HI Project by https://padlet.com/qihaileow/HIProject_Winthrop21 Ho Winthrop (21) en-us 2017-02-16 06:07:43 UTC 2017-03-09 06:23:18 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Playcontrol.png Source 1 (Museum) qihaileow https://padlet.com/qihaileow/HIProject_Winthrop21/wish/154226900 1) SOURCE: As part of the lesson on the Japanese spirit, at the start of each day, the Japanese flag was raised and everyone present bowed to the North-East in the direction of the Japanese Emperor in Tokyo

2) SOURCE FROM: Syonan : Singapore under the Japanese 1942-1945

3) SOURCE TYPE: Written

4) TIME PERIOD: Japanese Occupation

5) AREA OF RESEARCH: Social life

6) INFERENCE: This source tells me that teenagers life were tough as they have to show respect towards the Japanese Emperor.

7) EVIDENCE: The evidence is "everyone present bowed to the North-East in the direction of the Japanese Emperor in Tokyo." This shows that teenager's life were tough as they had to bow toward the Japanese Emperor in Tokyo.

]]> 2017-02-16 06:15:21 UTC https://padlet.com/qihaileow/HIProject_Winthrop21/wish/154226900 Source 2 (Museum) qihaileow https://padlet.com/qihaileow/HIProject_Winthrop21/wish/154495760 1) SOURCE: For the first ten days, the Japs went on rampage. Apparently, with the Japanese army,after every big battle, when they had conquered and overrun a place, they would give the soldiers about two weeks to do just what they liked. But after that, they imposed very severe restrictions on the soldiers.

2) SOURCE FROM: Lee Kip Lin

3) SOURCE TYPE: Written

4) TIME PERIOD: Japanese Occupation

5) AREA OF RESEARCH: Social Life

6) INFERENCE: This source tells me that the life of teenagers were hard as they do not know when they might get killed randomly on the streets.

7) EVIDENCE: The evidence is " For the first few days, the Japs went on a rampage." This shows that teenagers life were hard as they do not know whether they or their family members might get killed during the rampage.]]> 2017-02-17 00:44:32 UTC https://padlet.com/qihaileow/HIProject_Winthrop21/wish/154495760 Source 3 (Museum) qihaileow https://padlet.com/qihaileow/HIProject_Winthrop21/wish/155665295 1) Source: The Japanese rounded up all European women as 'enemy aliens'. They all had to wear a Blue Star and could not go out after six in the evening. One night my mother took us to the cinema. Just before the film started, a young Chinese man, seeing her Blue Star, tapped her on the shoulder and said sternly, " You know you are not supposed to be here! Take your children and go home now!" She all huddled together and hurried out of the

2) SOURCE FROM: Museum

3) SOURCE TYPE: Written

4) TIME PERIOD: Japanese Occupation

5) AREA OF RESEARCH: Social life

6) INFERENCE: The source tells me that teenagers life were bad as their mothers were not able to bring them out of the house past 6 in the evening and had to stay home.

7) EVIDENCE: The evidence is " They all had to wear a Blue Star and could not go out after six in the evening " This shows that the teenagers life were bad as their mothers are not able to leave past six in the evening.]]> 2017-02-23 06:21:47 UTC https://padlet.com/qihaileow/HIProject_Winthrop21/wish/155665295 Source 4 (Textbook) qihaileow https://padlet.com/qihaileow/HIProject_Winthrop21/wish/155665296
  • SOURCE: People all around was devastated when they heard about the surrender of the British to Japan. The Japanese introduced lots of changes to Singapore's system such as the law and order and also the name of our beloved country.
  • SOURCE FROM: Source 36
  • SOURCE TYPE: Written
  • TIME PERIOD: Japanese Occupation
  • AREA OF RESEARCH: Social life
  • INFERENCE: This source tells me that the life of teenagers were tragic as they had to give up everything that they have learnt to the Japanese and learn a new language and sing a new national anthem everyday.
  • EVIDENCE: The evidence is " The Japanese introduced lots of changes to Singapore's system such as the law and order and also the name of our beloved country." This shows that the when the Japanese took over Singapore they changed a lot of things.
    • ]]>     2017-02-23 06:21:47 UTC https://padlet.com/qihaileow/HIProject_Winthrop21/wish/155665296     Source 5 (Internet) qihaileow https://padlet.com/qihaileow/HIProject_Winthrop21/wish/156175725
  • SOURCE: My parents told me many stories of their lives from the Japanese Occupation days.  My mother was 6 years old when the British surrendered to the Japanese in 1942.  She had just been enrolled in Fairfield Methodist Girls’ School for a month, because her father, although a traditional Chinese man, believed that all his children should get an education, even the girls.  When the Japanese Occupation started in February 1942, she had to stop school.  After that, for the three years of the Japanese Occupation, she attended a Japanese school, had to learn Japanese, but could not remember after that what she had learnt.  She attributes it to not wanting to remember anything associated with the Japanese.  So in 1945, at the end of the war, my mother was over-aged.  In 1946, she could not be enrolled in an English school, as they did not take in the over-aged girls.  Her father had died towards the end of the Japanese Occupation, and my grandmother, being illiterate, could not help much to get her two daughters an education. So my mother started school in Primary 1 all over again, in Chong Hock Girls’ School, a Chinese school, at 10 years old.  She was active in the dance troupe and played basketball too! And after school, she had to go home to help my grandmother sell cigarettes just outside their home. She recalled once she returned from school and my grandmother was nowhere to be found.  Their neighbours told her she had been arrested by the police for illegal hawking.  So imagine, my mother, a primary school kid, went to the police station and had to get my grandmother out of jail. It was a trip that cost $50, a princely sum in 1950s’ Singapore.  

    After primary school, my mother got a place to study in Methodist Girls’ School.  According to my mother, all the over-aged girls were placed in the afternoon session.  For the first time in her life, she had to learn English, and it was a struggle.  She must have been about 16 by the time she started secondary school. She had to learn the English alphabet, and could not even read simple words like ‘Apple’.  So compared to the girls in the morning session, the disparity in standards was very great.  And because the family was poor, she even sewed her own uniform! Can you imagine sewing an MGS uniform?! She went on to study until the equivalent of what we know today as about Secondary 3, and the over-aged girls were not given a chance to continue their education.  I think she completed her secondary education when she was about 19 or 20. But to my mother’s credit, having a high school certificate in 1950s Singapore was a big deal.  She went on to secure a job in a European firm, as she could speak English.
  • SOURCE FROM: http://www.singaporememory.sg/contents/SMA-af76bd67-cf11-4d0b-ad84-13042278874c
  • SOURCE TYPE: Written
  • TIME PERIOD: Japanese Occupation
  • AREA OF RESEARCH: Social life
  • INFERENCE: This source tells me that the life of teenagers were uneasy as their family members had been killed during the Japanese Occupation.
  • EVIDENCE: The evidence is " Her father had died towards the end of the Japanese Occupation " This shows that the Japanese killed a lot of people during the Japanese Occupation.
    • ]]>     2017-02-25 09:43:53 UTC https://padlet.com/qihaileow/HIProject_Winthrop21/wish/156175725     Summary (Before JO and During JO) qihaileow https://padlet.com/qihaileow/HIProject_Winthrop21/wish/156219368  A lot of things have changed during the Japanese Occupation by the Japanese.The Japanese changed the language learnt in schools from English to Japanese, a language which many people are not familiar with and have not heard of it before. They have to learn from the basics and they cannot communicate with each other. The Japanese also made all the students face the North-East direction towards Tokyo,  Japan where the Emperor is.The Japanese did not allow European mothers to leave the house after six in the evening and made them wear a blue star whereas the British did not restrict anyone.The British before the Japanese Occupations were high ranking officials but during the Japanese Occupation the Japanese made the British do hard labour. The British made everyone in Singapore believe that they will help fight the Japanese but in the end, surrendered to the Japanese without fighting.The Japanese tortured a lot of people living in Singapore while the British tried to take care of the people in Singapore.The Japanese introduced food rationing during the Japanese Occupation, the British tried to ensure everyone had enough food to eat. The locals had to sing Japanese national anthem instead of Singapore National Anthem.]]> 2017-02-26 03:32:14 UTC https://padlet.com/qihaileow/HIProject_Winthrop21/wish/156219368