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 while Source C is by the BBC. [1] L2 False matching Source B examines Singapore only while Source C does not talk about it. It examines Japan, Sweden and South Korea pro-family measures. [2] L3 Similarity or Difference in content Award the higher level in the band for more developed answers. Possible CTs: - Agree that fathers need to play a more active role in parenting to improve declining birth rate - Disagree that financial incentives are effective in managing declining birth rate Similarity Source B and C are similar as they agree that fathers need to play a more active role in parenting to improve declining birth rate (CT). Source B shows a mother struggling with looking after her child and handling housework because her husband is not helping out while on paternity leave (Evidence + Explain source) , thus suggesting fathers need to play a more active role in parenting to improve declining birth rate (CT) so that their wives won’t feel exhausted from handling everything and will be more willing to give birth. Similarly, Source C says that “ when men did one more hour a week of housework at home, it was related to a significant increase in the chances that that family would have a second child ” as women feel more supported by their husbands at home and will be more willing to have children (Evidence + Explain source), thus suggesting fathers need to play a more active role in parenting to improve declining bir th rate (CT). Difference Source B and C are different as they disagree that financial [3-4]

4 4 incentives are effective in managing declining birth rate (CT). Source B shows a mother struggling with looking after her child and handling housework and the caption “Baby Bonus cash have become less effective in boosting birth rate” which means that money does not support mothers in dealing with the heavy burden of being a mother (Evidence + Explain source) , thus suggesting financial incentives are ineffective in managing declining birth rate (CT). However, Source C says that “ the small Japanese town of Nagi -cho managed to double its birth rate where families get baby bonuses and children allowances ” which shows that monetary assistance does encourage women to give birth more (Evidence + Explain source), thus suggesting financial incentives are effective in managing declining birth rate (CT). L4 Similarity AND Difference in content Award the higher level in the band for more developed answers. Both aspects of L3. [4-5] L5 L3 Similarity in Content/Msg + Similar in Purpose Award the higher level in the band for more developed answers. Sources B and C are similar in purpose. Both of them want to convince men that their wives would be willing to give birth more if they help out more at home (L3 Msg). They want men / fathers / husbands (Target Audience) to put in more time and effort into helping out with housework / looking after their children / supporting their wives with parenting responsibilities (Intended Outcome). [6-7] CT X Wrong CT / Invalid CT. Your understanding of the source might be inaccurate, thus you were not able to identify an accurate CT. VM Valid Match INV. M Invalid Match CT? Relating back to CT is missing AUD X Wrong audience O/C X Wrong outcome Strengths Weakness / Areas to work on in future

5 5 3 Study Sources D and E. Does Source D surprise you about what Source E said about Singaporeans’ attitudes towards having children ? Explain your answer. [7] L1 Not Surprised about Source E, based on source type/provenance e.g. Source D does not make Source E surprising as they are by 2 different people. It is only natural that they might contradict each other. [1] L2 Surprised / Not Surprised, based on explanation of 1 source Award the higher level in the band for more developed answers State stand : Source D makes me surprised / not surprised about Source E Infer: as Source D suggests that women’s attitudes towards having children are different from each other and it mostly depends on what they want from their lives. Evi: This can be supported from Source D which shows “ When making decisions on whether to have children, it all boils down to attitude towards one’s career and personal choice.”. State stand : Source D makes me surprised / not surprised about Source E Infer: as Source E suggests that Singaporeans are not having children due to a lack of desire to want children and a change in what they value from life. Evi: This can be supported from Source E which shows “ Today, many young couples choose not to have children. They prioritise having time for themselves and simply do not desire the responsibility of being a parent”. [2-3] L3 Surprised / Not Surprised about Source E, based on similarities in source content between Sources D and E. Award the higher level in the band for more developed answers Possible CTs: - Both agree t