https://padlet.com/jasminejessicaevanz/HIproject_Jasmine4 Jasmine (4) en-us 2017-02-02 03:06:55 UTC 2017-02-26 15:28:47 UTC hello@padlet.com jasminejessicaevanz https://padlet.com/jasminejessicaevanz/HIproject_Jasmine4/wish/151032608 ''Most of the songs played in the morning during school assemblies, especially the national anthem [Kimigayo]. Singing was one of the programmes everyday. It was one of the subjects. Every morning we had to sing the national anthem, then we marched to class. And before we went back everyday, we would assemble in the school hall for some lectures and singing.''
-Victor Tan, student

Written source

1942-1945

Source: Changi War Museum

Social life

This source tells me that the Japanese anthem and heritage was forced upon them and it was compulsory to learn whether they wanted to or not.

This shows that the lives of teenage students were very controlling as the Japanese gave them no choice but to change their way of culture and living.]]> 2017-02-02 03:13:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jasminejessicaevanz/HIproject_Jasmine4/wish/151032608 jasminejessicaevanz https://padlet.com/jasminejessicaevanz/HIproject_Jasmine4/wish/154212801 ''I was asked to accompany an officer to visit an Indonesian camp at Henderson Road. Some of them (Indonesians) were undergraduates. They were brought here under the pretext that they would be given a job. There were also quite a number of Indonesian girls. They were brought here to entertain the (Japanese) officers. So they too, had been bluffed''
-Chin Sin Chong, student

Written source
1942-1945

Source: Changi War Museum

Social life

This source tells me that the Japanese only promised better lives for Singaporeans but in reality they didn't care about them at all.

This shows that teenagers were manipulated by the Japanese and put too much of their trust in them.]]> 2017-02-16 03:10:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jasminejessicaevanz/HIproject_Jasmine4/wish/154212801 jasminejessicaevanz https://padlet.com/jasminejessicaevanz/HIproject_Jasmine4/wish/155359889 "My mother got beaten up very badly because she didn't want to bow to the guard. The Japanese felt that you were bowing to the Emperor if you were bowing to the guard. So if you didn't bow, you were showing a great disrespect towards the Emperor, who was also called the Son of Heaven."
-Adapted from an account by  Joseph Seah, a teenager during the Japanese Occupation

Written source

1942-1945

Source: Textbook pg 33

Social life

This source tells me that the lives of teenagers in Singapore were very harsh. They got beaten up if they did not show the Japanese respect and had to watch their own family members get beaten up as well.

This shows that the Japanese treated and viewed Singaporeans as inferiors compared to them. Hence, they demanded respect.]]> 2017-02-22 04:57:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jasminejessicaevanz/HIproject_Jasmine4/wish/155359889 jasminejessicaevanz https://padlet.com/jasminejessicaevanz/HIproject_Jasmine4/wish/155361741 ''We were also forced to take up Japanese subjects in our school. All subject's in our school was thought in Japanese. It was hard for us students to adapt to these changes as we could not understand Japanese. Some parents resorted to finding a tuition teacher who teaches English or even Mother Tongue to their child to avoid their child from losing out''

Written source

1942-1945

Source: http://wdlhysec2a28.blogspot.sg/2013/02/life-during-japanese-occupation.html

Social life

This source tells me that the lives of teenagers were very complicated and difficult in terms of their school life and education. The Japanese forced them to learn their language and change their way of learning.

This shows that the Japanese had a very unfair schooling system towards them.]]> 2017-02-22 05:21:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jasminejessicaevanz/HIproject_Jasmine4/wish/155361741 jasminejessicaevanz https://padlet.com/jasminejessicaevanz/HIproject_Jasmine4/wish/155361884 "I hid in the forests and planted tubers."
"when the Japanese invaded, everyone escaped from their homes."
"We planted tubers for food. We ate their skins or grounded them into powder."
-Adapted from an account by Mr Yeo Lew, who was 14 years old when the Japanese started to invade Singapore

Oral Source/Interview

1942-1945

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXGQLlBaXAA

Social life

This source tells me that they were forced to run and escape from their own homes to hide from the Japanese. They had to leave their old lives behind without knowing if they would survive or not.

This shows This shows how horrible their life was to survive in that condition.]]> 2017-02-22 05:24:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jasminejessicaevanz/HIproject_Jasmine4/wish/155361884 jasminejessicaevanz https://padlet.com/jasminejessicaevanz/HIproject_Jasmine4/wish/155744088 There wasn't many changes in the lives of teenagers in Singapore before and during the Japanese Occupation. Although before the Japanese Occupation teenagers learnt their own native language, the schooling and education system didn't change. But they were forced to learn Japanese and not their mother tongue or native language which was rather tough and hard for them to understand. They had to choice but to follow under the Japanese rule. They had lost their freedom and the normal lives they once had once the Japanese occupied Singapore. There was also a great amount of fear in teenagers as they were apprehensive of being taken away as slaves or 'Comfort women' for the Japanese. The Japanese we able to brainwash and manipulate many of them into thinking that the Japanese cared about the people and wanted better lives and jobs for them when in reality it was the exact opposite. Those that opposed the Japanese would be severely punished if they did not respect them and bow in their direction. They had to abandon their past lives and do what they could at all costs to survive and provide for their families.]]> 2017-02-23 14:06:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jasminejessicaevanz/HIproject_Jasmine4/wish/155744088