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Singapore: From settlement to city-state

• Throughline: How did Singapore develop into what it is today?

• Generative Topic: The Turbulent Years, 1942-1965
• World War II and its impact on Singapore
• Political and social unrest in the 1950s:
• communist-led riots and strikes;
• Maria Hertogh riots
• Struggle for self-government
• Merger and separation
• reasons for merger in 1963
• reasons for separation in 1965
• independence, 1965

• Understanding Goals:
• Term 3 Week 7
• What were the political, economic and social impact of Japanese Occupation on Singapore?
• Term 3 Week 8
• Why were there political and social unrest in the 1950s?
• Term 3 Week 9
• What were the contributions of the leaders in Singapore’s struggle for self-government and independence through merger?
• Term 3 Week 10
• Why did merger and separation of Singapore from Malaysia take place?

• Performances
• Approach:
• Thinking Skills: Evaluating Utility Skills
• NE: No one owes Singapore a living
• EL: Resources are limited and have to be allocated through various mechanisms, including pricing, queuing or rationing
  
• Activities:
• IT: Singapore: Overcoming the Odds (CDROM); The Singapore Story (CDROM)
• Print: Fortress Singapore: The Battlefield Guide; Images of Singapore from the Japanese Perspective (1868-1941); Japanese Occupation, 1942-1945: A Pictorial Record of Singapore During the War; What If? Post-war Choices in Singapore
• Assignments:
  
• Workbook pp. 47 to 50.
  
• Workbook pp. 62-63.
• Workbook pp. 71-72.

• Assessment:
• CA 2 (Term 3 Week 8)
• Source-based Question (35 mins, 18 marks)
  
• 1 Inference (5)
  
• 1 Reliability (6)
  
• 1 Utility (7)