There is NOT enough research done on topic and I don’t see you drawing on various sources of information like

- books i have recommended in the PW page

- other sources like oral interviewers from those who experienced war ( also on PW page)

- archive photos showing what life was like during Japanese Occupation ( can search for these in the National Archives page and the link also posted at PW page right at the bottom)

You need to SHOW me that you are referring a variety of sources and make sure you type the book/website etc that you gpt the information from.  You also need to ask relevant research questions to help you focus on what is needed for your topic as well as to guide your reading and understanding – like skills of inferring I have taught you BUT I dont see applied here

You CANNOT copy and paste but try to rewrite based on what you understand – usually using a mindmap to plan and organise and then writing out research

Have u even read these books:

Lee Kuan Yew’s autobiography, The Singapore Story: Memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew Chapter 3: The Japanese Invader

The Price of Peace, True Accounts of the Japanese Occupation by Foong Choon Hon (Editor)

Syonan: Singapore Under The Japanese 1942-45 Lee Geok Boi (pp45-115)

Search for Photos from the National Archives: http://www.a2o.com.sg/a2o/public/search/index.html

Just input topic /keywords, dates and select photographs

An EXAMPLE:

From this photograph, I can infer that the Japanese bombing of Singapore resulted in terrible loss of lives especially amongst the civilians.  In this photograph, you can see that the bombing has reduced buildings to rubble and a dead child is lying amongst the rubble, an innocent victim of war.  The lady sitting next to the rubble could be her grandmother and you can see the devastation and grief in her eyes as she watched helplessly.  From this I can conclude that war is a horrendous experience and the brutality of war is something which should be avoided at all cost.

From your research, interpretation and understanding of sources such as this, you could try to write your own learning point like:

World War 2 was a terrible experience for the civilian population in Singapore.  Even before the Japanese Occupation , the peace and prosperity of Singapore was already rudely disturbed by the incessant bombings by the Japanese.  For the first time, the people in Singapore realised that war was coming and that Singapore was not protected.  When the Japanese became the rulers of Singapore or Syonan-to ( the new name they gave), the civilian population suddenly discovered that Singapore wasn’t the Light of the South as the japanese has promised and instead what they were to experience was three and a half years of living nightmare.

You might find it useful to mindmap the different experiences under different categories and questions eg

- how was daily life changed after the japs became rulers of Singapore?

- how did the Japs treat the ordinary people? – subdivided into categories like the use of terror and torture, maintaining law and order etc

I have suggested some questions , continue to discuss and brainstorm more

For Fort Siloso filming:

focus on the message that war should be avoided at all cots – explain why basing this on the horrific war experiences u have researched

- you should think abt how you would SHOW this through the narrator’s script /role play/interviews ( students after tour/tour guide)

- the script should be written with careful choice of words – like the brutality of the Japanese or how the attack of singapore and the surrender by british started 31/2 years of nightmare for the people in singapore

- remember the words should be carefully chosen to SHOW NOT TELL – especially useful when u plan storyboard to think of WHAT backdrop or images can be used during filming at Fort Siloso to show this .

When writing your script, remember to use the info you got from your research and think about the MESSAGE of your film.

Will you be interviewing anyone – maybe your classmtes after they view the guided tour – think of questions ( specific) related to war experience which allows them to put themselves in the shoes of those who suffered through the war eg Would you be able to survive with food rationing ( like during jap Occupation)? How would you feel if one of your family members or friend was taken away during Sook Ching? etc

Consider also what the narrator shld say to introduce the film and what you will stress – word choice here is impt like nightmare years of Japanese Occupation began in…..The narrator shouldn’t speak for long stretches without change in backdrop and you should plan storyboard according to different sections of exhibits like if one section was on the brutality of the Japanese – how would the narrator introduce that segment.

You need to post a draft of script soon so I can check and give comments

First scene:

visual:people at streets starving begging for food.

Audio:After a few days Japanese had occupy Singapore,people were out of food.Many starving civilians were seen roaming the streets begging for food.

Second scene:

 Visual:Soldier pointing gun at man’s head

Audio:Some were even killed by the Japanese soilders for creating trouble.They would either chop

            their head off or shoot them at the head.This were how cruel they were. 

Third scene:

Visual:People crying out in pain and some even dying.

Audio:Soon lots of people where dead and thier bodies were speading dieseases which caused many 

            innocent lives to be taken away. 

Fourth scene:

Visual:Interrogation of chinese young men.

Audio:The japanese were very suspicious of Singaporeans aiding the Chinese, especially the chinese and interrogated them.Those who the japanese were most suspicious of were sent off to be executed whethere they are innocent or not.

Fifth scene:

Visuals:Yuenice sitting in background talking.

Audio:(Yuenice will be talking about the many hardships Singaporeans faced during the war and they coped with it.)

• they had to do hard labour.
• they do not have enough money to eat.
• locals were ill-treated by the Japanese.
• the chinese were forced to donate a ‘gift’ of 50 million dolars to the Japanese.
• there were massacres & tortures everywhere.
• locals were sent to build the Death Railway.
• movies screened diamatised Britain’s defeat.
• everyone was also forced to learn Japanese language.
• Only Japanese radio programmes were allowed to be broadcasted.
• all were made to sing the Japanese anthem while facing the direction of Japan.
• Japanese General cut off Singapore’s water supply and dropped leaflets demanding immediate surrender.
• Japanese provided less than adequate rations to feed app. 3000men & 400 women & children.
• they killed pregnant women, cripples, toddlers, and men, and everything else.
• they even raped girls.(enslaved, raped, killed, experimented which killed app. between nine and twelve thousand people)
• they were obliged to hand over all their personal belongings possesions, like rings, watches, jewellery, money, etc.

by: crystal, yuenice, diana, nigel, kim

The picture shows a japanese soldier holding kids with japanese flags having a good time together. It is trying to show others the positive side of the japanese, that they are kind and loving towards children. They are trying to gain the trust of civillians in order to persuade th opposing country to surrender and let them take over. I don’t think that it will help too much as the damge they do to other countries is more than enough to make them hate the japanese.

experience-of-the-civilians-during-the-japanese-occupation-and-how-they-coped-with-the-hardship.doc

Mind map of experience of the civilians during the Japanese occupation and how they coped with the hardship.

and links found on Fort siloso:
http://www.sentosa.com.sg/explore_sentosa/attractions/fort_siloso.html
http://www.visitsingapore.com/publish/stbportal/en/home/what_to_see/world_war_ii_sites/fort_siloso.html
http://infopedia.nlb.gov.sg/details/SIP_875_2004-12-10.html

 BY: yuenice.

Work to do                                              Due date

1.Timeline  (Diana)                                  13 feb

1.research (Nigel and Cherie)               13 feb

2.mindmap (Yuenice)                             13 feb

3.pictures (Crystal)                                  19 feb

4.Links of wedsites  (Kim)                     19 feb

Hardships

▪The price of rice was increased.

▪Even though they were given ration cards to collect an amount of rice, there was a 25% decrease as the war progressed.

▪Food quality and availibility was decreased.

▪The Japanese issued ” banana money ” as their main currency which gives them the advantage to gain furthur control over the economy.

▪The Japanese instituted a command economy which makes restrictions on how much stuff could be bought or sold.Thus creating a black market. ———————————————————————————————————-

How they coped with the hardship. 

▪They replaced the usage of rice for tapoioca,sweet potatoes and yam as it was
cheaper then rice.Another advantage is that it could be grown in gardens. 

Done by : Cherie.

The Japanese occupation is generally regarded by Singaporeans as the darkest period of Singaporean history. The Japanese had claimed that they were liberating Southeast Asia from colonialism, but in reality they were far harsher rulers than the British ever were. In addition to civilian casualties, numerous atrocities were committed by Japanese troops, particularly by the Kempeitai, the Japanese military’s secret police; the Japanese military used rape and comfort women (women forced into sexual slavery). For instance, the Sook Ching Massacre of ethnic Chinese, including civilians who had donated to charities to aid the war effort in China, claimed between 25,000 and 50,000 lives in Malaya and Singapore.

Cherie-Secretary

Diana-Asst. Secretary

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Yuenice-IT Person 2

Kim-Researcher

Nigel-Leader