History Investigation by Sze Wei Yin Cynthia https://padlet.com/cynthiaweiyin/fsf95uuxh1fd Question: How far did Japanese Occupation change the lives of teenagers? en-us 2016-04-06 03:53:18 UTC 2017-05-17 11:31:21 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.storage.googleapis.com/portrait/pocketwatch.jpg Done by : Cynthia (4), Elva (7), Shi Hui (8) , Lorraine (15) elvangsy1438 https://padlet.com/cynthiaweiyin/fsf95uuxh1fd/wish/104275973 2016-04-06 04:06:26 UTC https://padlet.com/cynthiaweiyin/fsf95uuxh1fd/wish/104275973 School life (Lorraine) gohshihui7 https://padlet.com/cynthiaweiyin/fsf95uuxh1fd/wish/104903830 Source G: It is stated that, "She had just been enrolled in Fairfield Methodist Girls' School for a month... When the Japanese occupation started in 1942, she had to stop school." This shows that during the Japanese occupation, some students had to stop school and their education to learn the Japanese culture and their language. I can infer that the students had to learn the Japanese language and culture from, "After that, for the three years of the Japanese Occupation, she attended a Japanese school, had to learn Japanese...'.  I can conclude that students regardless of their age or what course they were taking, they had no choice to stop their education and attend a Japanese school.
Source H: After the Japanese Occupation, students that were forced to join Japanese schools had difficulty continuing their education. This is evident in :' 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.' and  'For the first time in her life, she had to learn English, and it was a struggle...could not even read simple words like "Apple".' This shows that students had difficulty continuing their education as they were either over-aged or they could not catch up in their studies compared to other students of their same age.
Source: Memories of Mum - self-starter resilience through difficult times
Source Description: Memory of Lim Bee Kim
Source Date: 1942
Source Origin: Singapore memory project
Source Type:  Memory of Lim Bee Kim
Link : http://www.singaporememory.sg/contents/SMA-af76bd67-cf11-4d0b-ad84-13042278874c
]]> 2016-04-10 03:38:35 UTC https://padlet.com/cynthiaweiyin/fsf95uuxh1fd/wish/104903830 Jobs (Elva) gohshihui7 https://padlet.com/cynthiaweiyin/fsf95uuxh1fd/wish/104905030 1) Before the Japanese Occupation, men worked as fishermen, rickshaw pullers, farmers... etc. Then, there was no need for teens to come out early to work
Source E
This source shows a picture taken before the Japanese occupation. 
Source description : Fishermen ( Lee Kip Lin ) before the Japanese Occupation
Source date : 1930
Source origin : Faces of Singapore
Source type : Picture
2)During the Japanese occupation, men still worked as fishermen.
Source F
This source is a picture taken during the Japanese occupation. The Japan flag as evidence. This picture shows that jobs were not affected by the Japanese Occupation as the fishermen continued working even thought the dock was destroyed during the attack. There appears to be more fishermen and this is most likely due to the shortage of money. Teenages have to step out and help their parents to support the family. Thus i can conclude that even though the Japanese did cause some destruction, the occupations of local's were not greatly affected. But some teenagers were forced by their parents or willingly dropped out of school to earn more money.
Source description : Photo of the fishermen during the Japanese Occupation
Source date : 1942
Source origin : History Today - Singapore Subdued
Source type : Picture
link for source A : http://www.yoursingapore.com/about-singapore/people-of-singapore.html
link for source B : http://www.historytoday.com/malcolm-murfett/singapore-subdued]]> 2016-04-10 04:37:56 UTC https://padlet.com/cynthiaweiyin/fsf95uuxh1fd/wish/104905030 Food and Health By:  Shi Hui gohshihui7 https://padlet.com/cynthiaweiyin/fsf95uuxh1fd/wish/104906861 A) "Still this never gave us the same income as our village mates that returned from Singapore.They came back wearing splendid clothes, and they also brought presents back for their relatives, which we could never manage to do on Bawean ... we, too, preferred going to Singapore.." 
Source: sec1 history textbook
Source type: book/ written account
Source date: 1964 ( 2014 for the textbook )
 B) "Many lived in poverty and suffered from malnutrition and diseases. Essential foodstuffs like rice, salt and sugar were sold at high prices in the black market. The situation was made worse by the unlimited supplies of Japanese ‘banana notes’. Whenever the authorities needed more money, they simply printed more notes. The ‘banana notes’ were also printed on inferior quality paper with no serial numbers and could be forgotten easily. As there were a lot of ‘banana notes’ , the value of the notes dropped, leading to soaring prices. Hence, life became harder."
Source: My Life during the Second World War in Singapore
Link :  http://wdlhysec2b37.blogspot.sg/2013/02/life-in-singapore-during-japanese.html
Source date: 17 Feb 2013]]> 2016-04-10 06:23:36 UTC https://padlet.com/cynthiaweiyin/fsf95uuxh1fd/wish/104906861 Cynthia (relationships between races) cynthiaweiyin https://padlet.com/cynthiaweiyin/fsf95uuxh1fd/wish/106445067 C ) Before the Japanese Occupation, "The police force refuses to recognize my talent and dedication because I am a Chinese officer." This shows that there was racial discrimination between the Chinese and the Malays. This is evident in the police force, consisting of mostly Malays at that time, stereotyped the Chinese community because some of the Chinese would " infiltrate the police force to further the agendas of secret society groups." Thus I can conclude that the 2 races disliked one another on a whole as the Chinese were restricted due to the fact that the Malays were not willing to trust them.
Source Description : The Chinese were less favored by the British
Source date : 1827
Source Origin : 1927 Singapore
Source Type : Book
D) After the Japanese occupation, the relationship between the Chinese and Malay communities were extremely tensed. This is evident in "While the  former had been tortured brutally....was singled out by the Japanese for preferential treatment. This inevitably resulted in friction between the two groups, leading to explosive action after the war." This shows that the relationship between the Chinese and Malays at that time were filled with hatred as the Japanese preferred the Malays then the Chinese. This resulted in the Chinese being treated unfairly and caused jealousy in some. Hence, i can concluded that the Chinese and Malays were not at good terms.
Source Description : Hatred and jealousy between Chinese and Malays
Source date :  1942
Source Origin : Beyond the empires      Memories retold
Source Type : Book]]> 2016-04-19 02:59:51 UTC https://padlet.com/cynthiaweiyin/fsf95uuxh1fd/wish/106445067