus scheme Infers reasons: because women are not giving birth due to the stress of having to work and take care of their child, not due to the [3-4]

2 2 lack of money (Reasons why ). Even with the Baby Bonus, it does not solve the problems they face such as exhaustion from taking on so many responsibilities and roles. (Outcomes) Evidence: This can be supported from the source which says, “ . Many working mothers work 10 -hour days but still have to cope with the demands of child-rearing once they reach home”. L4 Both aspects of L3 [5] Reminder: Must write _____ (Attitude) because _____ (Infers reasons why) NATQ Did not answer question issue Not inferring what women think / feel towards Baby Bonus scheme Para No Inf Weak dev Paraphrasing / Describing what you see in the source . No Inference provided. Develop the source further: Why are women supportive / not supportive of the scheme? M/I Misinterprete source Success Criteria:  States attitude clearly  Infers reasons and potential outcomes  Inferences do not copy / paraphrase source. Infers what author is suggesting. Develops source further.  Evidence Reflection: Look at the success criterias above. Strengths Weakness / Areas to work on in future

3 3 2 Study Sources B and C. How similar are Sources B and C? Explain your answer. [7] L1 Difference/Similarity, based on provenance / source type / topic Source B and Source C are published by different sources. Source B is published by The Straits Times w