HI project by #PurpleDots

tanlilin18 — 2017-02-16 06:22:40 UTC

Source 3 (Museum)

tanlilin18 — 2017-02-17 00:44:05 UTC

Evidence:

"Most of the songs were played in the morning during school assemblies, especially the national anthem . Singing was one of the programmes everyday. It was one of the subjects. Every morning we had to sing the national anthem, then we would marched to class,and before we went back everyday, we would assemble in the school hall for some lectures and singing."
Victor Tan
student

What kind of source is this?
oral and written(Museum.)
what time period is this source from?
During Japanese occupation.
where is this source from?
Victor Tan.
What aspect is revealed by this source?
Social life
Inference:
This source tells me that the lives of the teenagers in Singapore during the Japanese occupation is that the teenagers have their morning schedule fixed for them and always follow the schedule everyday. And everything they do is to learn the Japanese culture.

Explanation:
This shows that the Japanese were training the people to be loyal and learn to respect Japanese language and culture by doing the thing that most Japanese people would have done.

Source 4 (Museum)

tanlilin18 — 2017-02-23 06:16:43 UTC

Evidence:

"Every night just before we went to sleep, one man in our hut would stand and say a few prayers. He wasn`t a preacher, ordained or anything like that. He used to finish up every time saying,"God grant us speedy recovery from present circumstances." And everybody used to say "Amen" after that, because everybody also wanted speedy recovery from present circumstances."
Arthur Titherington
British POW

What kind if source is this?
Oral and written(Museum)
What time period is this source from?
During Japanese occupation.
Where is this source from?
Arthur Titherington.

Inference:
This source tells me that the lives of teenagers in Singapore during Japanese occupation isthat they were having a hard life and were powerless to do anything as this source shows people praying to god for a speedy recovery from present circumstances meaning that they want to be freed from the Japanese.

(Evidence is on top)

Explanation:
This shows that the teenagers in Singapore during the Japanese occupation were wanting to be freed from the hard life they were having because of the Japanese and all of them have no capability to protest to the Japanese and ended up praying to god everyday for freedom.

Source 1 (Textbook)

tanlilin18 — 2017-02-23 06:32:06 UTC

Evidence:
Textbook (Page 39 Source 31)

"Our stocks of food were running low. There was this idea that somebody would have to find a job. My mother was too old. So the idea was for me to get a job. Somebody came and told me there was a vacancy for a typist in the government service, I was given additional food. This increased our supplies at home."
Myna Ruth Segeram
A Typist

What kind of source is this?
oral and written(Textbook)
What time period is this source from?
During Japanese occupation
Where is this source from?
From textbook Myna Ruth Segeram a typist.
What aspect is revealed by this source?
Social life of teenagers
Inference:

This source tells me that the lives of teenagers in Singapore during Japanese occupation is that teenagers and their family are poor and lacks the money to buy food when their stock were running out as the source shows shows a person going to work because her/his family were running low in their stocks of food.

Explanation:
This shows that the teenagers in Singapore during the Japanese occupation, some were working to earn extra money for their family to buy food as their parent were too old to work they had a lack of money to buy food and there not many job.

Source 5 (Museum)

tanlilin18 — 2017-02-23 06:32:07 UTC

Evidence:

"On Sunday morning confession was heard and messes was said .Children attended Sunday
school and around 2pm , men, woman and children gathered in the park for a weekly family reunion-such emotion, commotion and rejoicing! This lasted around two hours. Families Talked and gave each other the will to live until the next Sunday."
Sybil Rasanayagan
Child Internee

what kind of source is this?
(Museum)oral and written
What time period is this source from?
During Japanese occupation
Where is this source from?
It is found from Sybil Rasanayagan
Inference:
This source tells me that the lives of teenagers in Singapore during Japanese occupation is hopeful and miserable as the people only get to see their families only once a week for around only two hours only.

Explanation:
This shows that the teenagers in Singapore during the Japanese occupation does not get to see their families often and only talk to them once in a week for two hours and they can have their happy moments and bonding with their family giving them the power and strength to live till the time they see their family again.

source 2 (Internet)

tanlilin18 — 2017-02-25 10:13:25 UTC

Evidence:

https://seejy.wordpress.com/2012/04/11/my-grandmas-stories-japanese-occupation-of-horror-and-terror/

This part:

Dodging bombs became a matter of survival and the main preoccupation in Ah Ma’s everyday life.

What kind of source is this?
oral and written(Museum.)
What time period is this source from?
During Japanese occupation.
Where is this source from?
Jia yi see s grandma.
What aspect is revealed by this source?
social life of teenagers .
Inference:
This source tells me that the lives of teenagers in Singapore during Japanese occupation is very dangerous and it was very risky to live through their everyday life as the source shows a person dodging bombs for survival became their everyday life.
Explanation:
This shows that the teenagers in Singapore during the Japanese occupation were all living their life cowering in fear having no place to hide as there is no place which is safe everyday.

Summary

tanlilin18 — 2017-02-26 09:50:34 UTC

In conclusion the lives of teenagers in Singapore during the Japanese occupation is more harsher and dangerous than the life before in Singapore before the Japanese occupation as during the Japanese occupation.The Japanese were dropping bombs on Singapore and many people running away scared of dying as when they heard plane sound near their house they would quickly run as they were afraid of bomb dropping and even if they survived the bomb attack they would be homeless as they house would be burnt to ashes or nothingness unlike before the Japanese occupation Singapore was peaceful and there is nothing to fear.before the se occupation many people and students were to learn Japanese language and sing the Japanese Anthem facing Japan, before Japanese occupation people has no need to learn Japanese language but after Japanese occupation it became a must to learn Japanese language making people to learn the culture of the Japanese and to respect the Japanese religion and culture. After Japanese occupation there was not much food left as some people lack money except for some who work for the government gets to get additional foods for their family and they also get to earn money also since they are working for the government.