Social Studies Project ( Gabriel's Group )

Content

1. Background Information

2. Statistics & Data on Singapore's Population Growth

3. Interview with Singaporeans to check their opinion on the effectiveness of the measures introduced by the government to increase birth rate

4. Advertisment / Poster to encourage Singaporeans to give birth to more babies

5. Worksheet 1 & 2 ; Sources A to G

6. Group Meeting

7. Group Reflection

8. Individual Reflection

Social Studies Project ( Gabriel's Group )

- Background Information on population trends in Singapore now

The population in Singapore is currently increasing. Therefore, I can infer that the measures introduced by the government is effective. The two most common reasons as for why Singaporeans do not want to give birth to babies is because they're worried of their financial problem. They're afraid that they'll not have enough money to raise their baby up as if you have a baby, you will have to buy all of the daily necessities such as milk powder & baby diapers. The other common reason as for why Singaporeans do not want give birth to babies is because they're afraid that they'll not have time to take care of the baby and can't balance between career and work. Therefore, the government introduced some measures such as the Baby Bonus Scheme, extended maternity leave and 5-day work week. And according to the statistics/data released by the Department Of Statistics, it shows an expansion of 2.1% since June last year. However, there was a 1.7% drop in the number of PRs. ( Permanent Residents )

- Statistics/data on Singapore's population growth

- Interview to check their opinion on the effectiveness of the measures introduced by the government to increase birth rate

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKkzw_w5yVY

- Advertisement / Poster to encourage Singaporeans to give birth to more babies

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl12dzMK8Z4

- Worksheet 1 & 2 ( Sources A to G )

- Group meeting ( Camera Man -> YiRen :] )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T_vduNY0i0

- Group reflection

We learnt that if we do not have teamwork, our project will not be done and this will also reflect on our skills because each of us have our own ability. So because of these, our project has been a success. We have also learnt about the measures introduced by the government to increase birth rate. The government have introduced Baby Bonus and subsidies for married couples so that couples will not have to worry about the cost of having a child and just have babies and also to not let Singapore to face the problem of an ageing population.

- Individual Reflection

Gabriel's Reflection : http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg442/scaled.php?server=442&filename=sssreflection.jpg&res=landing

Kennard's Reflection : http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg214/scaled.php?server=214&filename=sssreflection.jpg&res=landing

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Hope that you've enjoyed!

Statistics data & Information -> Singtat & SPH Newslink
Image editing -> Picnik & Adobe Photoshop CS5
Video editing -> Windows Live Movie Maker , Sony Vegas Pro 10 & Adobe After Effects CS5.5 x64
Advertisement/Poster -> Toondoo & Glogster
Worksheet 1&2, Source A to G Mindmap -> Webspiration
Music Player on Blog -> Mixpod.com
Chatbox -> cbox.ws
Credits to filming the group meeting -> YiRen
Pictures of the babies, iPad template and others -> Google Images