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St hildas secondary school Sec 1A Social studies Chapter 1: Singapore River; Heart of the island Name: __________________ ( ) Class:

1A Date: _____________

*Enjoy the first chapter of your social studies journey! The History of Singapore can be traced along the Singapore River and here is its story* Why do you think the Merlion is chosen to represent Singapore? a) It looks special and is unique! b) President of Singapore love to eat fish and find that the lion is majestic and grand c) the fish represents Singapores connection with the sea and the lion reminds us of the discovery of Singapore. The Singapore Stone Discovered along the __________________________ Stone covered with ____________________________ _________________________________________________ in early Singapore Singapore as a British Colony Growth of Trade The British made Singapore a free port. (_______________________________) Many ships from _________, __________, ___________ (Siam) and the Malay archipelago came to Singapore and it became a __________________________. Trade lasted from __________________________________ creating many jobs. ______________ together with _______________ and ___________ became known as the ______________________________. As there were more people coming to Singapore there was a need to __________________________.

First bridge of Singapore to link the banks of Singapore River is A) Elgin Bridge B) Wood Bridge C) Benjamin Shears bridge Information from the past! 3 places where immigrants came from a) _________________________ b) _________________________ c) _________________________ 3 types of jobs immigrants were working as in Singapore a) _________________________ b) _________________________ c) _________________________ Why did immigrants come to Singapore? Many _______________________________ ____________________________________ in their own country They have ______________ in Singapore who have ______________ Lifestyle of the immigrants Life was _________ and living conditions were __________. They had to work from 5am to midnight, earning _____________________ Suffered from __________________ and ________________ Many immigrants had to _____________________________

Public Health in the 19th century Everything was ______________________________ and many people suffered There were no public hospitals except for a military hospital Some rich businessmen like Tan Tock Seng set up a ___________, Mr Gan Eng Seng contributed money to set up an Institution that ran ______________________.
Where did all the immigrants live?

Label the picture above with the number of the information 1) The northern bank of the river was called the government area. The areas was reserved for government use and buildings such as Victoria memorial hall and the supreme court were found 2) The Malays and Muslim were settled in kampong glam. The sultan and his followers lived there. The temenggong and his followers lived in Telok Blangah
3) The southern bank of the River was reserved for the Chinese.

Chinatown was further divided into different areas for the different dialect-speaking groups. 4) The Indians were settled in kampong Chulia which was along the Singapore River.

Draw a poster on life in Singapore during the 19th century.

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