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4 SBQ Questions

1. Inference Question

2. Compare and Contrast Question

2 SEQ Questions

Chapter 6 and Chapter 7 till Maria Hertogh Riots

Common Test


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Inquiry Question: Did the Japanese Occupationchange the way people viewed Singapore in the

first half of the 20thCentury?

Smaller Question: What were the peoples viewsof Singapore during the Japanese Occupation?


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At the Beginning of the Japanese Occupation


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I would be able to explain:

the promises of the Japanese at the start of the

Japanese Occupation

the changes the Japanese introduced at the beginningof the Japanese Occupation

how the Japanese got rid of their enemies at the

beginning of the Japanese Occupation

Learning Outcomes:


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Japanese claimed they invaded Southeast Asia to freeSoutheast Asia from western colonial rule. - Whose

rule? British

Japanese promised to secure an Asia for theAsians where locals would run their own countries

under Japanese guidance.

What did the Japanese promise at the start of theJapanese Occupation?


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A Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Spherewouldbe set up to bring about mutual aid for all member

countries.

This suggested that Japanese rule might be good forthe people in Singapore.

What did the Japanese promise at the start of theJapanese Occupation?


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Why? Or why not?


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After the Japanese entered Nanjing, Japanesesoldiers competed in The Hundred Head Contest

to see how many they could cut off.- Newspaper report in Malaya after Japanese soldiers captured Nanjing in

1931

What do you think the Japanese did in 1931 when they

captured the city of Nanjing in China?

How do you think the people in Singapore & Malayaresponded when they read such newspaper reports of whathappened in China?

Malayan newspaper reports of what theJapanese did in China from 1931 onwards


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1. Singapore was renamed Syonan-to, which meantLight of the South.

2. The Central Military Administration was establishedand responsible for governing Singapore.

3. The Japanese military police,Kempeitai,was sent torestore order and sift out anti-Japanese elements.

What were the changes the Japanese introducedat the beginning of the Japanese Occupation?


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The Kempeitai carried out the Sook Chingor the

cleansing operation.

Aim: remove anti-Japanese members within theChinese community

How were the prisoners of war being punished?

Water treatment/sent to build death railway/pullingout of fingernails

They had to march 22km from the Padang toSelarang Barracks and they were imprisoned at the

Changi Prison (pg 109)

How did the Japanese get rid of their enemies atthe beginning of the Japanese Occupation?


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*Watch the following video clip to get a close up

experience of the Sook Ching from a survivor.

Video: Rising Sun over Malaya 11:40 -16.45

Task:Jot down notes on what the process ofSook Ching was like

How did you feel towards Mr Xiao?How did you feel towards the Japanese

soldiers?



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Process: All Chinese men aged 18 to 50 years old had to

report to mass screening centres to be examined.

Hooded informers were used to point out anti-Japaneseelements.

Those who passed the screening were given a piece ofpaper, or a chop, that read Examined in Chinese and

allowed to go home. Those identified as anti-Japanese were taken away to

Changi and other beaches and executed.



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Over 5,000 Chinese were estimated to have been killed.

How do you think the people felt as they sawmen taken away, never to return?

What did the people think of the promisesJapanese made when they conquered Singapore?

What was the impact of Sook Ching?


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Who did the Japanese consider as their enemies?

Chinese

Why did they consider them as their enemies?

The Japanese wanted to take revenge for the manyJapanese soldiers who died in the war in China.

Think.


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How do you think life would be like as theJapanese Occupation went on for the next few

years?


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History Fun Fact

In Ancient Rome, whitening one's teethwas often accomplished using urine.

Ammonia, which is found in urine, is alsoa cleaning agent that can kill bacteria.

The ancient Egyptians would whiten their

teeth with a mixture of pulverized pumiceand wine vinegar.


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