Testing An Assertion

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Housing the People

• Testing An Assertion
• Source Based Question

Seow Yee Syazwani Anoosha An An
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LORMS
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STEPS

• Intro to stand and which sources show or dont
  show in general
• Explain the dominant stand first.
• Use contextual knowledge to support or not, what
  the source shows.
• Explain the contrasting view.
• Contrasting view ( only applicable to sources
  which show AND dont show the assertion)
• Conclusion- reiterate the stand

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TIPS
1) Use all the sources and refer to them closely
in your answer. You must cite the
sources. 2) State clearly, and in separate
paragraphs, which sources show and which
dont. 3) Cross refer to contextual knowledge to
support the relevant source(s) 4) Include a
valid conclusion at the end of your essay. The
conclusion should be a summary (of both
perspectives) of what you have mentioned
in the body of your essay. 5) Dont forget to
ANSWER the question. If you fail to mention
which sources show and which do not, you
will be deemed to have failed to answer the
question, and you will get no marks. 6) Dont
merely state what each source mentions. Closely
refer the sources to one another. 7) Dont
write your entire essay in one paragraph.
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Source A

• Clearing the squatter settlements was always
  difficult. When we first moved squatter
  settlements from the corner of Kim Seng Road, we
  moved about eight squatter families to Queenstown
  which was not very far away. But in 6months
  time, more than half of the families came back!
  And it was difficult to make anyone give up their
  squatter hut and move away from their kampong.
  Resettlement was a big problem.
• Adapted quotation of Lim Kim San, First
  Chairman of the HDB
• in Leaders of Singapore by Melanie Chew

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Source B

• We had to move people away from Bukit Merah
  which was a pig farming area. One evening I came
  back to the Housing Board and saw a huge crowd of
  omen there. They were pig farmers, who were bring
  moved away from their homes and farms. They were
  cursing and swearing at me! I had to run up to my
  office through the back door.
• Adapted quotation of Lim Kim San, First Chairman
  of the HDB
• in Leaders of Singapore by Melanie Chew

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Source C

• There was a toilet all to ourselves in the flat,
  and next to the flat was a community centre and a
  children's playground. We like high-rise living.
  The flats had common corridors and because of
  that, neighbours soon became friends.
• Adapted from Kim Seng A Reflection of
  Singapores Success
• by Sumiko Tan

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QuestionHow far do all the sources show that
people were satisfied with the government
resettling actions?
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Introduction

• They showed that the people
• were satisfied with the government resettling
  actions to a small extent.

State stand with a one-sentence introduction
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KEY
Stand
Evaluating Source A
Source quote
Explanation

• Source A showed that people were not satisfied
  with the government resettling action. The people
  were not reluctant to leave their kampong and
  squatter hut. As source A states, But in six
  months time, more than half of the families came
  back, this showed that the people did not
  support the government resettling action and at
  the same at the same time the government faced
  problems as it was very difficult to make any
  one give up their squatter hut. If the people
  were satisfied with the government resettling
  actions, they would not have came back to their
  old houses and the government would not have
  faced such difficulties.

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KEY
Stand
Evaluating Source B
Source quote
Explanation

Source B showed that people were not satisfied
with the government resettling actions. They were
resentful towards the government resettling
actions. As Source B states the people were
cursing and swearing at me. Their strong
resentful towards the government actions caused
them to show their anger at the Housing Board.
Source B states that I came back to the Housing
Board and saw a huge crowd of women there.
Therefore, Source B showed that the people were
dissatisfied with the government resettling
actions and displayed their displeasure at the
Housing Board.
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KEY
Evaluating Source C
Stand
Source quote
Explanation

• Source C showed that people were satisfied with
  the government resettling actions. They were
  happy with the facilities that the government had
  provided them such as a toilet all to ourselves
  in the flat, and next to the flat was a community
  centre and childrens playground. Therefore,
  people were satisfied with the government
  resettling actions. As Source C states, we like
  high-rise living showed that the peoples
  satisfaction that the government resettling
  actions brought them benefits like quality
  facilities and able to make friends with the
  neighbours.

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• From my contextual knowledge, I know that the
  resettling actions had improved the living
  conditions of Singaporeans. According to a survey
  held in 1968, 68 of the respondents revealed
  that they were satisfied as their standard of
  living had improved on the whole. Furthermore,
  the government resettling actions reduced the
  number of slums and squatters settlements.
  Therefore, my contextual knowledge does not
  support my stand.

Link to contextual knowledge

• I conclude that the 3 sources showed that people
  were satisfied with the government resettling
  actions to a small extent. However, my contextual
  knowledge does not support my stand.

Conclusion
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• Due to time constraint, we decided to
  distribute the job among team members...

Seow Yee Came out with the questions and
answered it Anoosha Made the LORMS and tips An
An Made the powerpoint and edited it Syazwani
Made the powerpoint Everyone did their job and
researched. Not to worry, as we practice
equality to ensure that we do not discriminate
anyone.... Nobody was left out in the process. ?
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Bibliography

• http//picas.nhb.gov.sg
• www.moe.gov.sg/ne/images/
• Understanding our Past Secondary 2 History
  Textbook

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