CHUNG CHENG HIGH (YISHUN) Prelim 2019 Social Studies Ans 4E5N

Social Studies Preliminary Examination 2019 Secondary 4 Express/ 5NA Prepared by Miss Linda Agahari and Miss Jenny pg. 1 Section A: Source Based Case Study 1a) Study Source A. What does the source tell you about extremists? Explain your answer. [5] Level Examples L1: Source Description [1] Extremists will get their reward for killing people at various places of worship. . L2: Valid message, literal interpretation OR not on extremists [2-3] 2m: unsupported 3m: supported Literal interpretation: The source tells me extremists will go to hell for killing people. The cartoon shows extremists hoping to get their reward for k illing people at various places of worship. On the other side, the Devil labelled hate and intolerance was anticipating the arrival of the extremists. This means the extremists will go to hell instead of receiving rewards for their actions. L3: Inference on extremists, unsupported [4] Message: The source tells me extremists do not understand religion. L4: Inference on extremists, supported [5] Message: The source tells me extremists do not understand religion. The cartoon shows extremists hoping to get their reward for killing people at various places of worship. On the other side, the Devil labelled hate and intolerance was anticipating the arrival of the extremists. The Devil says “You should see their faces when they realise they worshi p the same ‘God’!” The extremists think that they should kill people as that is what their religion and their God wants them to do. However, the “God” that they truly worship is hate and intolerance. This shows that they do not understand religion at all.

Social Studies Preliminary Examination 2019 Secondary 4 Express/ 5NA Prepared by Miss Linda Agahari and Miss Jenny pg. 2 b) Study Sources B and C. Does Source B prove Source C wrong as evidence about the Sri Lankan Police Chief? Explain your answer. [7] Level Examples L1: Answers based on description of provenance. [1m] Source B does not prove Source C wrong because Source B is a statement from the Sri Lankan President, who is the leader of the government that had been criticised for its incompetence. He would naturally be biased against the Police Chief. Therefore, Source B does not prove Source C wrong. L2: Comparison level [2-5] Similarity or/and Difference identified [2-3] Similarity or/and Difference explained [4-5] OR Source B proves Source C wrong because it disagrees with Source C in terms of whether the Police Chief is to blame for failing to prevent the bomb attacks. According to Source B, the Police Chief is to blame. However, according to Source C, he is not to blame for failing to prevent the bomb attacks. This is evident in Source B as it states that “The Defence Secretary and Inspector General of Police failed to inform the President about the intelligence agency letter from a friendly foreign country sent on 4 April 2019, warning about possible attacks on churches and places of public gathering”. This means the Police Chief also knew about the warning but kept silent; he didn’t even inform his superior – the President. As a result, no actions were taken to pre vent the attack. Thus, the Police Chief is to blame. In contrast, Source C states that “ He claimed that the President excluded him from attending the National Security Council and had asked the Head of State Intelligence Service (SIS) – Sri Lanka’s spy agency – to report to him directly on matters of national security. ” This means the Police Chief is not at fault as he was excluded from the National Security Council, which means he may have not been kept in the loop about the impending attack. Thus, he is not to blame for failing to prevent the attack. Since Source B contradicts Source C in terms of whether the Police Chief is to blame for failing to prevent bomb attacks in Sri Lanka, it does not prove Source C wrong. Similarity: Source B proves Source C right because both agree that the Police Chief was fired due to intelligence failure in preventing the bomb attacks.

Social Studies Preliminary Examination 2019 Secondary 4 Express/ 5NA Prepared by Miss Linda Agahari and Miss Jenny pg. 3 L2: Message + CR [4] Uncritical rejection of Source B based on content + CR See L3 & L4 L3: Answer is based on Source B’s unreliability Provenance explained Using either Source Analysis or Context- Motive [6m] In order to attain this level, students must: (i) Take a stand and messages from both sources should be indicated (ii) Explain why the provenance makes the source not credible (iii) Explain main message (iv) Explain why what the Police Chief said is not reliable (SA or C/M) (v) Link to why it does not prove Source C wrong Source B does not prove Source C wrong as Source B says the Police Chief is to blame for failing to prevent the bomb attacks in Sri Lanka but Source C says he is not to blame (i). Source B is a statement from the Sri Lankan President who is the leader of the government that had been criticised for its incompetence. He would naturally be biased against the Police Chief. Therefore, Source B does not prove Source C wrong (ii). This is evident in Source B where it states that “The Defence Secretary and Inspector General of Police failed to inform the President about the intelligence agency letter from a friendly foreign country sent on 4 April 2019, warning about possible attacks on churches and places of public gathering”. This means the Police Chief also knew about the warning but kept silent; he didn’t even inform his superior – the President. As a result, no actions were taken to prevent the attack. Thus, the Police Chief is to blame (iii). (SA) However, his statement is one -sided as he intentionally ignores the fact that all the different departments are under his management, and given that the intelligence unit reports to him directly, there is no way he was completely unaware of the impending attack. He would have known about the activities of a local extremist group too as he has access to all the intelligence information. Thus, his view is skewed and unreliable. (C) Moreover, the President was criticised by the public for failing to react fast enough to the bomb warning, and thus, he would push the blame to the Police Chief so that he will not appear incompetent and (M) the public does not demand that he steps down as the President. With this motive, his view is skewed and unreliable (iv). Since, he is unreliable, this source cannot prove Source C wrong (v). L4: L3 + Cross reference [7m] My stand is supported by the Background Information that also says the Police Chief is not to blame. It state s, “The Sri Lankan leader quickly came under fire for his failure to act on a detailed warning sent by their intelligence unit about the NTJ’s plans to attack”. This means the President was the one to blame for failing to prevent the attacks, not the Police Chief. Since B.I contradicts Source B, it reduces the reliability of Source B. Hence, Source B cannot prove Source C wrong.

Social Studies Preliminary Examination 2019 Secondary 4 Express/ 5NA Prepared by Miss Linda Agahari and Miss Jenny pg. 4 c) Study Source D. Are you surprised by what the source says about the terrorists’ socio-economic background? Explain your answer. [7] Level Descriptors Answers L1: Not Surprised, stating provenance [1- 2] I am not surprised by what the source says about the terrorists’ socio-economic background as this comes from The Wall Street Journal . It is a reputable news source and I expect it to have confirmed the information before publishing so as to maintain its reputation. [1] I am not surprised by what the source says about the terrorists’ socio-economic background since this information is from the investigation report