Mark Scheme (Results)
Summer 2023
Pearson Edexcel in
GCE History (8HI0/2G)
Advanced Subsidiary
Paper 2: Depth study
Option 2G.1: The rise and fall of fascism in Italy,
c1911–46
Option 2G.2: Spain, 1930–78: republ
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Mark Scheme (Results)
Summer 2023
Pearson Edexcel in
GCE History (8HI0/2G)
Advanced Subsidiary
Paper 2: Depth study
Option 2G.1: The rise and fall of fascism in Italy,
c1911–46
Option 2G.2: Spain, 1930–78: republicanism,
Francoism and the re-establishment of
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Summer 2023
Question Paper Log Number P68780A
Publications Code 8HI0_2G_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 questionable assumptions.
3 6–8 • 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.
• Knowledge of the historical context is deployed to explain or support
inferences, as well as to expand or confirm matters of detail.
• Evaluation of the source material is related to the specified enquiry and
based on valid criteria although justification is not fully substantiated.
Explanation of utility takes into account relevant considerations such as
nature or purpose of the source material or the position of the author.Section A: Questions 1b/2b
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 or no
supporting evidence. Concept of reliability 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, confirm or challenge matters of detail.
• Evaluation of the source material is related to the specified enquiry
but with limited support for judgement. Concept of reliability is
addressed mainly by noting aspects of source provenance and
judgements may be based on questionable assumptions.
3 6–9 • 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 weight 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, with some
justification.
4 10–12 • 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.
• 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 material uses valid criteria which are justified
and applied, although some of the evaluation may not be fully
substantiated. Evaluation takes into account the weight the evidence
will bear as part of coming to a judgement.
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