LESSON PLAN FOR HISTORY – FORM 1

THEME: 4 – THREATS AND

Nov. 24 LENGTH OF LESSON: 1 PERIOD
RESPONSES
UNIT: 4.3 SUB-TOPICS: SEIZURE OF LIMBANG
OBJECTIVES:
At the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1. Identify the reason why Charles Brooke was attracted to Limbang.

2. Give reason why Sultan Hashim opposed Charles Brooke’s seizure of

Limbang.

3. List down the reasons why Sultan Hashim objected Noel Trevenan’s
investigation.

4. Aware that Brunei was not strong during the reign of Sultan Hashim.

PROCEDURE: MATERIALS:
INTRODUCTION: Scripts
Show the map of Brunei and point Limbang. Ask Textbook
the students Limbang is under which country in Name Tag
present time. Background music

LESSON DEVELOPMENT
Activity:
Role Play on Trevenan’s investigation in Limbang
Student A – Charles Brooke (CB)
Student B – Sultan Hashim (SH)
Student C – Noel Trevenan (NT)
Student D - Narrator
15 students – Local chiefs (LC)
3 students – Followers of Charles Brooke
3 students – Followers of Sultan Hashim

One student reads out a narration of the story on

the events before the Seizure of Limbang:
• Charles Brooke in Sarawak and the BNBC
wanted more and more Brunei lands.
• Sultan Hashim was worried and try to stop the
loss of Brunei’s territories and to protect the
sovereignty of Brunei.
• Sultan Hashim appeal to the British Crown to
stop either partition or any further losses of
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Brunei territory.
• On 17 September 1888, Treaty of Protection
was signed between Sultan Hashim and Sir
Hugh Low.
•
Nov. 24 Treaty of Protection was a failure.
• British Government still could not protect
Brunei as Brunei lands such as Limbang was
still taken by Charles Brooke.

Scene 1 (In Brunei)

Charles Brooke talk to his followers

CB: Ermm…Limbang is rich in food-growing.
CB: I must take Limbang! That land belongs to me!
It was part of the Terusan Concession in 1884.

Narrator:
As a result, on 17 March 1890, Charles
Brooke seized Limbang from Brunei.

Scene 2 (In the Palace)

In the palace with Sultan Hashim’s followers
SH: Now, Charles Brooke had seized Limbang from
us.
SH: I strongly opposed it! Limbang was my Kuripan
property.

Narrator:
Sultan Hashim wrote a letter to the British
Government to show his protest to Charles
Brooke. The British Government sent Noel
Trevenan to settle the Limbang issue.
Therefore, Noel Trevenan sent letters to 15
local chiefs of Limbang to attend meeting.18
local chiefs were not invited.

NT: My main objective to gather all of you here is

to ask for your opinion whether you agree
Limbang to join Sarawak, under Charles Brooke or
not to join.

12 local chiefs raised up their hands.

NT: Hmmm…It seems that 12 of you agree to join

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Sarawak under Charles Brooke.

SH: I totally do not agree with Trevenan’s
investigation regarding this matter.
SH: He did not invite all the local chiefs and we did
not know the opinions of those who were not
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invited.
SH: Moreover, those who were invited were all
Brooke’s supporters.
SH: One more thing! The officials who
accompanied Trevenan all worked for Charles
Brooke. This is not fair!
SH: Now, I wanted the British to honour the 1888
Treaty of Protection

Narrator:
Instead the British accepted Trevenan’s
report and confirmed Charles Brooke’s
annexation of Limbang in July 1891.

CONCLUSION
• Ask the students what they have learnt from
the role play.

ASSESSMENT: Trevenan’s
report:
Individual student will prepare mind mapping on the seizure of Limbang.
Reason why
Marks will be allocated in terms of: 1.
Sultan Hashim
Creativity –3
opposed Charles 2.
Contents – 5why
Reasons
Accuracy
Charles– Brooke
2 Brooke’s seizure
wanted Limbang: of Limbang:

1. 1.
Reasons why
2. Sultan Hashim Results of
objected Trevenan’s
3.
Trevenan’s report:
report:
1.
1.
2.
SEIZURE OF
2.
LIMBANG
3.
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Nov. 24

GROUP 27A

HJH. NORINDAH HJ. METALI (STPRI)

NORHAYATI HJ. MOHD. HASSAN (STPRI)

HJH. NORSIAH HI. MOHAMMAD (STPRI)

HJH. HAZANAH HJ. ABD. AZIZ (SMRIPAS)

SITI ANYAFEINA MD. ALI ANWAR (SM RIPAS)

NAZIFAH HJ. NAWANG (SEK PDN PJ SENGKARAI)

HJH NORKHADIZAH BTE HJ NAIM (STPRI)