Mark Scheme (Results) Summer 2022 Pearson Edexcel GCSE In Religious Studies B (1RB0) Paper 2: Area of Study 2 – Religion, Peace and Conflict Option 2F: Judaism Edexcel and BTEC Qualifications

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Mark Scheme (Results) Summer 2022 Pearson Edexcel GCSE In Religious Studies B (1RB0) Paper 2: Area of Study 2 – Religion, Peace and Conflict Option 2F: Judaism Edexcel and BTEC Qualificatio... ns Edexcel and BTEC qualifications are awarded by Pearson, the UK’s largest awarding body. We provide a wide range of qualifications including academic, vocational, occupational and specific programmes for employers. For further information visit our qualifications websites at www.edexcel.com or www.btec.co.uk. Alternatively, you can get in touch with us using the details on our contact us page at www.edexcel.com/contactus. Pearson: helping people progress, everywhere Pearson aspires to be the world’s leading learning company. Our aim is to help everyone progress in their lives through education. We believe in every kind of learning, for all kinds of people, wherever they are in the world. We’ve been involved in education for over 150 years, and by working across 70 countries, in 100 languages, we have built an international reputation for our commitment to high standards and raising achievement through innovation in education. Find out more about how we can help you and your students at: www.pearson.com/uk Summer 2022 Question Paper Log Number P70855A Publications Code 1RB0_2F_2206_MS All the material in this publication is copyright © Pearson Education Ltd 2022 General Marking Guidance • All candidates must receive the same treatment. Examiners must mark the first candidate in exactly the same way as they mark the last. • Mark schemes should be applied positively. Candidates must be rewarded for what they have shown they can do rather than penalised for omissions. • Examiners should mark according to the mark scheme not according to their perception of where the grade boundaries may lie. • There is no ceiling on achievement. All marks on the mark scheme should be used appropriately. • All the marks on the mark scheme are designed to be awarded. Examiners should always award full marks if deserved, i.e. if the answer matches the mark scheme. Examiners should also be prepared to award zero marks if the candidate’s response is not worthy of credit according to the mark scheme. • Where some judgement is required, mark schemes will provide the principles by which marks will be awarded and exemplification may be limited. • When examiners are in doubt regarding the application of the mark scheme to a candidate’s response, the team leader must be consulted. • Crossed out work should be marked UNLESS the candidate has replaced it with an alternative response. Question number Answer Reject Mark 1(a) AO1 3 marks • Mitzvot are used by Jews when they prepare food (1) • They provide rules for business (1) • Mitzvot give laws about prayer (1) • The mitzvot have laws about festivals (1) • There are laws about marriage (1). Accept any other valid response. • Lists (maximum of one mark) (3) Question number Answer Reject Mark 1(b) AO1 4 marks Award one mark for providing a way. Award a second mark for development of the way up to a maximum of four marks. • It is the divine presence of the Almighty on earth (1) showing how he manifests his glory (1) • Shekhinah led the Jews to Israel (1) and resides in the Temple, the most holy place for Orthodox Jews (1) • The Ten Commandments were given on Sinai (1) when Shekhinah covered the mountain in smoke (1). Accept any other valid response. • Repeated way • Development that does not relate both to the way given and to the question. (4) Question number Answer Reject Mark 1(c) AO1 5 marks Award one mark for each reason. Award further marks for each development of the reason up to a maximum of four marks. Award one further mark for any relevant source of wisdom or authority. • The oral law teaches that life is sacred and must be preserved. (Talmud Yoma 83-84) (1) as life was given by the Almighty at creation (1) when he breathed life into Adam (1) • Life is holy because the Almighty created it (1) which means that Jews should not cause harm (1) ‘anyone who destroys one soul from the Jewish people, i.e., kills one Jew, the verse ascribes him blame as if he destroyed an entire world’ (Sanhedrin 4:5) • Saving a life takes precedence over most mitzvot (1), as Leviticus says ‘Do not profit by the blood of your fellow’ (Leviticus 19:16) (1) so Jews must not put their piety over a human life (1). Accept any other valid response. • Repeated reason/ development • Development that does not relate both to the reason and to the question. • Reference to a source of wisdom that does not relate to the reason given. (5) Question number Indicative content Mark 1(d) AO2 12 marks, SPaG 3 marks Candidates must underpin their analysis and evaluation with knowledge and understanding. Candidates will be required to demonstrate thorough knowledge and understanding as well as accuracy of religion and belief when responding to the question and in meeting AO2 descriptors. AO2 Arguments for the statement: • The Messianic Age will bring peace to the world so obviously it should be the ultimate aim for all Jews. The Almighty created all people to live in harmony, and the Messiah will create order from the chaos in the world today • Orthodox Jews believe that every generation has a descendant of David who has the potential to be the Messiah, but the actions of people in the world prevent this happening. All Jews must work towards this by following the mitzvot • Reform Judaism do not believe there will be a Messiah, but they do believe they should be working towards a Messianic Age of peace, through collective action, including religious observance. Arguments against the statement: • For some Jews, beliefs about a literal Messianic Age are not realistic and although they want peace, they do not believe it will come from a leader given to them by the Almighty and therefore they do not work towards a Messianic Age • Belief in the Messianic Age is seen by some as an idea which came out of persecution and hatred, something to give the Jews hope in hard times in history. As such, it is not a belief they follow • Many Jews believe that they cannot understand the ways of the Almighty. They must trust that he will look after them. As long as they obey the mitzvot, what will be will be. Actively working towards the Messianic Age is the wrong intention. Accept any other valid response. Candidates who do not consider different viewpoints within the religious tradition or non-religious viewpoints (as instructed in the question) cannot achieve marks beyond Level 2. (15) Level Mark Descriptor 0 No rewardable response. Level 1 1–3 • Information/issues are identified and make superficial connections among a limited range of elements in the question, underpinned by isolated elements of understanding of religion and belief. • Judgements are supported by generic arguments to produce a conclusion that is not fully justified. Level 2 4–6 • Superficial connections are made among many, but not all, of the elements in the question, underpinned by a limited understanding of religion and belief. • Judgements of a limited range of elements in the question are made. Judgements are supported by an attempt to appraise evidence, much of which may be superficial, leading to a conclusion that is not fully justified. Level 3 7–9 • Deconstructs religious information/issues, lea [Show More]

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