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(A) BRITISH TROOPS SURRENDERING TO THE JAPANESE ON SINGAPORE, 15 FEBRUARY 1942
Observe the gestures, body language and faces of the soldiers.
How do you think they were feeling on that occasion?
(B) JAPANESE SOLDIERS PRAYING TO THEIR OWN WAR DEAD IN 1943, SOMEWHERE ALONG THE BURMA-THAILAND RAILWAY
Consider what kind of motivation the Japanese soldiers had in their war effort.
(C) HARD LABOUR ALONG THE RAILWAY
What exactly were the POWs doing in the photograph?
Who might have taken the photograph? For what purpose?
(D) POWS OFTEN EXPERIENCED SEVERE PUNISHMENTS FOR MISDEEDS OR ACTS OF DISOBEDIENCE
What offence do you think the POW might have committed?
Why was it necessary to mete out such harsh treatment?
(E) DAILY LIFE ON THE DEATH RAILWAY
Describe and explain the physical condition of the men.
(F) A SMILING PRISONER-OF-WAR
Observe the items in the hut of the POWs. What do they tell you about the way the POWs lived?
Why was the man smiling?
(G) A GROUP OF POWS
What do you find that these men had in common?
Do you think all these POWs would survive the war and Railway experience?
(H) IN THE MORNING BEFORE WORKING ON THE DEATH RAILWAY
What simple habits did the prisoners have every day?
Surely such little activities meant nothing to them right?
Again, why are the POWs happy?
(I) A SECRET RADIO IN A SOLDIER'S BOOT
Why did the prisoners make this secret radio? (If discovered by the Japanese, he/they would be executed)
Why did they need a radio in the jungle of Thailand?
What does this tell us about the POWs?
(J) EDUCATION IN THE POW CAMP
In many POW camps such as Changi Prison and at Kanchanaburi, POWs spent their free time studying!! Why?
"Education is only for students in school." Do you agree?
What possible benefits were there for the POWs to study?
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