Title
Elementary Civic Education textbooks (初级公民), Book 2 and Book 3
Year/Period
Dec 1949 (BookTwo) and 1950 (Book Three)
Region
Singapore
Material
Dimension
Object size: 18.9 x 13.1 x 0.1 cm
Accession No.
2018-00561
Collection of
These textbooks were published at a time when the curriculum was experiencing a shift from being Nanyang-orientated to one that tried to promote Malayan consciousness. Instead of the usual coconut trees and non-descript tropical scenery seen in the Nanyang Chinese textbooks, these textbooks have the neoclassical styled Capitol Theatre with vehicles in the foreground, depicted on the covers, probably suggesting a more Singapore-centric approach to its content.
