Mark Scheme (Results)
Summer 2023
Pearson Edexcel GCE
In History (9HI0/31)
Advanced
Paper 3: Themes in breadth with
aspects in depth
Option 31:
... [Show More] Rebellion and disorder under the
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Summer 2023
Question Paper Log Number P72263A
Publications Code 9HI0_31_2306_MS
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mark the first candidate in exactly the same way as they mark the
last.
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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.Generic Level Descriptors: Section A
Target: AO2: Analyse and evaluate appropriate source material, primary and/or
contemporary to the period, within its historical context.
Level Mark Descriptor
0 No rewardable material.
1 1–3 • Demonstrates surface level comprehension of the source material
without analysis, selecting some material relevant to the question, but in
the form of direct quotations or paraphrases.
• Some relevant contextual knowledge is included, with limited linkage to
the source material.
• Evaluation of the source material is assertive with little or no supporting
evidence. Concepts of reliability or utility may be addressed, but by
making stereotypical judgements.
2 4–7 • Demonstrates some understanding and attempts analysis of the source
material by selecting and summarising information and making
undeveloped inferences relevant to the question.
• Contextual knowledge is added to information from the source material
to expand, confirm or challenge matters of detail.
• Evaluation of the source material is related to the specified enquiry but
with limited support for judgement. Concepts of reliability or utility are
addressed mainly by noting aspects of source provenance and
judgements may be based on questionable assumptions.
3 8–12 • Demonstrates understanding of the source material and shows some
analysis by selecting key points relevant to the question, explaining their
meaning and selecting material to support valid inferences.
• Deploys knowledge of the historical context to explain or support
inferences as well as to expand, confirm or challenge matters of detail.
• Evaluation of the source material is related to the specified enquiry and
explanation of utility takes into account relevant considerations such as
nature or purpose of the source material or the position of the author.
Judgements are based on valid criteria but with limited justification.
4 13–16 • Analyses the source material, interrogating the evidence to make
reasoned inferences and to show a range of ways the material can be
used, for example by distinguishing between information and claim or
opinion, although treatment of the two sources may be uneven.
• Deploys knowledge of the historical context to illuminate and/or discuss
the limitations of what can be gained from the content of the source
material, displaying some understanding of the need to interpret source
material in the context of the values and concerns of the society from
which it is drawn.
• Evaluation of the source mater [Show Less]