SSF1033 Group Assignment

SSF1033 Introduction to Malaysian Social History

Group Assignment (30%)

1. Identify current available types of historical artifacts in any one of Sarawak’s
local museums. Then, explain how they create meaning to a community’s
history.

2. Visit one local site (i.e a Malay kampong, a graveyard etc.). Then, extract
at least THREE historical narratives (i.e from interviews from the locals, from
reading the signboard etc.) about how and when the site came into being.

3. Visit a local library and search for five Sarawak Gazette articles that
reported anything at all about events happening in British Malaya circa
1874 – 1919 CE. Summarize their contents and discuss how British Malaya
was depicted in the articles.

4. Describe the evolution of any one national examination (i.e Sijil Pelajaran
Malaysia) from its introduction until now. Then, explain how did the
evolution reflect education values of Malaysian citizens today.

5. Interview a local who works in a local press (as an editor, reporter etc.). Ask
his/her from his/her experience about how the publications they are
working with has impacted any social issues concerning any of Malaysia’s
ethnic community. Report and summarize his/her answer.

6. Identify a colonial tradition that still persists in Malaysian’s social practice
today. Then explain how such tradition may have been, over the years,
localized.

7. Malaysian Agreement 1964 (MA63) is an important document which lead
to the formation of Malaysia. Discuss the evolution of MA63 and what are
the implications of MA63 to the Borneo States of Sabah and Sarawak.

Rubrics- Group Assignment (30%)

Level of 4 Criteria 2 1
Engagement in Proactively 3 Rarely contributes Never contributes
Class contributes to to class by offering to class by offering
Listening, class by offering Proactively ideas and asking ideas and asking
questioning and ideas and asking contributes to questions questions
discussing questions more class by offering
than once per ideas and asking Has trouble Does not listen
Behavior class questions once listening with with respect,a
Respectfully per class respect, and takes rgues with
Preparation listens, discusses over discussions teammates, and
Problem solving and asks Respectfully without letting does not consider
questions and listens, discusses other people have other ideas.
Group / Partner helps direct the and asks a turn Blocks group form
Teamwork group in solving questions reaching
problems Occasionally agreements
Rarely displays displays Always displays
Almost never disruptive disruptive disruptive
displays behaviour during behaviour during behaviour during
disruptive class discussions class discussions class discussions
behaviour during and group and group and group
class discussions activities activities activities
and group Rarely prepared
activities Usually prepared with assignments Almost never
Almost always with assignments and required class prepared with
prepared with and required class materials assignments and
assignments and materials required class
required class Does not offer materials
materials Improves on solutions, but is Does not try to
Actively seeks and solutions willing to try solve problems orb
suggest solutions suggested by solutions help others solve
to problems other group suggested by problems
members other group
Works to complete members Does not work
all group goals. Usually helps to Occasionally helps well with others
Always has a complete group to complete group and shows no
positive attitude goals. Usually has goals. Sometimes interest in
about the taks a positive attitude makes fun of the completing group
and work of about the taks group and work of goals. Often
others. All team and work of others. Finished makes fun of the
members others. Assisted individual task work of others and
contribute team members in but did not assist has a negative
equally. Performed thefinished team members. attitude.
all duties of project. Performed Performed some Contributed little
assigned team role nearly all duties of duties of assigned to group effort.
assigned team role team role Did not perform
duties of assigned
team role.