AES 2E HY MYE 2022 LORMS (Final)

HISTORY/LS/2E/MYE/2022 Subject: History Level/Stream: Secondary 2 Express Date: 12 May 2022 Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes Mark Scheme Assumption English School Mid-Year Examination 2022

2 HISTORY/LS/2E/MYE/2022 Section A: Source-Based Question (15 Marks) Leve l Question and Level Descriptor Marks 1(a) Study Source A. What can you infer from this source about the impact of the announcement of the National Service Ordinance? Explain your answer. [4] L1 Restates provenance/ Describes the source/ Misinterprets the source 1 Example I can infer from this source that there were clashes between the Chinese middle school students and the policemen. [Describes the source] I can infer from this source that the policemen were trying to encourage the Chinese middle school students to sign up for National Service. [Misinterpretation of source] L2 Did not address the question focus about the impact of the announcement of the National Service Ordinance 2 Example I can infer from this source that the authorities were violent/ harsh towards the Chinese middle school students. [Did not address the question focus] I can infer from this source that the Chinese middle school students were treated roughly by the authorities. [Did not address the question focus] L3 Valid inference about the impact of the announcement of the National Service Ordinance, unsupported 3 Example I can infer from this source that the announcement of the National Service Ordinance resulted in instability/ chaos/ violence. [P] L4 Valid inference about the impact of the announcement of the National Service Ordinance, supported with valid source use 4 Example I can infer from this source that the announcement of the National Service Ordinance resulted in instability/ chaos/ violence. [P] The evidence from Source A is there were two policemen who forcibly grabbed the Chinese middle school student by his hand with a lot of force. The photograph also had a Chinese caption that wrote “How can we forget about this scene!” [Ev] This means that the authorities were aggressive towards the Chinese middle school students and inflicted harm on the students who were trying to express their unhappiness about the National Service Ordinance, leading to social instability in the society. [Ex]

3 HISTORY/LS/2E/MYE/2022 Leve l Question and Level Descriptor Marks 1(b) Study Source B. What is the purpose of this source? Explain your answer. [5] L1 Answers based on provenance/ Lifting from the source/ Describes the source/ Misinterprets the source 1 Example The purpose of the source is Teo Chye Hiong had discovered to his shame that he had allowed himself to be misled and exploited by pro -communist. [Lifting from source] L2 Reason (inference) based on content Award 2 marks for one valid inference, without support of valid source use. Award 3 marks for one valid inference, supported by valid source use. 2 – 3 Example Teo Chye Hiong [A] is trying to show that the communists are responsible for causing instability within the country such as the 1954 Anti -National Service riots. [M] The evidence is “Fong Lai Wah, a pro -communist classmate, persuaded me to take part in a camp -in launched by the pro -communist student Delegation for Exemption from National Service, because he alleged the British were sending students to be cannon fodder.” Without thinking, I took part in the camp -in at Chinese High School. [Ev] This means that the communist wer e actively influencing the impressionable Chinese middle school students to go against the National Service policy by spreading inaccurate information that the colonial government was intending to send them to fight against their enemies without any regard for their lives and education. [Ex] L3 Reason based on content/ impact of source [AVAM/ AVAI] Award 3 marks for a valid message/ impact, without support of valid source use. Award 4 marks for a valid message/ impact, supported by valid source use. 3 – 4 Refer to the example in the next level. L4 Detects the purpose of the source and intended impact [AVAMI] Award 5 marks for a more developed answer. 4 – 5 Example Teo Chye Hiong [A] is trying to convince [V] the people in Singapore [A] that the communists are responsible for causing instability within the country such as the 1954 Anti-National Service riots [M] so that the people in Singapore will support the Singapore government [I] and National Service [I – consideration of context] . The evidence is “Fong Lai Wah, a pro -communist classmate, persuaded me to take part in a camp -in launched by the pro -communist student Delegation for Exemption from National Service, because he alleged the British were sending students to be cannon fodder.” Without thinking, I took part in the camp -in at Chinese High School. [Ev] This means that the communist were actively influencing the impressionable Chinese middle school students to go against the National Service policy by spreading inaccurate information that the colonial government was intending to send them to fight against their enemies without any regard for their lives and education. [Ex]

4 HISTORY/LS/2E/MYE/2022 *Do not accept impacts about supporting the British colonial government and people in Singapore would not be influenced by Communism (context of source is in 1968 after Singapore achieved independence). Leve l Question and Level Descriptor Marks 1(c) Study Sources C and D. How different are these two sources about the causes of the Anti - National Service riots? Explain your answer. [6] L1 Generalised comments/ Difference or similarity based on provenance/ source type 1 Example Both sources are different because Source C is an interview with the chief reporter while Source D is an article written by a historian. [Difference based on provenance] L2 Invalid matching with valid basis of comparison about the cause of the Anti-National Service riots/ False matching 2 Example Sources C and D are similar in talking about the parents’ reluctance in sending their children for National Service/ how the parents did not agree with the National Service. [Invalid matching with valid basis of comparison about the cause of the Anti-National Service riots- because parents’ reluctance was not a direct cause of the riots] Sources C and D are different in talking about the support for National Service. [False matching] L3 Valid similarity in content, unsupported Award 3 marks for a valid similarity/ difference with basis of comparison, unsupported. Award 4 marks for both valid similarity and difference with basis of comparison, unsupported. 3 – 4 Example Similarity Both sources are similar in talking about the unhappiness towards the British colonial government/ how the Chinese students were anti-British or anti-colonialism. [BOC] Both sources are similar in talking about the Chinese students’ reluctance to join the National Service/ how the Chinese students were unwilling to go for National Service. [BOC] OR/AND Difference Both sources are different in talking about whether Communism was the reason that caused the Anti-National Service riots. [BOC] L4 Valid similarity in content, supported with valid source use Award 5 marks for a valid similarity/ difference with basis of comparison, supported. 5 – 6

5 HISTORY/LS/2E/MYE/2022 Award 6 marks for both valid similarity and difference with basis of comparison, supported. Example Similarity Both sources are similar in talking about the unhappiness towards the British colonial government/ how the Chinese students were anti-British or anti-colonialism. [BOC] The evidence from Source C is “They were all in the mood to fight the colonial government because the government had not done anythi