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● Explanatorylinktothehypothesis–makeanexplicitlinktochallengetheideathattheMalayaUnionwasagoodidea EVIDENCE: ● Selectrelevantandspecificcontentfromthesourcethatsupportsyourinference. ● Makeexplicitreferencetothesource-Paraphraseandquotekeywordsandphrasestodemonstrateexplicituseofthesources.Fornon-textualsources,drawreferencetospecificvisualrepresentation. ● Explanatorylinkbacktoyourinference–forsourcesthatarenotself-explanatoryinmakinganexplicitlinktotheinference.Eg:“SourceAasapoliticalcartoondemonstratesthat...”EVALUATION: ● Bestrategicinyouruseofskills–whichsourcerequiresspecificcontextual 3

knowledge(CK)toshowcasearelevantcontextofthesource? ● Intheuseofcross-reference(CR),drawexplicitreferencefromonesourcetoanotherandhighlighttherelevantsourcecontentthatsupportsclaims.Paraphraseandquotekeywordsorphrases. ● Lastly,makeajudgmentabouttheutilityofthesources–Dotheymakeastrongcasefortheirperspective?Oraretheylimitedinprovidingaholisticviewoftheissue?● Doesthepurposeofthesourceaffectitsutility? OverallEvaluationCONCLUSION:● Option1:Reconcileboththe‘support’and‘challenge’sources● i.e.Explainwhyandhowbothsidesarevaliddespitetheirdifferenceandcometoaconclusion ● Option2:Weighbetweenthe‘support’and‘challenge’sourcesandconcludewhichistobepreferred.● i.e.evaluatewhichsetofsourcesaremoreconvincing 4

MARKINGLEVELSFORSOURCE-BASEDSTUDYQUESTION LEVEL1 Theanswer makeslimiteduseof thesources.Thesourcesmaybeparaphrased or described. Some relevant information from thesourcemay beextractedat facevaluetosupport and/or challengethehypothesis,buttheanswermaybeconfusedorundeveloped. [1–5] LEVEL2 Theanswer usesrelevant informationfromsourcesatfacevaluetosupport and/or challengethehypothesis. Sources may beusedinisolation. The answer may demonstrate some awareness ofprovenanceofthesourcebutevaluationofthesourcesisunlikely. [6–9] LEVEL3 Theanswer begins totreat thesources as aset, althoughoneortwosourcesmaybeneglectedatthelowerlevel.Itwilldemonstratesome understanding of the question. Some sources may becross-referencedtosupport and/or challengethehypothesis.Therewill beanattempt toevaluatesources, but thesourcesarenot beplacedincontext. [10–13] LEVEL4 The answer treats sources as a set and makes gooduseof thesources. It will demonstrateaclear understandingof thequestion.Sources may becross-referencedtosupport and/or challengethehypothesis. There will be an attempt to evaluate the sources incontextbuttherewillbegaps,unevennessandalackofbalance. [14-17] LEVEL5 Theanswertreatsthesourcesasasetandmakesverygooduseofthe sources. It will demonstrate a good understanding of thequestion. Sources may be cross-referenced to support and/orchallenge the hypothesis. The answer will demonstrate a criticalevaluation of the sources incontext tosupport andchallengethehypothesis(thatis,balanced). [18–21] LEVEL6 L5+Theanswer treats thesources as aset andmakes excellentuseof thesources.Itwilldemonstrateaverygoodunderstandingofthe question. The answer will demonstrateacritical evaluationofthesourcesincontexttosupportandchallengethehypothesis(thatis,balanced). It may question howfar a conclusion can be reached using theevidenceinthesources. It will either explainfullywhyevidencetochallengeor tosupport thehypothesisisbetter/preferred, or justifywhy an amended/alternative historical interpretation whereappropriate.ForL6,L5answermustalsobesecure. [22–25] 1