1. National Education Project MFK Hwa Chong Institution

3. Introduction We want to:  Arouse interest in geography and national education  Help students understand why studying the environment is important

4. What is National Education? Purpose: –Foster sense of identity, pride and self- respect as Singaporeans –Knowing the Singapore story – how Singapore succeeded against odds to become a nation –Understand Singapore’s unique challenges, constraints and vulnerabilities –Instill core values of our way of life, the will to prevail

5. Road to Nationhood: What happened? Awakening: 1942 - 1945 –Surrender of Singapore by British marked the start of Japanese Occupation after WWII, a period of harsh and cruel rule for Singaporeans –People started to have beliefs for fighting for the rights of their nation

6. Road to Nationhood: What happened? Awakening: 1942 – 1945 http://www.slide.com/r/KNWfAiOF2D8jyg-bt2Fesgmq02kk8IfD?previous_view=TICKER&previous_action=TICKER_ITEM_CLICK&ciid=2810246167500368528

7. Road to Nationhood: Challenges Year of Strikes: 1947 –While recovering from war, Singapore faced shortages in employment and housing –People became dissatisfied with British when they felt that they did not do enough to improve the situation –Strikes and riots were organized by communists to stir up trouble –People had to face both poverty and political instability when living conditions worsened

8. Road to Nationhood: Challenges Year of Strikes: 1947

9. Road to Nationhood: Challenges Communist Terror: 1954 - 1955 –To gain power, communists in Singapore convinced Chinese students and workers to create disorder to end British rule in an effort to create communist states in S.E.A. –Strikes and riots were organized to force government to give in to their demands –These communist activities affected business and put innocent lives at risk

10. Road to Nationhood: Challenges Communist Terror: 1954 - 1955

11. Road to Nationhood: What happened? Limited self-government: 1955 –People of Singapore wanted independence but British thought otherwise –Firstly, Singapore did not have large-scale industries or agriculture to support population. Secondly, British were worried that the communists will come to rule Singapore if independence was granted. Lastly, British wanted to maintain Singapore as their military base and commercial center in S.E.A.

12. Road to Nationhood: What happened? Limited self-government: 1955

13. Road to Nationhood: What happened? Becoming a State: 1959 –An election was held to prepare Singapore for self-internal government, with PAP winning it and leading the newly-formed government –However, Singapore was still dependent on British in areas such as defense

14. Road to Nationhood: What happened? Becoming a State: 1959

15. Road to Nationhood: What happened? Towards Merger: 1961 - 1963 –Malaya agreed to merge with Singapore as she realized that her progress could be affected by the unstable situation in Singapore –Thus the formation of the Federation of Malaysia was proposed

16. Road to Nationhood: What happened? Towards Merger: 1961 - 1963

17. Road to Nationhood: What happened? Opposition to Merger: 1963 –Indonesia and Philippines objected to merger because it proposed to include territories that they thought belonged to them –Indonesia: Commandos and saboteurs were sent to Malaysia to create disorder; Trade banned –Philippines: Broke off diplomatic ties with Malaysia

18. Road to Nationhood: What happened? Opposition to Merger: 1963

19. Road to Nationhood: What happened? Race Riots: 1964 –Resulted from conflict between Federation and Singapore –Extreme members of Federation encouraged negative feelings towards Singapore’s government and tension between Malays and Chinese rose –A fight which broke out between them caused a series of island-wide race riots –State of Emergency declared and troops from Federation were called in to restore peace

20. Road to Nationhood: What happened? Race Riots: 1964

21. Road to Nationhood: What happened? Independence: 1964 –Federation and Singapore disagreed over economic matters, and along with the unrest from race riots, the issues could not be resolved –Singapore separated from Malaysia and became an independent state finally

22. Road to Nationhood: What happened? Independence: 1964

23. Let the lesson begin! (NE) You have 15 minutes You can go to other resources after you have completed yours Download your resources from the Wikispace accordingly to your group Cameraman will call you up for photo-taking during this time Register NumbersGroupResource 1-6AMI Test 7-12BWorksheet 13-18CStory 19-24DVideos 25-30ESurvey 31-36FBoardgame 37-42GForum

24. End of lesson! (NE) Please try to complete your work by 2 minutes left Please return to your seats and wait for further instructions from instructor After 15 minutes, cameraman from other class will take a class photo for you and your facilitators Please proceed to next computer lab for next lesson!

25. Bibliography Thefallof-singapore.blogspot.com Mistahfairoz.glogster.com Withoneweunite.blogspot.com Wikipedia MHA Thinkquest