Mark Scheme (Results) Summer 2022 Pearson Edexcel GCSE In Religious Studies A (1RA0) Paper 1: Area of Study 1 - Study of Religion Option 1B: Christianity Edexcel and BTEC Qualifications

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Mark Scheme (Results) Summer 2022 Pearson Edexcel GCSE In Religious Studies A (1RA0) Paper 1: Area of Study 1 - Study of Religion Option 1B: Christianity Edexcel and BTEC Qualifications 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 P71238A Publications Code 1RA0_1B_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. • Killing another person with no cause (1) • Stealing from a shop (1) • Using social media to bully someone (1) • When countries go to war (1) • Treating someone differently because of their race (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 describing a relevant Christian belief. Award a second mark for a contrasting description from the named religion up to a maximum of four marks. Candidates must choose from one other religion they have studied either Buddhism Hinduism, Islam, Judaism or Sikhism. For the purpose of this mark scheme we have chosen Hinduism. • In Christianity the soul leaves the body and there is no second earthly life, (1) whereas, in Hinduism the belief is that, after death, the atman (soul) of a person passes into a new body and life (1) • In Christianity salvation and reward in heaven is through Jesus, (1) whereas there are many paths to Moksha in Hinduism (1) • In Christianity it is God who judges the righteous from the unrighteous, (2 Corinthians 5:10) (1) whereas in Hinduism • Repeated difference/ development • Development that does not relate both to the difference given and to the question. • Comparison with other forms of Christianity. (4) rebirth depends on Karma which is the sum of the good and bad actions taken (1). Accept any other valid response. Question number Answer Reject Mark 1(c) AO1 5 marks Award one mark for each teaching. 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 Bible teaches that Jesus was present at creation (1) and he was with God from the beginning (1) ‘In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God’ (John 1:1) (1) • Jesus ‘the Word’ came to earth as a human being (1) he lived with and showed Gods glory to humanity (1) ‘The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.’ (John 1:14) (1) • Jesus as the Son of God spoke to humanity about his Father in Heaven (1) ‘He appeared in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was preached among the nations, (1 Timothy 3:16) (1) and returned to the father, taken up in glory (1). Accept any other valid response. • Repeated teaching/ development • Development that does not relate both to the teaching 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: • Genesis 1 shows how God is the Creator and that he created light simply by his word. God is all-powerful, all-knowing and allloving so there is no reason not to believe this account is the complete truth. • Some Christians believe the Bible explains to humanity why the world was created as well as how. The Bible gives a complete account of what happened. Science can only explain how, it does not explain why the events took place, or the purpose of life on earth. • Science has not proved how the world was created; it is still just a theory. Some Christians believe only the Bible has the truth because it has the authority as the word of God; so, this is all Christians need to know. 2 Timothy 3:16 says ‘All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness.’ Arguments against the statement: • Some Christians understand the stories of creation in the Bible are more like poetry and myth, not fact or truth. They see it as a metaphor for what happened rather than an actual account. • The Bible was written a long time ago. Science has moved on and therefore it does not contain up-to-date knowledge about the universe and biology. There are answers now that were not around when the Bible was written. Therefore, it is not the truth as we understand it now. • The Big Bang Theory and the theory of evolution have lots of support from scientists and some of them are Christians. These views help Christians to understand how God created everything. the Bible does not tell Christians this. Accept any other valid response. (15) 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. 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 justifie [Show More]

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