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 cou