Queensway SS 2021 ANS

1 QUEENSWAY SECONDARY SCHOOLPRELIMINARY EXAMINATION 2021SECONDARY 4 EXPRESS / 5 NORMAL (ACADEMIC)Humanities 2272/01, 2273/01Paper 1 Social Studies 2 September 20211 hour 45 minutesAdditional Materials: Writing Paper Levels of Response Marking Scheme (LORMS)MAXIMUM MARK: 50 This document consists of 15 printed pages and 1 blank page. Setter: Mr Ng Ching Siang[Turn Over

2 QUEENSWAY SECONDARY SCHOOLSOCIAL STUDIES ANSWER KEY FOR PRELIMS 2021LORMS FOR SEC 4E5NTarget Skill: Inference 1Study Source A.Does the cartoonist agree that the cost of bringing up a baby is high? Explain your answer.[5]L1Describes the source without answering the question OR provides a stand without evidencee.g. The source shows two parents bringing a child around in a pram and they are saying “Who can afford a baby’s necessities?” [1] e.g. The cartoonist agrees that the cost of baby necessities is high. [1][1]L2Agree, with support from details of cartoon.Award two marks for stand and evidence only.Award three marks for stand and evidence explained clearly.e.g. The cartoonist agrees that the cost of baby necessities is high. This can be seen in the source where a couple is pushing a pram with a baby in it. They are saying ‘Of course births are down!...Who can afford a baby’s necessities?’ The parents also have a worried look on their face. This suggests that the parents are concerned with being able to afford baby necessities which means that the cost of baby necessities are high. [3][2-3]L3Disagree, with support from details of cartoon.Award four marks for stand and evidence only.Award five marks for stand and evidence explained clearly to show why purchases are unnecsesary.e.g. The cartoonist disagrees that the cost of baby necessities is high, as it is the parents who are spending unnecessarily for their child. This can be seen in the source where the baby in the pram has a smartphone, TV screen, security camera, premium apple juice and 100% cashmere wool. Meanwhile, the parents are saying ‘Of course births are down!...Who can afford a baby’s necessities?’ This suggests that the parents have chosen to buy expensive luxuries that they consider as necessary, but it is beyond what a baby needs to grow. [5][4-5]

3 Target Skill: Purpose2Study Source B.Why was this source published? Explain your answer.[6]L1Answers based on provenance and/or contexte.g. The poster was published as I Love Children seeks to advocate for having children. [1][1]L2Literal response to question without addressing the message.Award 2 marks for valid interpretation, unsupported.Award 3 marks for valid interpretation, supported.e.g. The source was published to tell parents that they can receive free gift from having children. This can be seen in the source where it states at the bottom that if couples ‘pledge to have kids’, they will ‘receive gifts worth up to $208.’ [3][2]L3Answers based on intended outcomeAward 3 marks for intended outcome, unsupported.Award 4 marks for intended outcome, supportede.g. I love Children published this poster to convince couples to have children. This can be seen in the poster with the tagline ‘Say YES to Parenthood!’ with the words ‘Pledge to have kids and receive gifts worth up to $200’. This suggests that couples can receive attractive incentives for committing to have children. [3-4]L4Message + Purpose, explainedAward 4 marks for intended message only, supported.Award 5 marks for intended message only, supported.Award 5 marks for intended message AND purpose, unsupported.Award 6 marks for intended message AND purpose, supported.e.g. I love Children (author) published this poster to encourage/convince (intention) couples (audience) that having children will bring joy to a couple’s lives (message). This can be seen in the poster with the tagline ‘Say YES to Parenthood!’ with a picture of a family with children looking very happy. This suggests that being parents is something good and it is a joyful experience. This line at the bottom also encourages to commit to having children by pledging to have kid, so that they will receive free gifts. By doing so, I Love Children hopes that more couples will consider, and eventually start having more children. [4-6]

4 Target Skill: Comparison3Study Sources C and D. How far would the author of Source C agree with the author of Source D? Explain your answer.[7]L1Agree/Disagree based on provenance/superficial comparisonNote: Do not award any answer even at L1 level, if students did not address of the questions of how the authors would agree/disagree.e.g. The authors would disagree as one source is written by an Australian and the other source is written by an American. [1]e.g. These authors would agree as both sources talk about overpopulation. [1] [1]L2Agreement/Disagreement based on false matching/ Clear match in evidence but without a Basis of Comparison or supporting explanatione.g. The authors would disagree as the author of Source C talked about women having access to birth control, but the author of Source D did not. [1] [2]L3Agreement/Disagreement, based on content, unsupportedAward 3 marks for identifying agreement OR disagreement based on content, unsupported.Award 4 marks for identifying agreement AND disagreement, unsupported.e.g. The authors would agree about overpopulation being a consideration for having a child as both soures are similar in saying that couples do consider the current population levels and concerns in deciding whether they should have children. [3]e.g. The authors would disagree about whether overpopulation will lead to having enough food for future generations or not. I can infer from Source C that despite the inrease in population, there is actually more food for people. However the author of Source D worries that there will be insufficient food. [3] [3-4] L4Agreement/Disagreement, based on content, supportedAward 4 marks for identifying agreement OR disagreement based on content, supported. Award 5 marks for identifying agreement AND disagreement based on content, supported.Note: L4 can be awarded if basis of comparison is unclear but student’s answer shows clearly the match in content for similarity and/or difference.e.g. The authors would agree about overpopulation being a consideration for having a child as both soures are similar in saying that couples do consider the current population levels in deciding whether they should have children. Source C says ‘overpopulation was dubbed the leading [4-5]

5 environmental crisis and couples began to reconsider whether they would have children’. Similarly, Source D says ‘With the world’s current population at 7.6 billion…we don’t think that it’s necessary for us to bring more humans into the world. [4]e.g. The authors would disagree about whether overpopulation will lead to having enough food for future generations or not. I can infer from Source C that despite the inrease in population, there is actually more food for people. Source C says ‘Fifty years later, average calories consumed per person have risen in populous countries such as India.’ However the author of Source D worries that there will be insufficient food. Source D says ‘with the future looking scary with fish-less oceans predicted by 2048…the future for our children and our grandchildren, is not looking bright’. [4]L6Agreement/Disagreement based on purposeAward 6 marks if only intended message OR purpose was identified.Award 7 marks for both intended message AND purpose identified.Note: Accept valid analysis of provenance to show agreement or disagreement. To be credited L6, analysis must show clear evidence of source use that matches with the analysis.e.g. The authors would disagree as both authors have different purposes. The scientist in Source C wants to reassure readers of the article/couples that it is unlikely for food shortages to occur due to overpopulation. Source C says ‘there would not be enough food to support humans in the coming decades…These dire predictions didn’t com