Mark Scheme (Results) Summer 2022 Pearson Edexcel GCSE In Religious Studies A (1RA0) Paper 4: Area of Study 4 – Textual Studies Option 4A: Mark’s Gospel Edexcel and BTEC Qualifications

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Mark Scheme (Results) Summer 2022 Pearson Edexcel GCSE In Religious Studies A (1RA0) Paper 4: Area of Study 4 – Textual Studies Option 4A: Mark’s Gospel Edexcel and BTEC Qualifications Edex... cel 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 P71245A Publications Code 1RA0_4A_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 Award one mark for each point identified up to a maximum of three. • Jesus’ baptism shows he is God’s Son (1) • God, the Father, the Son and Spirit were all present (1) • Christians today follow Jesus’ example and are baptised (1) • It shows Jesus’ willingness to take on the sins of humanity (1) • It marked the beginning of Jesus’ ministry (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 reason. Award a second mark for development of the reason. Up to a maximum of four. • Jesus was arrested because he challenged the temple authorities (1), so they ’began looking for a way to kill him, for they feared him ...’ (Mark 11:18) (1) • The teachers of the law believed Jesus was guilty of blasphemy (1). Jesus said he had the authority to forgive sins and for the teachers of the law only God could do this (1) • Jesus was considered a threat to public order under Roman rule (1). The final charge against him was that he claimed to be ‘King of the Jews’ (Mark 15:26) (1). Accept any other valid response. • Repeated reason/ development • Development that does not relate both to the reason given and to the question. (4) Question number Answer Reject Mark 1(c) AO1 5 marks Award one mark for each point. Award further marks for each development of the point up to a maximum of four marks. Award one further mark for any relevant source of wisdom or authority. • Peter’s confession shows that Jesus is the Messiah (1). When Jesus asked the disciples who people thought he was they replied, ‘“Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets”’ (Mark 8:28) (1) but Peter said; ‘“You are the Messiah.”’ (Mark 8:29) (1) • Jesus saw his imminent suffering and death as God’s will (1), he taught that the ‘Son of Man must suffer many things’ (Mark 8:31) (1), but three days after his death he would rise again (Mark 8:31) (1) • Jesus wanted to keep his identity as the Messiah a secret (1), ‘Jesus warned them not to tell anyone about him’ (Mark 8:30), (1); he did not want to be thought of as a king like messiah (1). Accept any other valid response. • Repeated point/ development • Development that does not relate both to the point and to the question • Reference to a source of wisdom that does not relate to the teaching 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 nature miracles are evidence Jesus is divine because only someone with God’s powers could defy the laws of nature. For example, Jesus was able to control a storm, ‘Even the wind and the waves obey him' (Mark 4:41); the only explanation being that that Jesus is God • The nature miracles must be due to the activity of God as the disciples witnessed these miracles and were amazed (Mark 6:51). Therefore, such events cannot be just coincidences and the only explanation is that Jesus is divine • In the accounts of the nature miracles there are links to the Old Testament thus proving that Jesus was the expected Messiah. In the feeding of the five thousand, there is a link with manna and the Moses tradition, the people were expecting a messiah like Moses, therefore, the miracle shows Jesus to be that person. Arguments against the statement: • Non-religious people would argue that nature miracles can be explained in other ways, e.g. in the feeding of the five thousand the people brought their own food out of hiding. Therefore, it does not provide reliable evidence that Jesus was from God • Some Christians believe the nature miracles were not meant to be used as evidence. Their significance lies is the message they convey, not their historical validity e.g. the calming of the storm was written to offer comfort to Christians who were facing persecution • The nature miracles alone are not evidence for Jesus’ divinity. At the beginning of the Gospel of Mark it clearly states his purpose to show Jesus as the Messiah, the Son of God (Mark 1:1) therefore, it is through Jesus’ whole life and teachings that Jesus is shown to have been sent from God not just through the nature miracles. (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, leading to coherent and logical chains of reasoning that consider different viewpoints. These are underpinned by an accurate understanding of religion and belief. Connections are made among many, but not all, of the elements in the question. • Constructs coherent and reasoned judgements of many, but not all, of the elements in the question. Judgements are supported by the appraisal of evidence, some of which may be superficial, leading to a partially justified conclusion. Level 4 10–12 • Critically deconstructs religious information/issues, leading to coherent and logical chains of reasoning that consider different viewpoints. These are underpinned by a sustained, accurate and thorough understanding of religion and belief. Connections are made among the full range of elements in the question. • Constructs coherent and reasoned judgements of the full range of elements in the question. Judgements are fully supported by the comprehensive appraisal of evidence, leading to a fully justified conclusion. Accept any other valid response. Candidates who do not consider different viewpoints within the religious tradition or non-relig [Show More]

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