SBCS Decolonisation of Malaya (QP)

DunmanHighSchoolHumanities&AestheticsProgrammeYear4DHP-History 25 SourceBasedCaseStudy Name: Reg.No. ( )Class: Date: TheMalayanUnion SourceA: AphotographofarallyinJohorBahru,publishedinSingaporeon24May1946.ThemanontheleftisaMalayDato.ThemenontherightareBritishMPs.TheyareontheirwaytoameetingtodiscusstheMalayanUnion. 1

SourceB: AnextractfromtheBritishgovernmentproposalsofJanuary1946onthefutureConstitutionoftheMalayanUnion. SourceC: AnextractfromanarticleinanAmericannewspaperpublishedon9March1946.ThearticlewasaboutthedebateontheMalayanUnionintheBritishParliament. SourceD: AnarticlebyaMalayRajahinresponsetotheappealforviewsontheproposedMalayanUnion,publishedinDecember1945. 2

SourceE: FromaspeechmadebyDatoOnnbinJafaartoanaudienceofMalayson12May1946. “TheMalayanUnionwasagoodideaforthepeopleofMalaya.”UseSourcesA–Etoshowhowfartheevidenceconfirmsthisstatement. Inansweringthequestion,youshoulduseyourknowledgeandunderstandingoftheperiodtohelpyouinterpretandevaluatethesources.Youmayuseanyofthesourceswheretheyarehelpful. 3

QUESTIONANALYSIS: ● Keywords: ● Assumptionofgivenquestion: ● HistoricalControversy: ● WhoseideawastheMalayanUnion?● WhatwastheintentbehindtheMalayanUnion?● WhatwerethepossibleimplicationsandeffectsoftheMalayanUnion?● Fromalocalperspective,whatarethedifferentpointsofviewthatsomeonecouldhaveregardstotheMalayanUnion? [Note:Createasmanyparagraphsasyouneed.Oneforeachpointofinferencetobeanalysed.]Introduction Overviewofsourceresponsetohypothesis Asimplecategorisationofsourcesbasedon: a. Supporta. Challengea. Balanced Support- Challenge- Balanced- Stateyourstandonwhetherthesourcesprovidesstrong/weakevidencefor/againsttheissueoverall. 1

Paragraph/sforanalysingevidenceinsourcesthatsupportthegivenstatement.INFERENCE: ● Highlightthecommonlinkbetweenidentifiedsourcesinaddressingthehypothesis● Explanatorylinktothehypothesis–makeanexplicitlinktosupporttheideathatMalayanUnionwasagoodideaEVIDENCE: ● Selectrelevantandspecificcontentfromthesourcethatsupportsyourinference. ● Makeexplicitreferencetothesource-Paraphraseandquotekeywordsandphrasestodemonstrateexplicituseofthesources.Fornon-textualsources,drawreferencetospecificvisualrepresentation. ● Explanatorylinkbacktoyourinference–forsourcesthatarenotself-explanatoryinmakinganexplicitlinktotheinference.Eg:“SourceAasapoliticalcartoondemonstratesthat...” EVALUATION: ● Bestrategicinyouruseofskills–whichsourcerequiresspecificcontextualknowledge(CK)toshowcasearelevantcontextofthesource? ● Intheuseofcross-reference(CR),drawexplicitreferencefromonesourcetoanotherandhighlighttherelevantsourcecontentthatsupportsclaims.Paraphraseandquotekeywordsorphrases. 2

● Lastly,makeajudgmentabouttheutilityofthesources–Dotheymakeastrongcasefortheirperspective?Oraretheylimitedinprovidingaholisticviewoftheissue?● Doesthepurposeofthesourceaffectitsutility? Paragraph/sforanalysingevidenceinsourcesthatopposesthegivenstatement.INFERENCE: ● Highlightthecommonlinkbetweenidentifiedsourcesinaddressingthehypothesis● Explanator