Social_Studies_Essays_Part_1

CONTENT | KEY EVIDENCE | CAUSE AND EFFECT | ST LT IMPACT | LINK COLOUR CODING CONTENT | KEY EVIDENCE | CAUSE AND EFFECT | ST LT IMPACT | LINK Evaluation  Causes o Necessary vs. sufficient o Trigger, contributing, underlying/root  Consequences / impacts o Severity, scale, immediacy, duration, permanence  Responses/solutions o Effectiveness, efficiency, feasibility Structure 1. Introduction, 3 points, evaluation 2. Introduction, 2 para (1 support, 1 opposing), evaluation

CONTENT | KEY EVIDENCE | CAUSE AND EFFECT | ST LT IMPACT | LINK VIOLENT EXTREMISM IMPACT: “The most harmful impact of violent extremism is the social division it causes.” How far do you agree with the statement? Explain your answer. Mistrust and increased tension between religions groups Evidence: Paris: Sharp rise in hate crimes and bias incidents against Muslims Indonesia: Discrimination towards ethnic minorities and immigrants (sikhs) Anti-muslim hate crimes increased by 67%, sikhs more visible due to their long beard Cause: The goal of a radicalized group is to cause division between religious groups of the society. Hence, they claim to take on similar religious beliefs of other groups of the society. As a result, actions by the radicalised few will be associated with a particular religion, not to that radical party, causing the society to view everyone of that religion to be a terrorist, creating mistrust and tension between groups of the society. These increased tensions are reflected by negative stereotypes, misunderstandings, intolerance, and discrimination on specific religious groups. For example, after the Paris bombings, there was a sharp rise in hate crimes and bias incidents against Muslims because the terrorist claimed to be a Muslim. This reflects how violent extremism creates a ripple-effect, where act of violence by a radicalised individual will result in more violence among non-radicalised individuals, creating a vicious cycle of discrimination against one particular religion that results in social division. Negative stereotypes that lead to misunderstandings, intolerance, discrimination and even hate crimes in society Effect: Results in higher chances of terrorist recruitment as marginalised communities that feels marginalised and discriminated is most susceptible to radicalisation LINK: Vicious cycle that brings more attacks and instability to country Economic impact Damage and loss of private and public property 2016: Cost of terrorist acts reached $90 billion World Trade Centre bombings of 2001: Billions of dollars lost, services and goods destroyed Productive resources that could have been focused on other development projects like transport infrastructure must be allocated to rebuilding damaged properties and strengthening internal security, marginalising productivity Tourism France: tourism accounts for 8% of GDP, terrorist attacks in 2015 and 2016 resulted in a loss of up to 70% in revenue in vari