HISTORICAL RECOUNT

Historical recount is a text that ....

• retells about past historical events

• tells about the life journal of a significant person

• retells about someone's personal past experience

The First University Opens in 895 CE in Fez (Morocco)

The oldest existing, continually operating institution of higher learning in the world is the University of Karueein (University of al-Qarawiyyin), founded in 859 CE in Fez (Morocco) by Fatima bint Muhammad Al-Fihriya Al-Qurashiya. That's right—the first university was founded by a woman (although women were not admitted to the institution until the 1940s).

This paragraph concists .....

• what, why, how, when

• who, why, how, where

• who, when, where, how

• what, who, when, where

Bandung as Sea of Fire was a fire that occurred in the city of Bandung on March 24, 1946. Within seven hours, about 200,000 residents of Bandung burned their homes.

British troops as part of the Brigade MacDonald arrived in Bandung on October 12, 1945. Bandung was deliberately burned by TRI and local people. There were black smoke billowing high into the air everywhere. The British Army began to attack so fierce. The greatest battle happened in the Village name Dayeuh Kolot, in South Bandung, where there were a large ammunition depot belonging to British. In this battle, Barisan Rakyat Indonesia destroyed the ammunition depot.

The strategy to fire Bandung was considered because the power of TRI and people’s militia was not comparable to the British forces and NICA. This incident inspired to create the famous song “Halo, Halo Bandung”.

What happened in Bandung inspired the creation of ...

• The popular song, "Halo,Halo Bandung"

• The famous village, Dayeuh Kolot

• The celebration of Hero Day

• The movie entitled Bandung, Sea of Fire

The purpose of the recount text is to....

• Inform the reader.

• persuade the reader.

• retell past events.

• entertain the readers

• retell past experiences.

Supersemar

 

The Supersemar, the Indonesian abbreviation  for “Surat Perintah Sebelas Maret” ( Order of March the Eleventh), was a document signed by the Indonesian President Sukarno on 11 March 1966.

It is said that it was giving the army commander Lt. General Soeharto authority to take whatever measures he ”deemed necessary” to restore order to the chaotic situation during the Indonesian killings of 1965-1966.

The abbreviation of “Supersemar” is a play on the name of Semar, the mystic and powerful figure who commonly appears in Javanese mythology including wayang puppet shows. The invocation of Semar was presumably intended to help draw on Javanese mythology to lend support to Soeharto’s legitimacy during the period of the transition of authority from Soekarno to Soeharto.

“It is said that it was giving the army commander …..” (2^nd par).

The underlined word refers to …

• Authority

• Document

•   Instruction

• Supersemar

• Chaotic situation