Mark Scheme (Results)
Summer 2023
Pearson Edexcel in
GCE History (8HI0/2D)
Advanced Subsidiary
Paper 2: Depth study
Option 2D.1: The unification of
... [Show More] Italy, c1830–
70
Option 2D.2: The unification of Germany,
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Summer 2023
Question Paper Log Number P68777A
Publications Code 8HI0_2D_2306_MS
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© Pearson Education Ltd 2023General 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.Generic Level Descriptors
Section A: Questions 1a/2a
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 1–2 • 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 if any
substantiation. Concepts of utility may be addressed, but by making
stereotypical judgements.
2 3–5 • Demonstrates some understanding of the source material and attempts
analysis 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 or confirm matters of detail.
• Evaluation of the source material is related to the specified enquiry and
with some substantiation for assertions of value. The concept of utility
is addressed mainly by noting aspects of source provenance and may
be based on questiona [Show Less]