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How does instapost show life in Singapore during the Japanese occupation?

The first source:Life for farmers during the Japanese occupation of Singapore was a complex mix of challenges and opportunities, with some experiencing certain benefits amidst the overall hardships. Here are a few factors that might have contributed to a relatively better situation for some farmers:

1. Shift in Economic Focus: The Japanese occupation brought about changes in Singapore's economy, with a greater emphasis on agriculture and self-sufficiency. This shift meant that farmers were suddenly in demand to produce food for both the Japanese military and the local population. As a result, some farmers may have seen increased demand for their produce and potentially higher prices for their goods.

2. Land Redistribution: The Japanese introduced land reform policies aimed at redistributing land from large plantations to small-scale farmers. This redistribution could have provided opportunities for smaller farmers to gain access to land and resources that were previously monopolized by larger landowners.

3. Labor Availability: With many young men conscripted into forced labor for the Japanese military, there may have been a surplus of labor available in rural areas. This surplus could have allowed farmers to hire additional help or mobilize family members to work on their farms, potentially increasing productivity.

4. Bartering Economy: The breakdown of the monetary system during the occupation meant that bartering became a common practice. Farmers who were able to produce surplus crops or goods may have had opportunities to exchange their produce for other essential items, reducing their dependence on cash and potentially improving their overall standard of living.

5. Local Autonomy: In some cases, farmers in rural areas may have experienced a degree of autonomy from direct Japanese control compared to urban populations. This autonomy could have allowed them to maintain traditional farming practices and community structures to a certain extent, providing a sense of stability and continuity in their lives.

However, it's essential to recognize that these potential benefits were often overshadowed by the overall hardships and uncertainties of life during the occupation. Farmers still faced challenges such as food shortages, labor conscription, and the threat of violence and reprisals from Japanese authorities. Moreover, any gains experienced by some farmers may have been limited in scope and duration, as the occupation brought widespread disruption and suffering to the entire population of Singapore.

Second source:Life during the Japanese occupation of Singapore, which lasted from February 1942 to September 1945 during World War II, was marked by numerous challenges and hardships for the local population. Here are some key aspects of the difficulties people faced during that period:

1. Food Shortages: One of the most significant challenges was the severe shortage of food. The Japanese confiscated food supplies for their own troops, leading to widespread hunger among the local population. Rationing was implemented, but it was often inadequate to meet basic nutritional needs. Many people resorted to eating whatever they could find, including plants and animals not typically consumed.

2. Forced Labor and Repression: The Japanese authorities implemented a harsh regime of forced labor, conscripting many Singaporeans into labor camps to work on various projects, including the construction of military facilities and infrastructure. Those who resisted or were suspected of aiding the Allied forces were subjected to torture, imprisonment, or execution.

3. Public Health Issues: With the breakdown of sanitation systems and healthcare infrastructure, public health deteriorated rapidly. Diseases such as malaria, dysentery, and cholera became widespread due to poor living conditions and lack of access to medical care.

4. Economic Hardship: The occupation disrupted Singapore's economy, leading to widespread unemployment and poverty. Many businesses were forced to close, and the local currency depreciated significantly. People struggled to make ends meet, and bartering became a common practice as the monetary system faltered.

5. Social Disruption: The occupation caused social upheaval, with families separated, communities displaced, and social networks disrupted. The Japanese implemented strict control measures, including curfews and censorship, which limited social interaction and freedom of expression.

6. Cultural Suppression: The Japanese attempted to suppress local culture and impose their own ideologies. They banned the use of Chinese dialects, forced people to adopt Japanese names, and promoted the study of the Japanese language and culture in schools.

7. Violence and Fear: Civilians lived in constant fear of violence and reprisals from the Japanese authorities. Arbitrary arrests, executions, and massacres were not uncommon, instilling a sense of terror and insecurity among the population.

Overall, life during the Japanese occupation of Singapore was characterized by deprivation, suffering, and oppression, leaving a lasting impact on the collective memory of the people who lived through it.

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1. Working individually is much more easier than group work as we do not really have to design the Canva that was needed

2. One challenge I have faced is that it was hard to find a suitable source for our work as most source were not taken during the Japanese occupation

3. To overcome this challenge that i have faced, is to try and research more on the source so that i can have a better understanding on the source.

4. I learnt that teamwork were needed in the group work so that more ideas can be contributed in the group work as more ideas makes the instapost more engaging.

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1. I found that working individually is quite easy.
2. One challenge that I face is finding the sources for my work.
3. To overcome this challenge, i keep on finding for it.
4. I learnt to be patience with my group as we all have different opinions.
5. Getting each other opinion.
6. We try combining each other opinion and make it into one

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1. I think that it was ok
2. I face that we need to find the source alone as we had no help from others
3.i will overcome the challenges by persevering and do not give up
4.what i learn during group work is that he had friends who can help us and give ideas
5.the challenges that i face is that we need a better communication
6 is that i overcomeed it but listening to one another

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1. I found the individual work not too difficult because for life was bad under the Japanese occupation I just look around in the internet for a photo I found really interesting than I click on the source and it gave me every information and for life was easy under the Japanese occupation, I was having trouble finding a source till our relived teacher helped and showed a good source from the national museum of Singapore and I decided to use that
2. The challenges I face was finding a good source for how life was terrible under the Japanese occupation
3. I used one of the source our relief teacher showed
4. I learnt that we should try to understand what to do first before doing it.
5. The challenges we face was not knowing what to do at the start as our teacher forgot/cannot access one of the template slides but it’s fine and another thing we face was making the Instagram post interesting like what to put for the background
6. We overcame these challenges by firstly the teacher showed the slides and template so we used the template and we decided to fill the background with interesting looking flowers and stuff that looks like the Japanese flag

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1. I found that individual work was harder than group work as you only have your self to depend on, this made it really stressful as I can’t ask for help from my friends.

2. I faced problems where I wasn’t able to find a source that was related to the HI question, such as source b where I was having a hard time finding the good side of the Japanese Occupation.

3. I continued to search for my source and finally found one from a website.

4. I learnt that having a group really helps as they have different ideas to contribute to the project to help improve it and ensure that the source is accurate.

5. The challenges were our schedules. Some of us had busy schedules and did not have time to do the project together.

6. We met up after school and did some of the work together. When we were not together such as being at home, we would hop in a call and do the project. If only one person was available they would get started on their part and the other members would do their part when they were available.

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1. I found that the individual work was quite easy and not that hard to complete

2. One challenging thing is looking for sources on different websites

3. I just kept on looking for sources on different history websites, at the end i found my 2 sources and submitted them

4. I learnt that teamwork is really important in a group project as one person cannot be the one doing all the work

5. My teammates slacked a bit in completing the project

6. I reminded them to do their part and in the end we got together as a group and finished the group project

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The individual work experience was a little bit harder than the group work as there was 2 sources that we had to do but for the group work we just needed to take two sources that we did. How I overcame the challenges for the individual work is that I just kept looking for the source on different websites and how I overcame the challenge for the group work is that we just did it together.

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Source 1

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1. What was your experience doing the individual work?

2. What were some challenges you faced?

3. How did you overcome the challenges?

4. What did you learn from doing the groupwork?

5. What were the challenges?

6. How did you overcome the challenges?

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This Instagram post is to tell students about life during the Japanese Occupation on Total Defence Day.

The first instapost shows how hard life was during the Japanese Occupation and the second instapost shows how comfortable life was during the Japanese Occupation.

The first one shows people crowding the place where they ration the rice this tells me that people wanted food as they were starving. The second one shows people celebrating during Hari Raya this tells me that they didn’t bother about the Japanese Occupation and continued their Celebration.

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Hafiy 2G, Fazryan 2G,Rahil 2G, Sulaiman 2G

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The purpose is to educate people about life during the Japanese occupation
The audience is the people seeing the instastory
The context is about life during the Japanese occupation

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Lutfiya, Adelia, asyura(2G), asyura(2I) ( source 2)

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Lutfiya, Adelia, asyura(2G), asyura(2I) ( source 2)

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Lutfiya, Adelia, asyura(2G), asyura(2I) (source 1)

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Lutfiya, Adelia, asyura(2G), asyura(2I) (source 1)

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The instapost shows John Jess which was a prison of war in c pdf 2

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Caption of the picture on the left side: Could you imagine sharing a small room with 5,000 other people? Life during the Japanese Occupation in Singapore was harsh as the public faced many problems such as the lack of food, money etc.

John Jess was a POW who was held captive in Changi in Singapore shares his story of survival as a POW.

Description: The picture on the left shows how hard it was for the Prisoners Of War for short POWS. POWS are soldiers who were held captive during the war, this picture shows the conditions of the POWS. Many were described as “living skeletons” when they were liberated at the end of the war, as they weren’t given much food due to this many died from BeriBeri a disease caused by a lack of vitamin B. Death rates climbed not only from BeriBeri but also from Pneumonia a type of lung infection and Dysentery a type of intestinal inflammation which were caused from the overcrowding which led to poor hygiene and the spread of diseases. They weren’t able to recover from the diseases, due to the lack of medicines and even if they did recover which was a very slim chance they would have been weaker as they were hungry, tired and weak from the forced labour.

Caption of the picture on the right side: Mrs Alice Van Cuylenburg with her oil painting and her cats during the Japanese Occupation.

Description: Mrs Alice Van Cuylenburg was a fortunate person with money during the Japanese Occupation this can be seen from her background, where her home is well-furnished with expensive furniture. Sources from National Heritage Board also tells us that She and her husband Dr J. B. van Cuylenburg paid local contractors to build their home as they lacked the skills to do so. The house had two rooms, a bathroom and a living room, and was raised five feet high on timber posts for better ventilation. The verandah faced a vegetable plot where they cultivated sweet potatoes, papaya, banana and other crops. This tells us that she was living comfortably during the Japanese Occupation.

What features will you be adding to your Instastory/Instapost to make it engaging?

We would be adding interesting facts about the people during the Japanese Occupation such as Mrs Alice Van Cuylenburg and John Jess, encouraging the viewers to delve deeper into the content.

We would also add questions in the caption to engage the viewers and to get their interest in the topic.

This Instapost is meant to educate students, about two types of lives during the Japanese Occupation. First is living a harsh life and second is living a comfortable life during the Japanese Occupation in Singapore.

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This image show how life was good for farmer during the Japanese occupation as the prices of crop has increases and they can sell the crops for much more profit due to the food rationing by the Japanese . This caused  prices in food to rise which resulted in the farmers becoming very wealthy this shows that life was good for the farmers during the Japanese occupation

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Emelda & Angelyna instapost (no space to write the caption so I write it here)

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Emelda & Angelyna instapost (no space to write the caption so I write it here)

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Would you be willing to live in Singapore during the Japanese occupation in Singapore?

During the Japanese occupation, there were different types of life in Singapore. The most common life during the Japanese occupation was when life was tough and uncomfortable for the people in Singapore. As you can see in the 2nd photo, it shows us that the grandmother and the mother of a deceased child is crying over the deceased child. You must be wondering, why wasn’t there any passers-by to help them or comfort them. Maybe, it is because it was common that people were often killed during the Japanese occupation. Do you know that, during the Japanese occupation, Japanese soldiers would place the deceased heads on top of a table to the public but despite life being harsh. Some of the people in Singapore had a comfortable life. On the 3rd photo, we can see some people growing crops. During the Japanese occupation, the Japanese actually encouraged the people in Singapore to grow vegetables,sweet potatoes and tapioca. Using tapioca and sweet potatoes was quite common to use in Singapore because by using tapioca,it can be made into tapioca noodles. People in Singapore,during the Japanese occupation, found it has a helpful source of food as there were a rice shortage.Some of them would try and make bread with the food they would get.People would also try and make lemak sweet potatoes. Honestly, learning about the life of Japanese occupation in Singapore makes me intrigued. Despite all this hardships, people in Singapore would try and at least make new inventions. Such as making tapioca noodles and lemak sweet potatoes. Furthermore, due to the Japanese occupation, Singapore became independent on its own.

The purpose of writing of writing this instapost is to tell students that’s in and out of Singapore about the history and life of Singapore during the Japanese occupation,the instapost can educate the students about the history of Singapore.This instapost can also teach and educate students about the two different lives that Singaporeans faced during the Japanese occupation.One source that is comfortable and another source that is uncomfortable. Maybe the students could be at the National museum or maybe the students are scrolling through their Instagram feed and came across the insta post.

The features that are added to create a visually appealing and engaging post is by questioning the audience that came across the instapost and to also make the design of the instapost more appealing to look at and not making the colour so bright.As some students,dislike bright colours and maybe some of the students do not feel comfortable looking at colours that are too bright.I also did add some some questions in order to make the audience more curious about the post and to catch the audience interest about the topic of the instapost. I included about how singaporeans during the Japanese occupation grow crops in order to have some food. Since,some students would be curious on how Singaporeans fill their stomach despite the hardships during the Japanese occupation.Hence, by writing and making the instapost engaging and appealing to look at. It can gain the audience attention on the instapost.

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Source B

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S2 EXPNA HI Individual Research Template pdf 5

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2nd Source

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1st source

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Please use this template when submitting your first individual research.

To use the template, click on the 3 dots button, and click on 'download attachment'.

Once you have done the individual research, create a post on padlet.

In your post, you should include the following:

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Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA 

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The museum make history more engaging as it is rich in representations of thrilling stories from antiquity that were just as much as a person’s life in ancient times as they are today.

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Keyword:Japanese occupation—>when the japanese took control of Singapore.The time period was 1942 to 1945

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Life during the Japanese Occupation was different for everyone as the Chinese treated poorly, the Malay and Indians where treated better with benefits the Japanese occupation started from 1942 to 1945.
Keyword —>Japanese Occupation

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The national museum of Singapore makes history interesting by showcasing the many artifacts of the early Singapore I really enjoy viewing all these artifacts as they are proof of the struggle our ancestors had face in order to give us the prospering country we have today one artifacts that really catches my interest is the shoe in the picture

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The source is from National History Museum,London

This source shows that on the First World War the 1918 influenza pandemic in second only to the black death and it is estimated to have killed 17 million to 100 million people around the world.

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Source: British Museum Instagram

It is engaging to the public as the words “This little piggy cried wee, wee, wee” from the sentence “ This little piggy cried wee, wee, wee all the way home” tells us that it make sounds. This was used as a musical instrument, as a ritual instrument and a play toy for children.

The shape of the instrument is a pig which the visitors may find
very strange and would start to become curious on why it was made to be a pig and the uses of the instrument as they wouldn't expect a children’s play toy to also be a ritual instrument. This would make them more curious on what this was actually made to be used for.

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National ffootball museum make history engaging by putting the history and records the the footballers had done in the museum

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the artifacts has the power to maintain universal order and grant immortal life by appealing to various gods to act on behalf of people both in life and in death. the mummies have been buried in the tomb which people tend to find it interesting.

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The british museum is engaging because it contains different types of articfacts from the past. They use this mask during the 14th century during theatre in Japan. It developed in the 1300s from performance in temples and shrines.

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This particular artifact made history of engaging as it describes of how it was made by a member of the Dorset people(a culture that appeared in the Arctic 2,500 years ago)

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Source: Fitzmusem - Cambridge

The museum make history more engaging as it boasts a rich and storied history dating back to its establishment in 1816. The museum began as a testament for the arts and a desire to contribute to public education.Fitzwilliam,who bequeathed his extensive art collection and a substantial endowment to the University of Cambridge. expanded its collection to encompass a diverse of array of art, antiquities, and manuscripts. Surviving challenges such as wartime threats and financial constraint, the museum has evolved into a world-renowned institution, celebrated for its commitment to scholarship, cultural heritage, and the public dissemination of artistic knowledge.

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This source is from Peranakan Museum Singapore. This source makes history engaging as it shows furnitures of the Peranakan from the past. It shows a difference in the furniture from the past to the present day. It shows that during the past, furnitures were very nicely designed. The designs are very special and unique. Furnitures with design like that are hard to find today.

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Source: metmuseum instagram page
How the museum makes history engaging
-many posts in the page is interesting
-there are many history of arts and i find them really fascinating because the posts are very easy to understand and it makes me want to learn more about history

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The British Museum makes history engaging because it contains artefacts from The Moche civilization along the northern coast of Peru between 100-800 AD. I find it interesting because the artefacts are really old and really unique. Old artefacts provides a link to cultures in the past and they also tell us how life was back then. Artifacts often represent the cultural heritage of a particular group or civilization, they can reveal information about technologies they used in the past. The animals in the picture cute also

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This source is from The Walker Art Liverpool. Rossetti had a life-long interest in the Italian poet Dante. This painting shows an episode from the 'Vita Nuova'. In it Dante dreams that he is led by Love to the death-bed of Beatrice Portinari, the object of his unrequited passion. This is Rossetti's largest ever painting. In it he creates a visionary world through soft, rich colours and complex symbols. The attendants wear green for hope, while the spring blossoms signify purity. The red doves indicate the presence of love and the poppies symbolise the sleep of dreams and death. The model for Beatrice was Jane Morris (1839 - 1914), with whom Rossetti had a long-term affair

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The source is from Asian Civilisations Museum

The museum make history more engaging by showing the artifacts up close and post on instagram so people know where its located and can learn more from the museum

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Source: British Museum Instagram page

How this museum make history engaging

This museum add fun caption as you can see at the bottom of the photo on top, they post many cool artifacts from history on Instagram that people seems to love and didn’t knew of till they had visited to museum. They also post short videos with people explaining the artifacts on Instagram.

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The source is from National Museum of Singapore this makes history engaging because it contains the past of Singapore and allows other to be engaged due to their curiosity and would want to find out more about Singapore’s history.

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Google image from London Natural History Museum 

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The source is from the natural history museum in london. The museum showcases the history before humans existed and when Dinosaurs existed and it encourage people by posting pictures in Instagram.

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The source is from the national museum of Singapore Instagram page.
The museum posted the image to show people what the people in the 1800-2000s used as transport to move around Singapore.

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The source is from the natural history museum, London Instagram page. The museum make history more engaging by posting pictures and history facts on Instagram so people can learn and they might go to the museum to learn more.

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The national museum of Singapore makes history engaging because it contains the artifacts from Singapore’s past and I find it real intriguing that these items contain such a rich history of how Singapore went from a small trading port to the prosperous country that it is today did you know that before 1960 it was originally called the raffle’s museum.The museums Instagram posts make it engaging for the wider public by letting the people who want to visit the museum view the multicultural artifacts of the past. One item that really peaked my interest was the gold medal from the 2006 WTBA world temping bowling championship donated to the museum by singaporean bowler remmy Ong he also placed first in Asia for bowling and placed second in the World Cup for bowling

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Watch the following video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BLBBawLj7E&ab_channel=LearnWithShopify (from 3.45 to 6.50)

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Self and Peer Feedback on Individual Research

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Self and Peer Feedback on Individual Research

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Create a post on padlet. In your post, you should include the following:

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Feedback from Peers: I should change my source to a source that is not commonly featured. My inference is not about life in colonial singapore.

Feedback from myself: I should conduct more research to support the inference i have made.

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You may refer to this deck of slides which shows:

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www.nlb.gov.sg

roots.gov.sg

https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/webarchives/landing-page

https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/