giselle individual source

Name of student: giselle toh

Source (1 mark): panel belt

Type of Source (1 mark): artifact

Who produced this source (1 mark): coolie

When was it produced (1 mark) :early to mid-century

Who might have used this source (1 marks):coolie

Inference 1 (10 marks)

Inference: the coolie wears the belt to work

Evidence: to show the boss that their on shift

Explanation: there are many coolies working in a company

Inference 2 (10 marks)

Inference: when the coolie wear the belt then he will earn more money

Evidence: the coolies come from china to more earn money for their family

Explanation: in china there were not many job opportunities that were available

zhi xuan individual source

Name of student:  Lim Zhi Xuan

Source (1 mark):  River scene and native huts

Type of Source (1 mark):  Picture

Who produced this source (1 mark):

When was it produced (1 mark) : Early 20^th Century

Who might have used this source (1 marks):  Coolie

Inference 1 (10 marks)

Inference:  The water in the river is polluted.

Evidence:  People used the same water source to wash vegetables, cleaned themselves and rear poultry.

Explanation:  The dirt from the vegetables, the clothes and the poultry is being washed away in the river, thus polluting the river.

Inference 2 (10 marks)

Inference: They doesn't  have a tap in their house to wash their things.

Evidence: People used the same water source from the river to wash vegetables, cleaned themselves and rear poultry.

Explanation:  If they have a tap in their house, they will not need to go to the river and used the water there.

wen qi individual source

Name of student:  Gihm Wenqi                                                                

Source (1 mark): Opium set Opium smoking in China

Type of Source (1 mark): Picture

Who produced this source (1 mark):  

When was it produced (1 mark) : Early to Mid -20^th century

Who might have used this source (1 marks): Coolie

Inference 1 (10 marks)

Inference: The coolie is addicted to smoking opium

Evidence: It was a form of relaxation and escaped for many of the working-class men.

Explanation: The coolie is addicted to opium because they smoke like every single day.

Inference 2 (10 marks)

Inference:  The coolie is poor

Evidence: They cannot pay their rent to the landlord because of the opium addiction.

Explanation: Since the coolie have no money and they always spent the money on opium, they are poor.

Ah Hock The Coolie

There is a Chinese coolie named ah hock. He came from china to work in Singapore for a living.

Ah hock works for a company as a coolie in the morning. His job is to carry bricks and heavy thing around the construction site. When he is working he wears the panel belt to show that he is on shift.At night, he works at a soil bucket company .the soil buckets are always filled with poop that are in the bucket for about two days. The smell is unbearable.

When is he free, he will go to the opium shop and smoke opium because it is like a form of relaxation and is a way to escape for any working-class men living in the cramped house. Ah hock usually cannot afford to pay his rent because of his opium addition. He not only own his landlord a sum of money and also the loan sharks. The opium set consist of a pipe, lamp, opium box, spindle, scrapper and container. The pipe made of bamboo and the distillation bowl (damper), usually made of terracotta or porcelain. The lamp produces a steady low –degree flame that cooks the opium pellet without charring it. The opium is used to keep the pellets .the spindle inserts the pellet into the bowl, and scrapes after-smoke residue from the pipe. The scraper scrapes dross the from the opium bowl .the container contains the dross.

Ah hock live in kampong .kampong is a place where everyone can bond together as they live near each other. They use the water from the river to wash vegetable, clean themselves and rear poultry as they do not have pipe water to their house to wash their things. The water in the river is thus being polluted as there is dirt in the water.